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1. Log in to the CVM console.
2. On the instance management page, proceed according to the actually used view mode:

• List mode: locate the Windows CVM instance you want to log in to and click Log In on the right as shown below:
  
• Tab mode: select the tab of the Windows CVM instance you want to log in to and click Log In as shown below:
  

3. In the Standard Login | Windows Instance window that is opened, select Download RDP File.
   

   Note

   If you have changed the remote login port, append the IP address with :port in the RDP file.

   
4. Double-Click the downloaded RDP file, enter the password, and click OK to remotely connect to your Windows CVM.

• If you use a system default password to log in to the instance, you can obtain the password at the Message Center.
• If you forgot your password, please reset the instance password.

Note

We recommend you use rdesktop as the remote desktop client. For more information, see the official introduction to rdesktop.

1. Run the following command to check whether rdesktop has been installed.
   

   rdesktop
   

• If yes, perform step 4.
• If no, you will be prompted with "command not found". In this case, perform step 2.

2. Open a terminal window and run the following command to download rdesktop. This step uses rdesktop v1.8.3 as an example.
   

   wget https://github.com/rdesktop/rdesktop/releases/download/v1.8.3/rdesktop-1.8.3.tar.gz
   

   
   If you want to install the latest version, visit the rdesktop page on GitHub to find it. Then replace the path in the command with that of the latest version.
3. In the directory where rdesktop will be installed, run the following commands to decompress and install rdesktop.
   

   tar xvzf rdesktop-<x.x.x>.tar.gz ## Replace x.x.x with the version number of the downloaded rdesktop. 
   cd rdesktop-1.8.3
   ./configure 
   make 
   make install
   

4. Run the following command to connect to the remote Windows instance.
   

   Note

   Replace the parameters in the example with your own parameters.

   
   

   rdesktop -u Administrator -p <your-password> <hostname or IP address>
   

• Administrator refers to the admin account mentioned in the prerequisites section.
• <your-password> refers to the login password that you set.
  If you use a system default password to log in to the instance, you can obtain the password at the Message Center. If you forgot your password, please reset the instance password.
• <hostname or="" ip="" address=""> is the public IP or custom domain name of your Windows instance. For more information on how to get the public IP, please see Getting Public IP Addresses.

Note

• The following operations use Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac as an example. Microsoft stopped providing a link to download the Remote Desktop client in 2017. Currently, its subsidiary HockeyApp is responsible for releasing the beta client. Go to Microsoft Remote Desktop Beta to download a Beta version.
• The following operations use a CVM on Windows Server 2012 R2 as an example.

1. Download and install Microsoft Remote Desktop for Mac on your local computer.
2. Start MRD and click Add Desktop, as shown below:
   
3. In the Add PC pop-up window, follow the steps illustrated in the following image to establish a connection to your Windows CVM.
   
   1. In the PC name text file, enter the public IP address of your CVM instance. For more information on how to obtain the public IP address, see Getting Public IP Addresses.
   2. Click Add.
   3. Retain the default settings for the other options and establish the connection.
      Your entry has now been saved, as shown below:
      
4. Double-click the new entry. Input your username and password for CVM and click Continue.
5. If you use a system default password to log in to the instance, you can obtain the password at the Message Center.
6. If you forgot your password, please reset the instance password.
7. In the pop-up window, click Continue to establish the connection, as shown below:
   
   If the connection is successful, the following page will appear: