Connect VSCode and EC2 using SSH

I assume that you have VSCode installed.

1. Install an OpenSSH compatible SSH client

💡 If you do not have a SSH host set up, follow the directions for Linux, Windows 10 / Server (1803+), or macOS or create a VM on Azure.

2. Install Remote - SSH extension on VSCode

VSCode Market Place Link

3. Configure

1. Open command palette: cmd + shift + p
2. Select **Remote-SSH: Open SSH Configuration File**
3. Select one of your config location, I’ll just pick the first one

1. Update the values
   

   Host alias-you-will-use
       HostName Public-IPv4-DNS-of-Your-EC2-instance
       User ec2-user # default user name
       IdentityFile path/to/your/pem/file
   

Note

💡 When you create a new EC2 instance, you create a new Key pair and the pem file will be automatically downloaded via the browser.

4. Connect

1. Open command palette: cmd + shift + p
2. Select Remote-SSH: Connect to Host
3. You will find the alias you set on the list
4. Select the alias
5. (I didn’t have this case but,) when it connects, there’s a chance you see a prompt to enter a passphrase for the key
   1. Check out this video if it happens

5. Open File or Folder

You can click the Open Folder button on the explorer or press cmd + o to open file or folders you want to work with.

You can install other VSCode extensions in SSH.