Enable SSH on Ubuntu server

In my previous post, I had the Ubuntu server up and running under VMware with the network adapter set to bridge mode.
So the next thing I need is to get Putty up and running.
I'm not a linux geek, but I do work a lot with ubuntu and red hat as a full-time webdeveloper. I knew I needed to install some kind of service to get shell access so I can connect to the Ubuntu server with my little friend mister Putty.
With a little bit of Google-Fu I've found out, I needed a software called openssh server.

So I entered the tiny Virtual Machine window to install the openssh server and typed:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install openssh-server

That's 2 commands sperated with the semicolon. The first one updates the Ubuntu server and the second command installs openssh server.
Frankly it doesn't install the openssh server without updating first, when you're running a freshly installed Ubuntu server.

And last but not least I was informed to also install portmap just in case:

sudo apt-get install portmap

I don't like doing stuff I don't know so I googled it up and this is what it says:

A {server} that converts {TCP/IP} {protocol} {port} numbers into {RPC} program numbers. It must be running in order to make RPC calls. When an RPC server starts, it tells portmap the port number it is listening on and what RPC program numbers it serves. Before a client can call a given RPC program number, it must contacts portmap on the server machine to determine the port number to which RPC packets should be sent.

The only thing I needed was the Ubuntu server's IP address to connect to.

ifconfig

The number after inet addr is the IP we need (or the inet6 if you're running an ipv6 network)
That's all for the tiny little Virtual Machine window. CTRL+G to snap out of it.

Fire up Putty, fill in the IP address and that's all.
Next we'll setup a web server called LiteSpeed.