In Visual Studio Code, create a new file called package. You should now be able to edit your files remotely over SSH using Visual Studio Code.Previous step Next step 6. Files that are opened are edited locally and. If the connection is successful, you will be prompted to choose the platform on the remote host it's Linux: The remote SSH explorer provides the same experience editing code remotely as you get when you are editing locally. You should enter You may be prompted for your password or passphrase in order to authenticate to the SSH server: You will get a prompt to enter the location of your account. For this example, the setting should be as follows: ItemĪt this point, you can start a remote connection by pressing F1 and typing Remote-SSH: Connect. The username and the server name of your account will be different you should use the values that apply to your account. In the following example, the username is example and the server name is. When it appears, you should click on the ' Add Item' button and enter the server name of your hosting account (it can be found in the welcome email or on the left pane of the Control Panel of your hosting account) and the following path: /home/$USER/.local/vscode-server The other setting that you have to add is named Remote.SSH: Server Install Path. In the search field, enter Remote.SSH: Remote Server Listen On Socket. To change it, you should first open the Settings dialog by pressing Ctrl+. The first one is ' Remote.SSH: Remote Server Listen On Socket' and it needs to be enabled. In particular, you have to install the ' Remote SSH' extension.Īfter your editor has been set up, there are two settings in it that you have to change. You should start by setting up your Visual Studio Code installation as described in that article. The configuration for SSH connections in Visual Studio Code is described in detail in the Remote Development using SSH article in the official documentation of the editor.

Please contact our support team about this, otherwise you won't be able to use Visual Studio Code over SSH. NOTE: In order to connect to your account with Visual Studio Code, there is also a configuration change that needs to be enabled for your hosting account on the server.

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