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In this tutorial, We will see how to create a Linux instance using oracle free cloud infrastructure. First, we need to create a public key and private keys using Putty key generator. Public key is used while creating the Linux instance. Private key is used to connect the Linux instance using any SSH client. Install Putty keygen using this link.  https://www.puttygen.com/download-putty Step 1: Open Putty KeyGen and click generate button. Step 2: Once the key generated, copy the key to a text file and save the text file as  .pub extension. This .pub ( Public key) is used while creating the Linux instance. Step 3: Next, we need to save the private key as below. Enter the key phrase and confirm the key phrase again. Note down this key phrase somewhere. Later this key phrase is used along with private key (.ppk) to access the linux instance using any SSH client. Step 4: Log in to your oracle cloud instance. Oracle cloud dashboard will look like below. Click the 'Create VM instance'