Notes on the cisco vpn at skoltech

cisco_vpn.md

Working with Windows and the Ubuntu bash

• Check install instructions at http://cdn.skoltech.ru/files/manuals/VPN_access_instruction_eng.pdf
• Download the cisco client
• First run on powershell: Get-DnsClientServerAddress -AddressFamily IPv4 | Select-Object -ExpandPropert ServerAddresses
• Copy the ip listed
• Open the Ubuntu bash
• Open resolv.conf
• sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
• Edit the /etc/resolv.conf and replace all nameserver {ip} with the ones generated by the top one.
• Save file
• ssh the server in the vpn
• Read https://superuser.com/questions/1145717/bash-on-ubuntu-on-windows-could-not-resolve-host-using-vpn/1161513#1161513

Docker in Ubuntu bash

• It cannot be installed directly
• Install instead docker on windows with the cli
• Read https://blog.jayway.com/2017/04/19/running-docker-on-bash-on-windows/
• Read https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/setting-up-docker-for-windows-and-wsl-to-work-flawlessly
• To install docker compose https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/