How to Connect to Selfmade Ninja Labs with WireGuard (Ubuntu)

Welcome to our step-by-step guide on connecting to Selfmade Ninja Labs using SSH and WireGuard and configuring Visual Studio Code for seamless remote development. This tutorial is designed to help you integrate your Ubuntu environment with these powerful tools, optimizing your workflow and enhancing productivity.

Ubuntu, a versatile and robust operating system, is ideal for both development and daily tasks. By leveraging Ubuntu’s capabilities, you can efficiently manage remote servers, deploy applications, and streamline your development process. Whether you’re a beginner or an advanced user, this guide will equip you with the skills to maximize your Ubuntu setup for Selfmade Ninja Lab cloud lab training for aspiring IT students.

Let’s dive in and unlock the potential of Ubuntu with Selfmade Ninja Labs!

Prerequisites

• SNA Gitlab account (Create one by clicking here)
• A working installation of Ubuntu.

Connect to Selfmade Ninja Labs

Adding SSH Keys

• Login your credentials by clicking here.

  

• Select your profile, then click on ‘preferences‘ tab

  

• Select ‘SSH keys‘ from the list of options, then select ‘Add key‘

  

• Open your Terminal and put any of the following commands to generate SSH keys

  • For example, for ED25519: ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "key-name"
  • For 2048-bit RSA: ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 2048 -C "key-name"

  You can add passphrase if needed

  

• Your SSH key is generated.

  

• Now copy the key generated which has the extension .pub in it.

  • To view the key, use cat command

  

• Paste the public key in the ‘key‘ field, Change the title if needed, then press ‘Add key‘

  

• Now your key has been successfully added.

  

Wireguard connection

• Now open https://labs.selfmade.ninja and login. Go to ‘My Devices‘ under the connectivity tab, then click on ‘Add Device‘ button and Fill it with your appropriate device requirements.

  

• Open your terminal and install wireguard by putting the following command sudo apt install wireguard

  

• Check whether wireguard has been successfully installed by putting the following command wg --version

  

• Now generate a wireguard public key and private key by putting the following command wg genkey | tee privatekey | wg pubkey > publickey

  

• You can see that the private key and public key are generated by using ls command

  

• Copy the public key by opening it using cat command

  

• Paste the ‘Wireguard public key‘ which you have copied’. Then click ‘Verify and Add‘ button.

  

• Now you can see that a new device has been added. But still there is no connection. to connect that press that three dots button, then select ‘Show configuration‘.

  

• Copy the Info in it.

  

• Now open terminal and create a new wireguard configuration file by using this command. sudo nano /etc/wireguard/confname.conf

  

Make sure you keep the conf file in the above given location.You can change the name of the conf file as you want.

• Replace the private key with your private key you generated. and then save it.

• Now give the following command to start the on the wireguard connection. sudo wg-quick up confname

  

• You can check whether it has been connected successfully by using the following command sudo wg show

  

• Now you can see that your device has become online

  

• Open ‘My Labs‘, Go to ‘Machine Labs‘, then go to ‘Essentials Labs‘

• Click ‘Deploy‘

  

• Click on ‘Confirm Deploy‘

  

• Now copy the SSH command from the connetion settings.

  

• Open terminal and connect with essentials lab by pasting the SSH command

  

• You have connected to the labs successfully

Visual Studio Code

• Open VS code and install Remote-SSH extenstion

  

• Click the icon from the bottom-left, click ‘connect to host’

  

• Click ‘Add new SSH host’

  

• Paste the SSH command, and hit enter.

  

• Click ‘Connect’ below

  

• You have successfully with labs vis VS code. you can open the terminal and check it. Also you can see that the SSH is connected to your labs

  

Conclusion

Congratulations! You’ve successfully connected to Selfmade Ninja Lab cloud lab training for aspiring IT students using SSH and WireGuard and configured Visual Studio Code for remote development. By following these steps, you now have a robust environment to manage remote servers, deploy applications, and enhance your learning experience.

Whether you’re developing complex applications or exploring new functionalities, Ubuntu combined with SNA Labs will serve as your reliable platform. Feel free to revisit this guide whenever needed, and continue leveraging the power of Selfmade Ninja Labs to streamline your workflow.

Happy coding!