Assignment: Virtual Commune

Our virtual commune is up and running in meghna's apartment and can be accessed via terminal with the following command:

ssh -p 2222 admin@mazhai.commoninternet.net

After running this command, you will be prompted for a password. The password is redacted

After entering the password, your terminal will now be ssh-ed into the raspberry pi in meghna's apartment. ssh is a protocol for remotely accessing another computer. alternatively you can imagine ssh as a form of astral projection. after running the ssh command, any commands you run in terminal will be executed on the pi instead of on your own laptop. You can always exit ssh by running the command exit which will return your terminal back to your own computer. Also note, if you open an additional terminal window, that will also be on your own computer — the ssh command just runs in a particular terminal window.

ssh is actually a very common tool for programmers — it is generally how people modify remote servers. We're just using it in a slightly unconventional way here to create a virtual commune, but its the same standard command.

Once you are ssh-ed onto the pi, you can explore by terminal. You can the run command help to show a short reminder of commands that you can run. You can also refer back to the "getting started with terminal" tutorial, and all the commands listed there will also work on the pi (other than the text editor Sublime). While using ssh, we recommend to use the text editor nano, which is a simple text editor that can be used within Terminal.

Explore, create files, create folders, decorate, as inspired. This is a collective ssh-based terminal commune larp. If you worked on the terminal art sidequest, please put your bash script in the gallery and make sure to give it the correct permissions to be runnable.