Google server putty connect 'Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)

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user3050859 picture user3050859 · Nov 29, 2013 · Viewed 186.2k times · Source

I'm trying to connect to my Debian Google Compute Engine server through PuTTy (I've tried other alternatives too) but when I do I get the error "Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)

The google server came without a username and password, only a url to automatically login to their own terminal.

Answer

Elliptical view picture Elliptical view · Jan 17, 2014

I had PuTTY working and then one day got this error.

Solution: I had revised the folder path name containing my certificates (private keys), and this caused Pageant to lose track of the certificates and so was empty.

Once I re-installed the certificate into Pageant then Putty started working again.

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