vsc-ssh-opener

Using vsc-ssh-opener, you can code . in SSH!

Usage

1. Build server binary in Local

   Clone this repository and run as follows to build the server binary at root of the repository:

   $ cargo build --release

2. Set up the config file in Local

   Here is the path to the config file:

   • in Linux /home/your-user/.config/code-open-server/table.json
   • in Windows C:\Users\your-user\AppData\Roaming\code-open-server\table.json

   Write the mapping from the hostname to name in .ssh/config to table.json. For example:

   {
       "hostname": "ssh-host"
   }
   

3. Run code-open-server in Local

   Run the following in the repository root:

   $ ./target/release/code-open-server

4. SSH with port forwarding

   $ ssh -R 3000:localhost:3000 ssh-host

5. Build and Install client binary in Remote

   $ cargo install --git https://github.com/alphaKAI/vsc_ssh_opener code-open

Now, you can open the local VSCode by running the following somewhere remotely!:

$ code-open .