Cannot connect to Compute Engine instance via SSH

Question

I\'ve just created an instance using Google Cloud Platform\'s Compute Engine and tried to connect to it via SSH connection but it failed.

I\'m following the quick start

Answer 1

1) SSh into the vm by cloud console.

2) Change the root password sudo passwd

3) set below parameters to yes by nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

PasswordAuthentication PermitRootLogin PasswordAuthentication

4) restart sshd service sshd restart