See the Tips and Tricks article for details. While password-based authentication is supported, we recommend setting up key based authentication for your host. If your Linux or macOS SSH host will be accessed by multiple users at the same time, consider enabling Remote.SSH: Remote Server Listen On Socket in VS Code User settings for improved security. If you do not have an SSH host set up, follow the directions for Linux, Windows 10 / Server (1803+), or macOS SSH host or create a VM on Azure. Install the Remote Development extension pack. Install Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio Code Insiders. Install an OpenSSH compatible SSH client if one is not already present. Note: While 1 GB RAM is required (similar to the hardware requirements for VS Code), at least 2 GB RAM and a 2-core CPU is recommended. While ARMv7l (AArch32) and ARMv8l (AArch64) support is available, some extensions installed on these devices may not work due to the use of x86 native code in the extension. See the Remote Development with Linux article for information prerequisites and tips for getting community supported distributions up and running. Other glibc based Linux distributions for x86_64, ARMv7l (AArch32), and ARMv8l (AArch64) should work if they have the needed prerequisites. macOS 10.14+ (Mojave) SSH hosts with Remote Login enabled.Windows 10 / Server 2016/2019 (1803+) using the official OpenSSH Server.

ARMv7l (AArch32) Raspbian Stretch/9+ (32-bit).

Remote SSH host: A running SSH server on: Local: A supported OpenSSH compatible SSH client must also be installed.

Note: After reviewing this topic, you can get started with the introductory SSH tutorial. This lets VS Code provide a local-quality development experience - including full IntelliSense (completions), code navigation, and debugging - regardless of where your code is hosted. No source code needs to be on your local machine to gain these benefits since the extension runs commands and other extensions directly on the remote machine. Once connected to a server, you can interact with files and folders anywhere on the remote filesystem.

The Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH extension allows you to open a remote folder on any remote machine, virtual machine, or container with a running SSH server and take full advantage of VS Code's feature set.

Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.

Windows 10 ssh config