Virtual Machine Setup

What is a Workspace

Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed, persistent desktop virtualization service that enables your users to access the data, applications, and resources they need, anywhere, anytime, from any supported device. You can use Amazon WorkSpaces to provision either Windows or Linux desktops in just a few minutes and quickly scale to provide thousands of desktops to workers across the globe. Amazon WorkSpaces is deployed within an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), and no user data is stored on the local device. This helps improve the security of user data and reduces your overall risk surface area.

Many organizations are making a permanent shift to a more flexible and more remote workforce, including more 'work from home' options. Amazon WorkSpaces enables you to give these workers fully functional Windows and Linux desktops in minutes, while increasing security by keeping data off of the end user's device, and increasing reliability with the power of the AWS Cloud.

Your Workspace specs

4CPU Cores
16GB Ram
100GB Disk space

Pre Installed Software and Applications

Discord
Visual Studio Code
IntelliJ IDEA
Node
Docker
MongoDB
Mongo Compass
Postgresql
Sqlelectron (Database GUI Client)
Feel free to install other applications you might need

Workspace Setup

Follow the instructions on the email sent from Amazon WorkSpaces

Dear Amazon WorkSpaces User,

Your administrator has created an Amazon WorkSpace for you. Follow the steps below to quickly get started with your WorkSpace:

1. Complete your user profile and download a WorkSpaces client using the following link: link

2. Launch the client and enter the following registration code: foo

3. Login with your newly created password. Your username is bar

You may download clients for additional devices at https://clients.amazonworkspaces.com/

Your WorkSpace is also enabled for Amazon WorkDocs. You can use Amazon WorkDocs to store, sync, and share your files. WorkDocs can automatically back up documents on your WorkSpace and sync documents to and from other devices such as a PC or Mac, so that you can access your data regardless of which desktop you are using. To use WorkDocs with your WorkSpace, follow the "Integrate with WorkDocs" instructions in the Amazon WorkSpaces User Guide:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/workspaces/latest/userguide/workspaces-user-getting-started.html#workdocs-integration

When you set up WorkDocs, you will need to register and log in with the same registration code, username, and password that you use with your WorkSpace.

If you have any issues connecting to your WorkSpace, please contact your administrator.

Sincerely,

Amazon WorkSpaces

Update User

Download Client

Register

Terminal and oh-my-zsh

What is the terminal

Terminal, also known as command line or console, allow us to accomplish and automate tasks on a computer without the use of a graphical user interface.

oh-my-zsh

Oh My Zsh is a delightful, open source, community-driven framework for managing your Zsh configuration. It comes bundled with thousands of helpful functions, helpers, plugins, themes, and a few things that make you shout...

In a nutshel it provides extra features that the default terminal does not come with.

oh-my-zsh tetup

Open the terminal

copy and paste the following command

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

type y then press enter on your keyboard
Enter your password
Still in the terminal copy and paste the following command and press enter
```
echo 'exec zsh' >> $HOME/.bashrc
```
copy and paste the following command and press enter
```
cat $HOME/.bashrc
```
and you should see exec zsh at the end of the screen