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VScode

Many users use VScode to connect to Elja but it might be a difficult process to enable visualization through VScode. Here are instructions to enable X forwarding (visualization).

Step 1​

First set up XLaunch to enable X forwarding. You can follow the instructions in this chapter here to complete this step.

Step 2​

Open VScode and click on the F1 button and type Preferences: Open Settings (UI)

pressF1

Step 3​

Now search for terminal.integrated.env.windows and click on Edit in settings.json as shown in the picture below.

pressF1

Step 4​

After step 3, VScode should open a settings.json file. In there add the following:

    "terminal.integrated.env.windows": {    
        "DISPLAY": "127.0.0.1:0.0"
    },

Then save and exit.

Step 5​

In your SSH configuration, typically located at .ssh/config, add the following:

Host TestX11 #changeable
  HostName elja.hi.is
  User <YOUR_USERNAME>
  ForwardAgent yes
  ForwardX11 yes
  ForwardX11Trusted yes
  IdentityFile <location of private key>

Step 6​

This step requires the user to have the Remote-SSH extension installed.

Connect to Elja by clicking on the green button in the bottom corner and click on Connect to Host... as the following picture shows.

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Then click on the name of the 'HOST', in this case TestX11 you want to connect to.

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Step 7​

Once you've managed to connect to Elja, you can check if X forwarding is working by typing xclock in the terminal, as shown in this picture: Alt text