SSH to Remote server on VsCode in 1 minute

Sharkdevs 🦈 — Tue, 20 Aug 2019 09:59:10 +0000

Lately, I was working on a project in Digital Ocean. I wanted to pull and access the folders there in my local Visual studio code. While Vs Code Documentation solves this, I want to provide a straight forward way to pull a remote server to your Vs Code.

This article assumes that your ssh is already configured and all you want to do is get the remote server locally.

Step 1:Install Remote-SSH extension

On VsCode, navigate to extensions and Install Remote-SSH

Step 2: Configure SSH

i. Open the Vscode command Pallet(cmnd+shift+P) and type Remote. You will see a dropdown with several options. Click Remote-SSH: connect to host

ii. In the input box provided, insert the hostname to ssh to in the format username@hostname ie root@127.0.0.1 and click the highlighted option below it.

iii. Insert your password in the next step and Vscode will finish the rest of the configuration.

Finally:

To open your folders, Navigate to Files > open > file
Alternatively, you can click on the File Explorer to Open the folder that you would like to access.

Happy Coding From the shark🦈

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SSH to Remote server on VsCode in 1 minute

Step 1:Install Remote-SSH extension

Step 2: Configure SSH

Finally: