Connecting with Visual Studio Code Remote — CSE Home Computing (2019 edition, v0.1) CSE Home Computing (2019 edition, v0.1) Navigation Connecting with SSHFS Connecting with VLAB Connecting with SSH [OLD] VSCode Remote Step 1: Install VS Code Step 2: Install the “Remote Development” extension. Step 3: Increase Security Step 4: Log in Success! Other Unofficial Guides VSCode Remote Security Working Locally Related Topics Documentation overview Previous: Connecting with SSH from macOS and Linux Next: Visual Studio Code + CSE Important Settings Quick search Connecting with Visual Studio Code Remote¶ Warning This is no longer a recommended method of connecting to VSCode. You should use The VSCode SSHFS method instead Warning If you have already set up VS Code, please make sure you read VS Code + CSE Important Options. With Visual Studio Code SSH, you can access give, autotest, dcc, and more from your own computer. It only takes a few minutes to set up, and it’s easy to use. Visual Studio Code (VS Code) SSH connects you directly to CSE in a fast and low bandwidth way. It’s particularly useful for unstable or slow connections. Note VS Code is not recommended for COMP1511 students, as it is not used as a standard by COMP1511 tutors; and gedit gives you a less confusing interface editor. You can choose to use it, however, and many students switch to it later in their careers. There are only four steps to set up VS Code SSH on Windows, Mac, or Linux. Step 1: Install VS Code¶ Download Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for free at code.visualstudio.com. Download the version for your operating system. VS Code is a free code editor made by Microsoft. Step 2: Install the “Remote Development” extension.¶ Extensions add extra functionality to VS Code. Let’s install the “Remote Development” extension. Click on the Extensions icon on the left hand side menu. The icon looks like four squares Type “Remote Development” into the search box Click on the “Remote Development” result Click on the “Install” button below the title of the extension. Step 3: Increase Security¶ Warning If you do not follow these steps, your CSE account could be accessible by anyone. In the future, VS Code accounts without this enabled will not be allowed to connect to CSE’s servers. Go to your VS Code settings by clicking the cog in the bottom left corner, and clicking “Settings” (or use the shortcut Ctrl + , (or Command + , on Mac). Search for “Remote Server Listen on Socket”. Make sure that the setting is checked! Search for “Lockfiles in Tmp”. Make sure that the setting is checked! Close and re-open VS Code. Step 4: Log in¶ Click on the Remote Development icon at the bottom left hand side of the screen Select “Remote-SSH: Connect to host” from the drop down menu Log in with z5555555@vscode.cse.unsw.edu.au (replace with your zID) Enter your zPassword (the password you use to log into UNSW services) Success!¶ You have successfully connected to CSE! Click on the “Open Folder” button to navigate to your files. You can edit the files this way too. Other Unofficial Guides¶ Other guides for setting up VS Code, written by students and tutors in CSE will be posted here shortly. This site was created by a CSE student explaining the process to setup VSCode ©2019, School of CSE, UNSW. CC BY-NC-SA v4. | Page source
