title: using sftp (filezilla) to connect to google cloud instance
body: <p>I've so far been able to use google cloud sdk to try and connect to a VM instance on google cloud it also created a .ssh folder on my windows user account and at the same time a new user on the online VM with a similar name "DIGIVILLE"</p>
  
  <p>here's the output from filezilla</p>
  
  <pre><code>Status: Waiting to retry...
  Status: Connecting to 35.185.21.196...
  Response:   fzSftp started
  Command:    keyfile "C:\Documents and Settings\DIGIVILLE\.ssh\google_compute_engine.ppk"
  Command:    open "root@35.185.21.196" 22
  Error:  Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)
  Error:  Could not connect to server
  Status: Connecting to 35.185.21.196...
  Response:   fzSftp started
  Command:    keyfile "C:\Documents and Settings\DIGIVILLE\.ssh\google_compute_engine.ppk"
  Command:    open "digiville@35.185.21.196" 22
  Error:  Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)
  Error:  Could not connect to server
  Status: Waiting to retry...
  Status: Connecting to 35.185.21.196...
  Response:   fzSftp started
  Command:    keyfile "C:\Documents and Settings\DIGIVILLE\.ssh\google_compute_engine.ppk"
  Command:    open "digiville@35.185.21.196" 22
  Error:  Disconnected: No supported authentication methods available (server sent: publickey)
  Error:  Could not connect to server
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and the settings</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/y4wRi.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/y4wRi.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>including the ppk file</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ow8YK.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/ow8YK.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>