What is ssh?:

SSH lets us connect to a computer through the internet. Its useful because for the jetson we don’t need to bring a monitor+keyboard everywhere we go. We just need a laptop and a connection to connect to the jetson. It is also useful for wireless setups so when the robot is moving so we can still be connected to the jetson.

SSH command

in the command line run:

  ssh <username>@<ip of computer to ssh into>
example:
  ssh admin@192.167.188.15

Recommend solution is to use the VS code SSH extention which the SSH with VS code part of the guide goes over.

Alternatively you could use PuTTY and select ssh in the connection types

How do I get the ip of a computer?

run:

  ifconfig

and look at where it says inet: ...

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To make check if you laptop can “see” the other computer run:

  ping <ip of computer to ssh into>
example:

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If you get a response then that likely means the computers can ssh to each other

Forward windows

If you want to see a window pop up in your program over SSH say for example an OpenCV window of what your camera you can add the -X flag

  ssh -X <username>@<ip of computer to ssh into>

you can test this by running xclock though the ssh connection and see a window get passed though

Tailscale

official tailscale docs

Tailscale is a vpn that lets you buy pass the problem of always getting the ip of the jetson

SSH with VS code

official guide

I recommend ssh with this method so you are able to edit files and not need to use vim or nano. You are also able to open multiple terminals this way too.

Another nice feature is, if you saved your workspace, every time you reopen vs code it automatically tries to connect via ssh.