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title: "Connect to vNIOS Instance"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/DeploymentGuidevNIOSforOCI/1557495994/Connect%20to%20vNIOS%20Instance"
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For the initial connection to your vNIOS instance, you will need to use a virtual console connection. From here you will be able to configure licensing and other basic settings as well as join the instance to your Infoblox Grid.

**Create Console Connection**

1. To create the Console Connection, go to the Instance Details page.

2. Select the **OS Management Tab** to find the **Console connection**.

3. Click on **Create Console Connection**.

![image-20250526-094258.png](media://40a3bb83-d490-4c54-ac92-a3e25333cae8)

4. On the Create Console Connection pane, select an SSH key option.

5. Either download the newly generated keys or select your public key file to use.

6. Click on **Create Console Connection**.

![image-20250526-094313.png](media://c05565e3-6051-423e-82e3-df903980bb92)

7. Wait for the connection state to show Active.