VSCode Remote SSH (+ Jupyter Notebook) & Copilot: Is there a way?

[JulesGM]

I develop almost strictly with VSCode Remote SSH and often in Jupyter Notebook mode (with Python, on a remote GPU cluster).

Is there a way to use Copilot in this configuration? Thanks.

[Amocy-Wang]

When you connect to a ssh remote in vscode, then you can open the Extensions panel. You can find that the Copilot plugin can be chosen to be installed in SSH.

[charmby]

I came across the same problem

[ildoonet]

Me too

[TechDufus]

^ Bump

[PwuJdu]

I was able to install github copilot remotely, but then I never got asked to authorize my account and it doesn't seem to work. How to solve this?

You should install copilot in your local environment first.Then login your github account. After that you can connect to the remote ssh and install copilot again then your github account data will be synced.

[gouchaoer]

me too

[thudaniel2333]

I'm encountering a similar issue. My copilot extension works perfectly locally. But the remote server I'm using is not connected to internet and can only be accessed via ssh. The copilot extension failed to activate because it has to use the connection of the remote server. Is there anyway to solve this issue? e.g. is it possible to make the copilot remote extension use local connection instead?

[njbrake]

@thudaniel2333 add this to your settings.json in VSCode and that'll fix it for you:

    "remote.extensionKind": {
        "GitHub.copilot": ["ui"],
      }

Here's why it works: https://code.visualstudio.com/api/advanced-topics/extension-host

[luisrock]

Great, it works! Thanks!

[piwawa]

Awesome, it works like no copilot ever installed, just don't give any single word during coding.

[JamyDon]

Thanks a lot! Works pretty well!

[arkhodamoradi]

If you are a mac user, you may want to add the following:

"remote.extensionKind": {
"GitHub.copilot": ["ui"],
"linhmtran168.mac-ca-vscode": ["ui"],
},

[czhcooper]

Thanks a lot! It works for me, and I'm using MacOS

[huangchieh]

Just install copilot again when login into remote server works for me.

[njbrake]

Update to this thread, if you want github copilot chat to work, you'll have to update it to the following, to add in the copilot-chat feature too

"remote.extensionKind": {
        "GitHub.copilot": ["ui"],
        "GitHub.copilot-chat": ["ui"],
    },

[mrkeaton1]

This is great! Is there a way to identify the extension name like this? I would like to have this working for git as well.

[jamesbooker]

Question: The settings updates suggested above, should I put them in my local settings.json or the settings.json for the remote host?

Context: When I connect to a remote SSH instance, the copilot chat icon disappears, even though I've installed locally, signed in, then installed in remote. The settings above didn't seem to work for me no matter where I added them

EDIT: Chat disabled by my organisation, causes the icon in the toolbar to disappear