Practical Azure — How To Enable SSH On Azure VM

When a new VM is created on Azure, by-default the Protocol TCP on Port 22 is Disabled. This will not let you SSH into the VM either from Azure’s Cloud Shell or external access from a Mac Terminal or Putty.

You may see this:

To use SSH on Cloud Shell or Mac Terminal or Putty, do the following:

1. Select the VM
2. Select “Networking”
3. On the right, select “Add inbound port rule”. This should open a popup

• Source: Any (default)
• Source port range: * (default)
• Destination: Any (default)
• Destination port ranges: 22
• Protocol: TCP
• Action: Allow
• Priority: 330 (default)
• Name: Enable 22 (can be anything you can identify)
• Select “Add“

Now try to SSH, and you should be able to.