Visual Studio Code Remote

Prepare custom ssh config

In home dir ~/.ssh/config copy to ~/.ssh/config_vscode:

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cp ~/.ssh/config ~/.ssh/config_vscode

For work as differnet system user from sudo user workuser add remote command to ~/.ssh/config_vscode

MacOS or Linux

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RemoteCommand sudo -u workuser -i

Full ssh config

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Host srv01.internal
 HostName srv01.internal
 Port 22
 User srvuser
 IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
 RemoteCommand sudo -u workuser -i

Windows

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RequestTTY yes
RemoteCommand sudo -u workuser -i

Full ssh config

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Host srv01.internal
 HostName srv01.internal
 Port 22
 User srvuser
 IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
 RequestTTY yes
 RemoteCommand sudo -u workuser -i

Configure Visual Studio Code

Open Visual Studio Code user settings.json file, set custom ssh config and enableRemoteCommand to true.

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"remote.SSH.configFile": "~/.ssh/config_vscode",
"remote.SSH.enableRemoteCommand": true,

Check defaultSettings.json is set useLocalServer to true

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"remote.SSH.useLocalServer": true,

Connect to host as sudo user

In Visual Studio Code open Connect to host: Remote-SSH with preconfigured ssh host srv01.internal

Visual Studio Code Remote - SSH with sudo

How To use ssh with sudo in Visual Studio Code

Prepare custom ssh config

MacOS or Linux

Windows

Configure Visual Studio Code

Connect to host as sudo user