Overview

This guide walks you through setting up your own Linux virtual computer on Softdrive, step by step.  By the end, you'll have a fully working Linux environment ready for development, testing, or everyday use.

Prerequisites

Before starting, verify the following:

• Local Computer has a SSH client
• SSH Key

Procedure

1. Login into Softnet and click Computers > Add Computer

2. Select Linux from operating systems and choose the template

3. Copy your public SSH key into the public ssh key section

4. Go throught the normal computer creation process and create the computer

How To Login

1. Open terminal
2. Go to softnet and search for your newly created linux machine
3. Copy the Public IP of your linux machine
4. run following command to connect using your default ssh key. Replace <public ip> with actual ip
   ssh sduser@<public ip> 
   
   If your ssh key is not in default location you will need to specify the location using -i switch
   ssh -i C:\Users\<location to private ssh key> sduser@<public ip>