Open VS Code settings ( File > Preferences > Settings) and click the “Open Settings (JSON)” button in the top right corner. MobaXterm has ssh client, so you already have it if you followed my previous article. If it’s successful, this displays a message saying try logging with: ssh Add SSH Path in VS Code Settings ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub will ask to enter login password for LINUXHOST. This can be done by below command, replace the USERNAME and LINUXHOST variable before running this command. Now, we need to copy the generated ssh key to the Linux host. This creates two files, id_rsa and id_rsa.pub in. Enter the below command and accept all the default values.

Open a new Terminal in VS Code ( Terminal > New Terminal), this will open integrated MobaXterm Terminal. Generate SSH Key Pair, skip if you already have it Instructions to install VS Code on Windows 10 and integrate MobaXterm terminal can be found in my previous article. Install and Set Up VS Code on Windows 10, if you don’t have it

In this article, let’s setup VS Code on Windows 10 laptop to connect to Linux using one of it’s plugin: Remote-SSH. Visual Studio Code is my favorite Integrated Developer Environment (IDE) because of it’s clean design, large selection of plugins and cross-platform support. Setup VS Code on Windows 10 to connect to Linux using Remote-SSH Introduction

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