Connecting to a remote server (SSH/FTP)
Connect to a self-hosted server and get access to its files, terminal and network resources.
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Connect to a self-hosted server and get access to its files, terminal and network resources.
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Before using this feature, you'll need to set up a SSH (SFTP) or FTP server on your computer or server. On a Mac, you can do this by enabling Remote Login and full disk access in the Sharing section of System Preferences.
Open the remote section in the side bar and enter the server's information. Enable Remember credentials to save the credentials. Code App will ask for Face ID or Touch ID authentication when you connect to the server again in the future.
Besides password, SSH keys can also be used to authenticate your server. To do so, enable the Use key authentication option and enter your private key.
If you don't already have a key-pair, you can generate one with the ssh-keygen command in the terminal. You might need to specify the type of keys to generate depending on your server's configuration. For example on macOS Ventura, the default generated RSA key pair is not supported. You can generate a ed25519 key-pair instead by running ssh-keygen -t ed25519.
Then, copy the public key to your server's authorized_keys file. On macOS, it is located at ~/.ssh/authorized_keys.
Congratulations! You can now access the remote server's files and terminal.
After successfully connecting to your remote server, you can set up port forwarding to access the server's application ports. A common usage is to access a web server hosted on the remote.
