diff --git a/Doc/Common/glossary.xml b/Doc/Common/glossary.xml
index 8cd7e74302fb8fbdc381ba5bc3c9ad535c4517e9..ce4c15f23fd5b98e6c695189a95ba4766c207576 100644
--- a/Doc/Common/glossary.xml
+++ b/Doc/Common/glossary.xml
@@ -494,6 +494,16 @@
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
+ <glossentry xml:id="glo_ssh">
+ <glossterm><acronym>Ssh</acronym></glossterm>
+
+ <glossdef>
+ <para><link
+ xlink:href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell">Secure
+ shell</link></para>
+ </glossdef>
+ </glossentry>
+
<glossentry xml:id="glo_SVG">
<glossterm><acronym>SVG</acronym></glossterm>
diff --git a/Doc/Sdi/gettingStarted.xml b/Doc/Sdi/gettingStarted.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b189f4d736da1e49f76994d958b4458ec21aac9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Doc/Sdi/gettingStarted.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<chapter version="5.0" xml:id="sdiLdap" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
+ xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
+ xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+ xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+ xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"
+ xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+ xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
+ <title>Getting started</title>
+
+ <section xml:id="sdiAccessVm">
+ <title>Accessing your virtual machine</title>
+
+ <para>This lecture requires practical exercises. Each group will have
+ access to two virtual machines to mimic client provider and replication
+ scenarios.</para>
+
+ <para>Access to these virtual machines is initially being controlled by
+ password. A client will allow you to connect:</para>
+
+ <programlisting language="none">[goik]$ <emphasis role="bold">ssh root@sdi4a.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de</emphasis>
+The authenticity of host 'sdi4a.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de (141.62.75.104)' can't be established.
+ECDSA key fingerprint is b1:ee:e1:3d:db:3c:0b:06:e9:fb:b3:ae:b8:ed:e2:a8.
+Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
+Warning: Permanently added 'sdi4a.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de,141.62.75.104' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
+root@sdi4a.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de's password:
+Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 2.6.32-19-pve x86_64)
+
+ * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
+Last login: Fri Mar 27 08:29:40 2015 from 192.168.1.66</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Since password access is generally being considered insecure (e.g.
+ due to insufficient length or poor choice of password) we will configure
+ public key authentication by a public/private key pair:</para>
+
+ <orderedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>Copy your public <xref linkend="glo_ssh"/> key to your remote VM
+ still using password access:</para>
+
+ <programlisting language="none">root@goiki:~# scp /ma/goik/.ssh/id_rsa.pub root@sdi4a.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de:
+root@sdi4a.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de's password:
+id_rsa.pub 100% 736 0.7KB/s 00:00
+</programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>On the remote VM append your public key the the list of allowed
+ users:</para>
+
+ <programlisting language="none">root@sdi4a:~# cat id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys</programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>You should now be able to log in by public key:</para>
+
+ <programlisting language="none">[goik@goiki Sdi]$ ssh root@sdi4a.mi.hdm-stuttgart.de
+#Welcome to Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 2.6.32-19-pve x86_64)
+
+ * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/
+Last login: Fri Mar 27 08:38:03 2015 from 192.168.1.66
+</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Notice the absence of a password prompt. You may want to execute
+ <command>ssh</command> <option>-v</option> once to watch the log and
+ try to identify the key exchange.</para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>You should now disable password login. The <xref
+ linkend="glo_ssh"/> daemon is being configured by
+ <filename>/etc/ssh/sshd_config</filename>. Edit this file and look for
+ the following lines</para>
+
+ <programlisting language="none">...
+# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
+#PasswordAuthentication yes
+...</programlisting>
+
+ <para>As being proposed inside the comment remove the directive's
+ starting comment and set its value to no:</para>
+
+ <programlisting language="none">...
+# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
+PasswordAuthentication <emphasis role="bold">no</emphasis>
+...</programlisting>
+
+ <para>This value will become active on reloading the daemon's
+ configuration:</para>
+
+ <programlisting language="none">root@sdi4a:~# /etc/init.d/ssh reload</programlisting>
+ </listitem>
+ </orderedlist>
+ </section>
+</chapter>
diff --git a/Doc/lectures.xml b/Doc/lectures.xml
index 756ba7b7b0bfc19279640d1e251de6f1026d4b2b..b8cf6f02809d0699a5162c6dfdfd3e1cc08e708a 100644
--- a/Doc/lectures.xml
+++ b/Doc/lectures.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
<title>Software defined infrastructure</title>
</info>
+ <xi:include href="Sdi/gettingStarted.xml" xpointer="element(/1)"/>
<xi:include href="Sdi/unixIntro.xml" xpointer="element(/1)"/>
<xi:include href="Sdi/package.xml" xpointer="element(/1)"/>