SSH with password access

# access with username/password
# create a user on virtual machine
sudo useradd -m <username> -s /bin/bash

# add password on virtual machine
passwd <username>

# login virtual machine with username/password
ssh username@ip
            

# access with keys
# generate a public key and a private key under ~/.ssh on local
# algorithm, rsa, dsa, ecdsa, ed25519
ssh-keygen -f [filename] -t [algorithm]

# copy the public key to authorized_keys under ~/.ssh on virtual machine

# login virtual machine with private key from local
ssh -i <private key> username@ip
            

SSH with public key access

# change mode to read only
chmod 400 <private key>

# access with private key
ssh -i <private key path> username@ip
            

# create a user on virtual machine
sudo useradd -m <username> -s /bin/bash

# create authorized_keys under ~/.ssh on virtual machine 
cd /home/<username>
sudo mkdir .ssh
cd .ssh
sudo touch authorized_keys

# generate a public key and a private key under ~/.ssh on local
# algorithm, rsa, dsa, ecdsa, ed25519
ssh-keygen -f [filename] -t [algorithm]

# copy the public key to authorized_keys under ~/.ssh on virtual machine

# login virtual machine with private key from local
ssh -i <private key> username@ip
            

Remote Desktop Protcol (RDP)

# Add Inbound port rules in Setting -> Networking
Priority: 300
Name: Port_3389
Port(Destination): 3389
Protocol: TCP
Source: Any
Destinations: Any
Action: Allow

# test RDP connection in Connect
            

# Enable rdp on VM
sudo apt-get -y install xrdp
sudo systemctl enable xrdp
            

# Download RDP file to launch Microsoft Remote Desktop
            

Bastion

# 1. Create a Bastion and create a Virtual Network
# 2. Create a Virtual Machine
            

# copy from local to VM
scp -i <private key path> localFile username@ip:./

# copy from VM to local
scp -i <private key path> username@ip:./path localPath
        

# keep processes running after SSH session disconnects
nohup long-running-process &

# view nohup.out
tail -f nohup.out
            

Set of identical virtual machines

Automatically scale the amount of virtual machines

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