In the post How to create and access Windows instances in BCOS? We have learned the walkthrough of how to create and access a Windows instance, in this post we will learn how to access these instances through RDP.

   In Project / Network / Security Groups click in Create Security Group, then type a name for the security group and click in Create Security Group again:

Example:

  • Name: ALLOW-RDP. 

  Once you have created the group, click in Manage Rules on the actions button, select the two existing rules and click in Delete Rules, confirm the deletion by clicking in Delete Rules again:

   Now you need to create a new rule for the group by clicking in Add Rule, in Rule select the rule that allows RDP and click in Add:

Example: 

  • Rule: RDP.

  After the rule is created, in Project / Compute / Instances, on the action button to the right of the instance name select Edit Security Groups, then add the security group you created earlier and click in Save:

  In Project / Compute/ Instances, click the actions button to the right of the instance name and select the option Associate Floating IP, then select an available IP, click in the “+” symbol to add this IP, in the next screen select one public network (in this case PUBLIC-NETWORK) and click in Allocate IP. Note that the new floating IP is now available for association, so click in Associate:

  Finally let's access the Windows Remote Desktop Connection, enter the Floating IP of the instance you want to access, click in connect. Enter your password and click in OK.
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  Now that we are able to access our Windows instance through RDP, let's see How to apply volumes to Windows instances in BCOS?.