Remote Development with VSCode

​Visual Studio Code is a freeware source-code editor made by Microsoft for Windows, Linux and macOS.

Install Remote FS

Setup Remote FS

• Open User Settings.
  • On  Windows/Linux - File > Preferences > Settings
  • On macOS - Code > Preferences > Settings
• Add your remote configs to "remotefs.remote" in your User Settings.

      "remotefs.remote": {
          "cypress-home": {
              "scheme": "sftp",
              "host": "cypress.tulane.edu",
              "username": "YOUR USER ID",
              "rootPath": "/home/YOUR_HOME"
          },
          "cypress-lustre": {
              "scheme": "sftp",
              "host": "cypress.tulane.edu",
              "username": "YOUR USER ID",
              "rootPath": "/lustre/project/YOUR_PROJECT_DIR"
          }
      }
  

• Cmd+Shift+P open command palette(Ctrl+Shift+P on Windows/Linux), run Remote FS: Add Folder to Workspace command.

Public-key Authetication

If you have set up ​Public-key Authetication, add "privateKeyPath" entry for each to specify the location of the local private key.

            "username": "YOUR USER ID",
            "privateKeyPath":"/home/YOUR_LOCAL_HOME/.ssh/id_rsa",
            "rootPath": "/home/YOUR_HOME"

Note that '/home/YOUR_LOCAL_HOME' is the home directory on your desktop/laptop computer. You should check the private key file name in /home/YOUR_LOCAL_HOME/.ssh.