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LaVache
LaVache

Reputation: 2639

Vscode (code.exe) command line arguments to immediately open a remote workspace folder over SSH

If I want to open a workspace on a regular local folder under C:\ I can just execute the command:

code.exe C:\the-local-workspace-folder

Is there any equivalent command for opening remote SSH workspaces?

I want to be able to use my keyboard launcher to open them, rather than needing to open them the fiddly way in the internal menus inside vscode.

So I need a regular system command to be able to do this.

I've looked through the command line arguments here: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/command-line - but can't find anything about remote workspaces at all.

I've also tried commands like:

code.exe [email protected]:/workspace-folder
code.exe [email protected]/workspace-folder

...but they don't work for this.

Upvotes: 8

Views: 4804

Answers (3)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1328712

VSCode 1.63 (Nov. 2021) adds the option -n (issue 137529), to make sure a new window is opened for remote CLI:

The following options got added to the remote CLI:

-n to open a new window of the same remote as the current window -n --remote=wsl+ubuntu to open a new window of a different remote -n --remote=local to open a new local window

Upvotes: 2

Zeta
Zeta

Reputation: 46

To get started, you need to:

Install an OpenSSH compatible SSH client if one is not already present.

Install Visual Studio Code or Visual Studio Code Insiders.

Install the Remote Development extension pack.

Read more : https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/ssh

Installations extension :

code.exe --install-extension ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh

Follow the step-by-step tutorial or if you have a simple SSH host setup, connect to it as follows:

Press F1 and run the Remote-SSH: Open SSH Host... command. Enter your user and host/IP in the following format in the input box that appears and press enter: user@host-or-ip or user@domain@host-or-ip If prompted, enter your password (but we suggest setting up key based authentication). After you are connected, use File > Open Folder to open a folder on the host.

You can press F1 to bring up the Command Palette and type in Remote-SSH for a full list of available commands. command list

You can change the location by launching VS Code with the --extensions-dir command-line option.

Where are extensions installed?# Extensions are installed in a per user extensions folder. Depending on your platform, the location is in the following folder:

Windows %USERPROFILE%.vscode\extensions

Linux ~/.vscode/extensions

macOS ~/.vscode/extensions

To run remote ssh and open the folder in command-line :

code.exe --remote [email protected] <your-directory>

Upvotes: 1

Ken Y-N
Ken Y-N

Reputation: 15018

This looks like a recent fix, according to the issue tracking here. I've tested with my own settings, and this works:

"C:\Users\myusername\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\Code.exe" \
    --remote ssh-remote+myubuntumachine /home/myusername/myprojectdirectory

The myubuntumachine should be the name given in the Host myubuntumachine in the SSH config file on CTRL+SHIFT+P/Remote SSH: Open Configuration File...

(Actually, on my machine I don't have the machine name, but some sort of hash value, although either works.)

Upvotes: 10

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