You can become root via “sudo su”. No password is required.

First you need to create an SSH key (use PuTTyGen.exe). Then on Google Cloud click on Compute Engine -> Metadata -> SSH Keys. Add there your generate SSH key and click on “Save” button. Then open PuTTy and in “Host Name” field enter: [username]@[external_IP][username]@[external_IP] Where username will be the same as the one used to […]