

The Hostname can be your server's IP address or the machine's name.

The Host can be any name that comes to your mind. On prompt to select configuration file to update, pick the first option.Įnter details of your server. So we can use Visual Studio Code to connect to this Linux client and work on our GitHub/GitLab repoĬonfigure the extension by navigating to View -> Command Palette -> Remote-SSH: Open Configuration File. This is a valid question and most user would prefer to do the same but in many corporate organization, the provided Linux box are only allowed to connect to GitHub/GitLab and we may have some firewall related limitations. Why can’t we directly connect Visual Studio Code with GitHub? You already have an account with GitHub.

