Lab 1 - Setup environment

DATE:

Friday, March 29, 2024

TAGS:

kubernetes

workshop

Lab 1	Setup machine environment
Duration	45 minutes
Skills	SSH, VSCode

Description

Before starting with the workshop, we need to set up our machine environment. In this lab, we will set up our machine environment by installing the necessary tools and software required for the workshop.

Objectives

Install Visual Studio Code.
Install Git Bash.
Setup SSH keys and share the public key with us.
Install Remote Explorer extension in Visual Studio Code.
Connect to Google compute instance using SSH.
Get into your own TMUX session.

Instructions

Step 1 : Install Visual Studio Code. You should follow the instructions provided in the link to install Visual Studio Code. https://code.visualstudio.com/
Step 2 : Install Git Bash. You should follow the instructions provided in the link to install Git Bash. https://git-scm.com/downloads
Step 3 : Setup SSH keys. To setup SSH keys, run the following commands in your Git Bash terminal.

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096

After following the instructions, you will have a public and private key. Share the public key with the instructor. You can see the content of public key using the following command.

cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

Step 4 : Install Remote Explorer extension in Visual Studio Code. More information on how to install the extension can be found in the link. https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh

Edit the ~/.ssh/config file and add the following configuration.

Host optiop
  User mehrshad
  IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  Hostname workshop.optiop.org

Step 5 : Connect to GCP instance using SSH. To connect to the GCP press Ctrl + Shift + P and type Remote-SSH: Connect to Host.... Then type optiop and press enter. You will be connected to the GCP instance.
Step 6 : Get into your own TMUX session. To start a new TMUX session, run the following command.

tmux new -s NAME -t workshop