Recently, vscode add a new extension Remote Development that allow us to connect to a remote project via SSH, Containers or WSL.

I'm using it to connect to a local linux server using SSH.

1. Install the extension Remote Development

2. Configure SSH

   To configure from Mac OS (~/rs_pub.id):

    

               
   
      ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096
      sh-copy-id jorgeanaya@host-fqdn-or-ip-goes-here
                  
               
           

3. Configure the access SHIFT+CMD+P

   • 3.1 Remote SSH: Connect to Host
   • 3.2 Configure SSH Hosts …
   • 3.3 Select ~/.ssh/config

            

Host server-name
HostName 192.168.1.10
User jorgeanaya
            
            
        

Cmder is a powerful console emulator that has a lot of features and brings some of the joy of working in terminal from macos/linux to windows. I've been using it for a while and always forget how to configure in visual studio code, so, follow these two steps to configure as default terminal:

1. Create a bat file in your Cmder folder

    vscode.bat

               
   
   @echo off
   SET CurrentWorkingDirectory=%CD%
   SET CMDER_ROOT=C:\cmder
   CALL "%CMDER_ROOT%\vendor\init.bat"
   CD /D %CurrentWorkingDirectory%
               
               
           

2. In VSCode open configurations and setup the next json values | Use Ctrl + , to open settings.json

    settings.json

               
   
   "terminal.integrated.shell.windows": "C:\\WINDOWS\\System32\\cmd.exe",
   "terminal.integrated.shellArgs.windows": ["/K", "C:\\cmder\\vscode.bat"],
   "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "Fira Mono for Powerline", /_ Font is optional _/