Questions tagged [vscode-remote]
Visual Studio Code Remote Development allows you to use a container, remote machine, or the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a full-featured development environment
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How to save a file in vscode-remote SSH with a non-root user privileges
I am not able to save any files on my remote server with VSCode Remote SSH because I am not a root user.
I've followed the official documentation about how to set up ssh with SSH config file but even ...
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VScode remote connection error: The process tried to write to a nonexistent pipe
I use vscode with remote-ssh to connect my server, after configuring, I want to connect my host, but it failed, the dialog box display:"could not establish connection to XX, The process tried to ...
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Using "Remote SSH" in VSCode on a target machine that only allows inbound SSH connections
Is there a way to use the VSCode Remote SSH extension to interact with a remote host that does not allow outbound internet connections?
Is it possible to download the vscode-server files from another ...
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How do we remove ssh targets from Remote Explorer
The Remote Explorer sidebar has an obvious icon for adding new targets but I can't find an option for removing or editing a target.
In my case, servers' IPs change frequently so they just continue to ...
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Is there a way to reconnect to a disconnected VS Code Remote SSH connection?
When you're running VS Code Remote SSH and loose network connectivity over a long period of time and return to VS Code, the status on the bottom left show's "Disconnected from SSH: ". However, there ...
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VSCode in WSL: how to sudo a root file so I can edit it
WSL v.1 -- VSCode v1.40.1 (using 'Remote - WSL' extension 40.3)
How to open a root-owned file for edit using sudo and VSCode? (without running as root)
If I open a root file without sudo, I can't ...
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How to change vscode-server directory
I am trying to use vscode remote ssh extension and connect to Linux machine that has access to my files. Vscode install the server on the Linux machine under user home directory where due to company ...
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How to kill VSCode remote services on Ubuntu Host
I just updated VSCode Remote Insider and I can't connect to my host through VSCode anymore.
I tried to uninstall my local VSCode Insider and restart it, but it didn't help. Then, I removed the .vscode-...
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VS Code: connect a docker container in a remote server
I want to work in a container in a remote server.
But it doesn't work.
Environment:
Local: Windows 10
Local Terminal for ssh: WSL in Windows 10
Server: Ubuntu 18.04
I checked these two articles.
https:...
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I've already setup the ssh key, but VSCode keeps asking for password
I'm using a macbook(MacOS) to connect to a remote Ubuntu server.
I copied the public ssh key to the server using ssh-copy-id and checked that the ssh key works on the terminal. When I do ssh username@...
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keep Running Jupyter notebook with VSCode on remote server (SSH) after disconnecting
i'm working with VSCode on remote server via ssh with the jupyter notebook extension.
but when im disconnect from the session the process of the code is stopped.
is there a way to run the notebook ...
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VS Code Remote-SSH: The vscode server failed to start SSH
I'm trying to connect to a server via remote-ssh extension for Visual Studio Code, however, I'm getting the following error:
The vscode server failed to start SSH
Everything is fine on the server-...
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Can I SSH from WSL in Visual Studio Code?
I am using WSL on Windows 10 to program, and recently discovered that VSCode can be used to edit programs through SSH.
However, I normally SSH into my university's computers through WSL so I can ...
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Multiple devcontainers in vscode-remote
I have a project that creates multiple Docker images. I would like to setup a devcontainer in vscode-remote for each image so that I may spin up a container for each image.
I only need to spin up and ...
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Does vscode remote support double ssh?
I have a gpu-server Server-A in office. The only way to access that server is through the office wired network. The office provides a proxy server Server-B. How I connect to the Server-A? I first ssh ...
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VsCode Remote SSH .vscode-server taking up a lot of space
I got an alert this morning for disk space in /home on a multi user remote SSH dev environment server.
Running partition -$xdev -type f -ls | sort -k 7 -r -n | head -20 I saw that the largest ...
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How can I change the color of the >< remote icon in the VS Code status bar?
I installed the VS Code Remote Development extensions but the green >< icon in the left of the status bar doesn't look good with my preferred theme. How do I change its color?
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Is there a way to get git to work properly from within a dev container using VS Code?
I am working with VS Code and I installed the Remote Development extension. I created a devcontainer for my Angular application. So far, everything works fine. The Dockerfile and the devcontainer.json ...
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EACCESS error when installing packages on WSL
I'm getting this error trying to NPM INSTALL packages on WSL from VS Code.
npm ERR! Error: EACCES: permission denied, rename '/mnt/d/DEVRepo/PWS/functions/node_modules/cssstyle' -> '/mnt/d/DEVRepo/...
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Can't connect VS Code to Linux machine for remote development
I am getting this error on VS Code and have no clue why it fails
[15:14:59.543] Log Level: 2
[15:14:59.555] remote-ssh@0.51.0
[15:14:59.555] win32 x64
[15:14:59.560] SSH Resolver called for "ssh-...
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How can I install vs-code-server manually and tell vs-code-remote?
When I try use remote-ssh connect to my server to install install vs-code-server, it hangs with these message:
Install and start server if needed
bash: no job control in this shell
Installing...
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VSCode Remote WSL Downloading Server Every Time
Every time I open Remote WSL, it downloads server. Even after download is completed, when I open VSCode and Remote WSL again, it starts downloading again. How to solve this so that it doesn't download ...
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Is it possible to use the "code" command in SSH'ed terminal to open VS Code on local machine with SSH extension?
Something I love about VS Code is that when I am using a terminal in WSL, I can run code file.txt, and it will open that file with VS Code on my local using the WSL remote extension.
Is it possible ...
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VS Code connect to WSL Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, fail with error: Could not fetch remote environment
A few days ago I was working just fine with VS Code connected to WSL Ubuntu 20.04, then I did some updating on WSL, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and VS Code and now I can not connect to WSL 20.04, and I always ...
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ssh in vscode error: Permission denied (publickey,password)
So I'm using the "Remote - SSH" plugin in VSCode to connect to my VPS and edit my code. I lost the connection, then had to hard-reset it after 30+ min. Now I can't access it with VSCode anymore [putty ...
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VSCode Remote SSH Connection Failed
I'm trying to use the Remote-SSH extension to edit files on a Debian server. The SSH connection is established correctly but then I get an error message :
Failed to connect to the remote extension ...
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How to connect VSCode to GCP instances
I am trying to connect VSCode to my GCP instances but am unable to. From a terminal, I can ssh into the machines with gcloud compute ssh my_machine_name but I'm not sure how to translate that into ...
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WSL2 terminal does not recognize Visual Studio Code
When I try to execute code from WSL, like this:
cmd.exe
wsl code .
I get the following error:
/bin/bash: code: command not found
However, if I execute the same command but first run cmd.exe as an ...
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Visual Studio Code Remote SSH uses Windows username instead of username in ssh_config
I'm using Visual Studio Code on Windows 7, along with Microsoft's Remote SSH extension. I added new remote host, and saved configuration in ssh_config file.
When I open that file, everything looks ok,...
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How to run docker-compose inside VS Code devcontainer
I have this multi-container project comprised of 3 NestJS and 1 dotnet5.0 application. Besides the applications, the project depends on a RabbitMQ and an InfluxDB services (running as pure docker ...
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Use host networking while building a VSCode devcontainer
How can I get VSCode to use host networking during the build of the container?
In devcontainer.json, I can set
"runArgs": ["--network=host"]
but that only applies to running the ...
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How can I ensure VS Code Remote SSH server runs on a compute node of our cluster?
I would like to use VS Code Remote SSH to do development work on our institution's cluster. Our cluster uses an architecture with a login node that receives all SSH requests. We are discouraged from ...
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Specify listening address 0.0.0.0 for forwarded port in VSCode Remote Containers
I am developing inside a docker container using the VSCode Remote Containers extension. I start a server inside the container which listens at port 3342 and would like to access the webpage using ...
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alter PATH for VS Code Remote SSH
Using VS Code's new Remote SSH feature, how do I modify the PATH environment variable for its terminal? I've ssh'd into an Ubuntu 16.04 VM and it is not picking up /etc/profile or ~/.bash_profile.
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Looking for IntelliJ Remote Dev experience similar to VS Code Remote Dev Extension Pack [closed]
VS Code allows a local development experience with source code and source execution on a remote machine: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/remote-overview
Is there a similar tool to this for ...
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How to set a remote connection to a Vagrant container using "Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH"?
I'm exploring the new set extensions called VSCode Remote Pack and I want to connect to a Vagrant container using the Remote Container extension. Using a Windows 10 OS, how could I do that?
I tried ...
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How to prevent new VS Code window from launching for remote ssh connections
When connecting to a remote machine using VS Code Remote SSH this act always opens a new VS Code Window. Is there a way to change this behavior to use the existing open window? Thanks
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VS code can't ssh to server: failed to create hard link
SETUP
I have a windows 10 PC connecting to my linux server (ubuntu 18.04.2). I run/edit code on my powerful server by remotely accessing the server through VS code's ssh ability. It is super ...
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VSCode - open remote from cli
I use the new VS Code remote feature all the time and it is superb. I'm wondering if it is possible to open a specific ssh host / folder from the cli. That way I can script a spin up of my dev ...
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How can I use an env file to pass environment variables into a standalone vscode remote container?
I am using a standalone Go vscode remote container for development and would like to load environment variables into the container from a file.
All examples I can find are using Docker Compose and ...
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Is there a way to launch Visual Studio Code and force it to open in a Remote Container?
I regularly open Visual Studio Code via code . and then have to click the Re-open in Container button.
Am I missing any shortcut to force it to do this from the command line?
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How to install VS Code extensions in a Dockerfile?
Is there a way to install VS Code extensions in a Dockerfile?
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VScode SSH extension keeps disconnecting after moving to a new location
I recently moved to a different country, but I work remotely and therefore I thought that my workspace wouldn't be interrupted. However, now that I'm trying to connect to my workspace through ssh in ...
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Working directory of Visual Studio Code tasks
What is the working directory of a Visual Studio Code task?
According to the official documentation, the default should be the workspace directory, i.e., workspaceFolder, but running a task which ...
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VSCode Remote Container - extensions not installing on dev container using docker-compose
I am having trouble getting extensions installed in the dev container using "Remote - Containers". I do not know if it's a bug, incorrect configuration on my end, or intended behaviour. Down below is ...
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Configuring environment variables prior to creation of dev container
I am trying to integrate the Remote - Containers with my docker-compose.yaml.
However, my compose file is making use of the variable substitution feature.
services:
command: yarn server
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How do I configure a different shell for a VS Code SSH Remote?
How do the change the shell used for VS Code's integrated terminal when I connect to an remote ssh workspace?
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How do I resolve "Failed to parse remote port from server"?
I'm setting up a new remote host and every time I initiate it I get the following error output. How can I resolve this issue?
Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
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Open Containers in Remote SSH Hosts using VSCode
Using the Remote Development extension pack, Visual Studio Code is able to open a Docker container running on the current system, and to open a folder on a remote host connected using SSH.
If there ...
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Should I check in the VS Code dev container files? For example, the .devcontainer folder or .devcontainer.json file?
I created a new Dev Container in VS Code, and VS Code added .devcontainer folder to my workspace. Should I check this file in to git?
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