STEP1: Use SSH to connect to the public IP address of the virtual machine. Replace sshuser with the SSH user account you specified when creating the VM. The following example connects to a virtual machine at 40.68.254.142 : bash ssh sshuser@40.68.254.142

Change Time to EST Update Timezone, follow prompt: sudo dpkg-reconfigure tzdata *Select US -> Eastern First thing First.   Update/upgrade sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade