Want to **remotely connect Visual Studio Code (VS Code) to an AWS EC2 instance** via SSH? 🚀 In this step-by-step tutorial, I’ll show you how to **set up remote SSH in VS Code**, so you can edit and work on your AWS server just like a local machine.
By the end of this video, you’ll learn:
✅ How to **install and configure the VS Code Remote SSH extension**
✅ How to **set up an SSH connection to your AWS EC2 instance**
✅ How to **edit files and run commands on EC2 from VS Code**
✅ How to **troubleshoot common SSH connection issues**
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## **🔹 What You’ll Learn in This Video:**
✔️ How to **generate an SSH key or use an existing AWS key pair**
✔️ How to **install the Remote - SSH extension in VS Code**
✔️ How to **configure the SSH connection in VS Code**
✔️ How to **connect, edit files, and manage EC2 remotely**
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## **🔹 Prerequisites**
✔️ An **AWS EC2 Instance** (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, etc.)
✔️ **Visual Studio Code (VS Code)** installed ([Download Here](
✔️ **Remote - SSH Extension** installed in VS Code
✔️ An **SSH Key (`.pem` file)** downloaded from AWS
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## **🔹 Step 1: Install VS Code and Remote - SSH Extension**
1️⃣ Open **VS Code**
2️⃣ Go to **Extensions** (or press `Ctrl + Shift + X`)
3️⃣ Search for **"Remote - SSH"** and install it
4️⃣ Once installed, restart VS Code
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## **🔹 Step 2: Configure SSH in VS Code**
1️⃣ Open VS Code
2️⃣ Press **`Ctrl + Shift + P`** (or `Cmd + Shift + P` on Mac) to open the Command Pal
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