Colab VM Does Not Exist Error

[chancharikm]

Hi, I am getting this error when trying to connect my deployed (with a green checkmark Colab VM) after following all steps provided in this link.

I am getting the following error:

To fix the issue, I followed the steps outline on a Github issue (linked and the following is also similar). This is what I got, apparently solving the issue from the SSH view:

Of course, this should solve the issue, right? No, it did not fix the problem. I am still getting the same error. I would appreciate any insight on how to fix this. Below, I have attached some useful information.

Here is the information on my Colab VM instance:

Here is my project information:

On the Colab end, I tried entering both the Project Name and Project ID (i.e. EdSupport1 and edsupport1). Neither option worked.

[Willbin]

Hello @chancharikm,

Welcome to Google Cloud Community!

I wasn't able to reproduce the error you posted but I was able to connect my colab vm after doing this. Can you please provide more logs or info so we can check it further? Thanks

[chancharikm · Accepted solution]

So I did follow exactly those steps multiple times to no avail. I have a partial solution for those interested (one that I have accepted). It seems the Colab VM is the problem. So to bypass it, just ssh into a compute engine instance. This server works perfectly fine, and it can make use of the compute. Thus, if you want to use a notebook environment, you can look into something called ssh tunneling. It's a simple method I've often used to use a notebook environment locally for a remote server.