In this post, Ill walk you through the steps to set up the VS Code to do development with the docker that runs on the remote servers and connected via SSH from the VS Code that is installed on your local machine.

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Here, I considered the VS Code as the IDE because where else you get full features of a complete IDE that can run smoothly on any light-weight laptop.

It might require to restart the system depending on your operating system.

Remote-SSH on VS Code extension marketplace Remote-Containers on VS Code extension Marketplace Step 3: In VS Code, click F1 - Remote-SSH: Open Configuration File (type in the search bar) - select.sshconfig (form the dropdown list).

Add these lines to the.sshconfig file..sshconfig file Note: IdentityFile might not be required depending on your configuration.

Step 4: In VS Code, click F1 - open settings (type in the search bar) - Preferences: Open settings (JSON) (select form the dropdown list).

Remote Explorer window Main VS code window, and a new window that is connected to the remote server Now, you are all set to work on a remote server inside VS Code.

If you want to work with docker also then you are just one step away to access and run docker containers of the remote server.

From now on, all the steps are needed to perform on the new window of the VS Code which is connected to the remote server.

Install Docker on the remote server Reload might be required after installing the docker.

Do reload. Step 7: In VS Code, click F1 - Preferences:Open settings (JSON) On the right side of the settings.json file, click on the icon (see the below image).

And write tcp:localhost:1234 in the Docker: host (see the below image) Now, you are all set to run the docker containers of the remote server.

You can see all the available docker containers and Images under the Docker tab.

Docker containers and Images of the remote server You can see and run all the containers under the Remote-Explorer tab also.

Keep patience, It might take some time to visible depending on the number of containers you have on the remote server Now, you can choose to perform actions by right clicking on the containers.

Cheers, Happy coding.

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