VS Code to a remote SSH host

Farhan Khan

Farhan Khan

Hi all,
From either a Linux or Mac host, is there a way to edit code on a FreeBSD host via ssh? For some reason the ssh connection fails, reporting connection timeouts. I suspect this is because VS code runs local code on the endpoint host, but I could be wrong.
Thanks!
 
- You could use any graphical editor via VNC, just start a VNC server on the FreeBSD.
- Another option is to enable X-forwarding when connecting via ssh. Start ssh with an additional parameter -X. Also on the SSH server you need to enable X-Forwarding in the configuration. Then whenever you start a graphical application in your SSH session, the GUI will open on your local X-Server.
- Years ago I used nomachine (nxserver/nxclient) for remote access and it was great. I am not aware if it works on FreeBSD.
- You can always fall back on using a text-mode editor if it does not work out with GUI. Pick your choice - vim, emacs, or whatever. I use mcedit and edit code mostly in GUI mode.
 
A couple possibilities on settings in VS Code you could try,
Code: 
remote.SSH.connectTimeout
by increasing the connection timeout. I don't know if the
Code: 
remote.SSH.remoteServerListenOnSocket
may be helpful or not.
 
Farhan Khan said:
For some reason the ssh connection fails, reporting connection timeouts.
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Firewall on the FreeBSD host blocking that connection? Check /var/log/auth.log to see if there's even a connection being registered.
 
What SSH extension you are using ? If Microsoft`s one - it wont work due to VS CODE on FreeBSD is CODE OOS ( FreeBSD and Linux , but Linux i think have 2 versions one is proprietary another is open (CODE OSS )) - i think its without MS watermark and some stuff.
Use SSHFS. You can actually browse folders on your remote host as well and save them as working directory ( i hope i explaining it correctly )
 
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