On your VS Code install an extension Remote – SSH from Microsoft
Set up your SSH Key:
using your terminal navigate to ~/.ssh
Place your public key on the vm in ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Make sure permissions are correct:
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
Add the VM to your SSH config
Edit ~/.ssh/config on your laptop:
Host myvm HostName YOUR_VM_IP_OR_DNS User YOUR_USERNAME IdentityFile ~/.ssh/<your private key pair>
ie.
HostName <your public ip>
Host gcp-vm
User thecloudadoption_blog
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/gcp_vscode
IdentitiesOnly yes
For GCP VMs, SSH Key format:
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f ~/.ssh/gcp_vscode -C "thecloudadoption_blog"Then display the public key, copy on the VM in GCP console
cat ~/.ssh/gcp_vscode.pubIt will look something like:
ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIB... thecloudadoption_blogGoogle Cloud accepts that format directly.
Then you can add the private key on your local config file as explained above.
Connect from VS Code
Open VS Code
Press Ctrl+Shift+P
Run: Remote-SSH: Connect to Host…
Pick myvm or your VM name
VS Code opens a window connected to the VM, and you can edit files there directly
Run python Code within VS Code:
Install the python plugin for the VM-> Extensions-> python.
Select the Python interpreter
Press:
⌘⇧PType:
Python: Select InterpreterChoose something like:
/usr/bin/python3or your virtual environment:
/home/thecloudadoption_blog/venv/bin/pythonIf no interpreters appear, we’ll need to install Python or point VS Code at it.
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