SSHing into your workstation

Installing Duke’s VPN

Download Duke’s VPN Client Once installed set the connection address to vpn.duke.edu You’ll need to be connected to this VPN to connect to your workstation while off campus.

Grabbing your IP

In the ubuntu terminal type

hostname -I

This will output your local IP Address

$ hostname -I
xx.xxx.xx.xxxx

Connecting to your workstation

Now from any client that has ssh installed, just connect to your IP

ssh username@xx.xxx.xx.xxxx

Replace username with the username on your workstation.

Setting up an SSH Key (Optional)

Add an ssh key to bypass the password prompt when connecting to your workstation.

Follow these steps to generate a ssh key on the client you will be connecting to your workstation from.

Once generated, go back to your workstation and navigate to ~/.ssh(if this folder does not exist create it).

Edit your authorized_keys file (again create it if it does not exist) and add the public key you just created to your authorized keys. It should be one line per public key.