This is typically located at ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub on macOS / Linux, and the. First we'll create a key pair and then copy the public key to the host.Ĭheck to see if you already have an SSH key on your local machine. To set up SSH key based authentication for your remote host. Tip: PuTTY for Windows is not a supported client, but you can convert your PuTTYGen keys. This section will walk you through how to generate these keys and add them to a host. SSH public key authentication is a convenient, high security authentication method that combines a local 'private' key with a 'public' key that you associate with your user account on an SSH host. This section includes some tips and tricks for getting the Remote - SSH extension up and running in different environments. SSH is powerful and flexible, but this also adds some setup complexity. Or try the introductory Tutorials to help get you running quickly in a remote environment.įor tips and questions about GitHub Codespaces, see the GitHub Codespaces documentation. See the SSH, Containers, and WSL articles for details on setting up and working with each specific extension. This article covers troubleshooting tips and tricks for each of the Visual Studio Code Remote Development extensions. Configure IntelliSense for cross-compiling.