

Click the plus button to create a new connection. Hover over the "SSH Targets" heading in the side panel. Select "SSH Targets" from the drop-down list at the top if it is not already selected. Search for "remote explorer" and run the command "View: Show Remote Explorer" to display the remote side panel. Press Ctrl + Shift + P to display the Command Palette. VS Code does not fully support password authentication although it will work, you will have to re-enter your password each time a command is executed. MacOS hosts must have the operating system's remote login feature enabled.īefore continuing, make sure you have copied your local SSH public key to the authorized_keys file. Windows servers are also supported, provided the official Microsoft OpenSSH server is used. The extension works with hosts running Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, RHEL, and Raspbian. You should now connect to your SSH server. It is published and supported by Microsoft. Search for "remote - ssh" and install the corresponding extension. The extensions sidebar will appear on the left. Press Ctrl + Shift + P to open the command palette and type "install". Start by adding the Remote - SSH extension to your editor.
