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--- software:vscode:darwin [2024-08-19 16:55] – [Connect VSCode to compute node] anita
+++ software:vscode:darwin [2025-03-13 16:27] (current) – [Setting up remote connections] anita
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 ==== Download and install ====
-  - Install the [[http://code.visualstudio.com/download|Stable Build VSCode]] on the local machine. **DO NOT** install the VSCode Insiders Build, as it will not work with the proxy.
+  - Install the [[http://code.visualstudio.com/download|Stable Build VSCode]] on the local machine. **DO NOT** install the VSCode Insiders Build, as it will not work with the proxy. If the version of VSCode downloaded is newer than version 1.90, please make sure to do these [[software:vscode:darwin#additional-steps-required-for-vscode-newer-than-version-190|additional steps]].
   - Install a [[https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/remote/troubleshooting|supported SSH client]].
   - In the extensions tab of VSCode, search for [[https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh|Remote - SSH]] and install.
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-It will open the Config file located in the path specified by ''~/vscode-remote-ssh/config''. You can have multiple configurations used for DARWIN with different Host definitions. For example, in the following Config file, ''Host DARWIN'' starts the interactive job on ''it_css'' partition and requests one CPU for the remote shell to use. ''Host DARWINGPU'' requests to use a GPU and ''Host DARWINMPI'' can be used for MPI.
+It will open the Config file located in the path specified by ''~/vscode-remote-ssh/config''. You can have multiple configurations used for DARWIN with different Host definitions. For example, in the following Config file, ''Host DARWIN'' starts the interactive job using ''it_css'' workgroup and ''idle'' partition and requests one CPU for the remote shell to use. ''Host DARWINGPU'' requests to use a GPU and ''Host DARWINMPI'' can be used for MPI.
 For this example,  the Config file ''~/vscode-remote-ssh/config'' contains the following definitions (remember User ''traine'' should be replace with your username as well as possible partition and other options)
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-<note important>
+==== Additional Steps required for VSCode newer than version 1.90 ====
+Recent releases of VSCode require a newer version of ''wget'' than the system's default version on DARWIN. This discrepancy can result in a "connection failed" error as reported and discussed [[https://groups.google.com/a/udel.edu/g/hpc-ask/c/l8jvUHk2bUE/m/mAzWz7k5AAAJ|here]]. To resolve this, wget v1.24.5 has been installed at ''/opt/shared/wget/bin/wget''.
-**Additional Steps for VSCode Newer Than Version 1.90**
+<note important>
-Recent releases of VSCode require a newer version of ''wget'' than the system's default version on DARWIN. This discrepancy can result in a "connection failed" error, like discussed [[https://groups.google.com/a/udel.edu/g/hpc-ask/c/l8jvUHk2bUE/m/mAzWz7k5AAAJ|here]]. To resolve this, wget v1.24.5 has been installed at ''/opt/shared/wget/bin/wget''.
 To ensure the updated version of wget is used by default, you can create a symbolic link in your ''~/bin'' directory by following the steps below: