Remote Development Using Visual Studio Code

Remote Development Visual Studio Code

Connecting to a Remote SSH host using Visual Studio Code

From the command palette open Remote-SSH

Add the below two entries. User and complete path to the private key file.

  User deepakkumarsray2027

  IdentityFile "C:\Users\deepakray\Downloads\gcppvtkey25042025.ppk

Now, again select Remote SSH → Connect to Host → Select the IP

Error - Could not establish connections to “ip” : Connecting was canceled.

This is because the private key that we have generated is not in OpenSSH format. So, we will convert it into OpenSSH format.

Open PuTTYgen

Conversions → Export OpenSSHKey and save the file.

I have saved it as gcppvtkey01052025_vscode

Now, again open the config file and edit the config file to reflect this file.

Try again: