This document provides steps to set up and access an IBM cloud virtual server. It involves: 1. Logging into IBM Cloud and Softlayer accounts. 2. Setting up VPN access and noting credentials. 3. Connecting to the virtual server via SSH using the address and password from the KVM console in Softlayer. 4. Configuring firewall rules like allowing port 22 for SSH and forwarding port 443 to 5901.

1. IBM Cloud Virtual Server
Step by step procedure to setup and access IBM
cloud virtual Machine/server

2. 1.Login to IBM Cloud
2.Login to softlayer using IBM Account

3. 3.VPN Access - set ssl
Account->VPN Access
4.Click on account name

4. 5.Note down vpn user name and password

5. 6. Parallelly Open Motionpro Plus App
Install any Any Client - Arrya AG Series SSL VPN
Add user name and other details and click ok

6. 7.Click Login and Enter VPN username and password and click ok

7. 8. In softlayer webpage Click on Device->Device List->KVM console
Note Down address and and Password
Make sure to create desired device with appropriate configuration,
here in this example using centOS

8. 9. Parallelly in Local Terminal ssh with address and password
onnect to your virtual server , you can install all the the dependencies and download source code

9. 1) Login to the root account
su -
2) Install firewalld
yum install -y firewalld
3) enable and start firewalld
systemctl enable firewalld
systemctl start firewalld
4) add rule to allow port 22 for ssh
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=22/tcp
5) add rule to forward port 443 to port 5901
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-forward-port=port=443:proto=tcp:toport=5901
6) reload the firewall
firewall-cmd --reload
9. Firewall settings
https://linuxacademy.com/howtoguides/posts/show/topic/11630-internal-port-forwarding-on-linux-using-the-firewall

10. 10.Security Group settings