This creates a SSH key-pair via ssh-keygen, adds it to your GCP project globally with gcloud compute project-info add-metadata, and configures with Remote SSH manually by editing to the ~/.ssh/config file used by the extension. The extension launches script.sh from this repo in the integrated terminal. Connect to the newly added host via Remote SSH extension (name is IP address)Ĭhange the location of your SSH directory with ChangeSSHDirectory action.Enter a password for the SSH key-pair as prompted in the VS Code integrated terminal.the name of your SSH keyfile (project name by default).the IP address of the VM instance you are connecting to (Console->Resources->VM instances on GCP).Select Connect to create an SSH connection with a GCP instance, enter.Open the command pallete ( Cmd+Shift+P) and select Google Cloud Platform - Connect via Remote SSH.Ensure your current GCP project is set with gcloud config set project.

Google Cloud Platform SDK with gcloud command.Linux/macOS system with ssh-keygen configured.Directly compatible with the Remote SSH extension.Lightweight, automated connection to GCP instances with Connect action.Visual Studio Code extension for connecting to GCP virtual machine instances via Remote SSH.

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