Tutorial: Install VS Code on a cloud provider VM and set up remote access
May 6, 2024Cesar Saavedra

Summary
This post details a new workflow for setting up a remote VS Code development environment on a cloud provider VM (GCP). It involves using Terraform to provision the VM and a separate GitLab CI/CD pipeline to install VS Code and its dependencies. It also outlines the steps for configuring local access via SSH and X11 forwarding, and for cloning GitLab projects into the remote environment.