Refer to the VS Code docs to workaround this issue.ĪND that's it! You've successfully SSH into a Multipass Ubuntu instance using VS Code. There are many links saying Visual Studio (not VS Code) supports remote ssh development (for instance ) but none actually show the final step. You have to increase the limit to its max 524,288. If you see this warning 'Visual Studio Code is unable to watch for file changes in this large workspace' (error ENOSPC)' It means Ubuntu doesn't have enough memory to watch file changes. Use the command palette to navigate to the directory you created. If it's not already open, expand the file explorer on the left pane and click on the green button called 'Open Folder'. VS Code will refresh the current window and establish an SSH connection. Next, select the alias or Host that you created earlier in the guide. Click on 'Connect Current Window to Host.'. To SSH into your Multipass VM instance, navigate to the 'Open a Remote Window' button on the bottom left corner in VS Code.

Log into your VM instance using the Multipass shell command and append your host SSH key to the authorization_keys file in the VM guest instance.įinally, change to your home directory and create a directory of your choice.

HostName: Is the IPv4 address of the VM instance.īelow are two links if you need a quick refresher on how to install and create SSH keys.Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode

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