name

string: A string to identify your configuration.

context

string: A path relative to the workspace root folder. Use this when you want to map a subfolder to the remotePath.

default: The workspace root.

protocol

string: sftp or ftp.

default: sftp

host

string: Hostname or IP address of the server.

port

integer: Port number of the server.

default: 22

username

string: Username for authentication.

password

string: The password for password-based user authentication (note: this is stored as plain-text).

remotePath

string: The absolute path on the remote host.

default: /

uploadOnSave

boolean: Upload on every save operation of VSCode.

default: false

useTempFile

boolean: Upload temp file on every save operation of VSCode to avoid breaking a webpage when a user acceses it while the file is still being uploaded (is incomplete).

default: false

openSsh

boolean: Enable atomic file uploads (only supported by openSSH servers). If set to true, the useTempFile option must also be set to true.

default: false

downloadOnOpen

boolean: Download the file from the remote server whenever it is opened.

default: false

syncOption

object: Configure the behavior of the Sync command.

default: {}

syncOption.delete

boolean: Delete extraneous files from destination directories.

syncOption.skipCreate

boolean: Skip creating new files on the destination.

syncOption.ignoreExisting

boolean: Skip updating files that exist on the destination.

syncOption.update

boolean: Update the destination only if a newer version is on the source filesystem.

ignore

string[]: Same behavior as gitignore, all paths relative to context of the current configuration.

default: []

ignoreFile

string: Absolute path to the ignore file or Relative path relative to the workspace root folder.

watcher

object.

watcher.files

string: Glob patterns that are watched and when edited outside of the VSCode editor are processed. Set uploadOnSave to false when you watch everything.

watcher.autoUpload

boolean: Upload when the file changed.

watcher.autoDelete

boolean: Delete when the file is removed.

remoteTimeOffsetInHours

number: The number of hours difference between the local machine and the remote server (remote minus local).

default: 0

remoteExplorer

object.

remoteExplorer.filesExclude

string[]: Configure that patterns for excluding files and folders. The Remote Explorer decides which files and folders to show or hide based on this setting.

concurrency

number: Lowering the concurrency could get more stability because some clients/servers have some sort of configured/hard coded limit.

default: 4

connectTimeout

number: The maximum connection time.

default: 10000

limitOpenFilesOnRemote

mixed: Limit open file descriptors to the specific number in a remote server. Set to true for using default limit(222). Do not set this unless you have to.

default: false

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SFTP only configuration

agent

string: Path to ssh-agent's UNIX socket for ssh-agent-based user authentication. Windows users must set to 'pageant' for authenticating with Pagenat or (actual) path to a Cygwin "UNIX socket". Id get more stability because some client/server have some sort of configured/hard coded limit.

privateKeyPath

string: Absolute path to user private key.

passphrase

mixed: For an encrypted private key, this is the passphrase string used to decrypt it. Set to true for enable passphrase dialog. This will prevent from using cleartext passphrase in this config.

interactiveAuth

boolean|string[]: Enable keyboard interaction authentication mechanism. Set to true to enable verifyCode dialog. For example using Google Authentication (multi-factor). Or pass array of predefined phrases to automatically enter them without user prompting.

Note: Requires the server to have keyboard-interactive authentication enabled.

default: false

algorithms

Explicit overrides for the default transport layer algorithms used for the connection.

default:

{
  "algorithms": {
    "kex": [
      "ecdh-sha2-nistp256",
      "ecdh-sha2-nistp384",
      "ecdh-sha2-nistp521",
      "diffie-hellman-group-exchange-sha256"
    ],
    "cipher": [
      "aes128-gcm",
      "[email protected]",
      "aes256-gcm",
      "[email protected]",
      "aes128-cbc",
      "aes192-cbc",
      "aes256-cbc",
      "aes128-ctr",
      "aes192-ctr",
      "aes256-ctr"
    ],
    "serverHostKey": [
      "ssh-rsa",
      "ssh-dss",
      "ssh-ed25519",
      "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256",
      "ecdsa-sha2-nistp384",
      "ecdsa-sha2-nistp521",
      "rsa-sha2-512",
      "rsa-sha2-256"
    ],
    "hmac": [
      "hmac-sha2-256",
      "hmac-sha2-512"
    ]
  },
}

sshConfigPath

Absolute path to your SSH configuration file.

default: ~/.ssh/config

sshCustomParams

Extra parameters appended to the SSH command used by "Open SSH in Terminal".

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FTP(s) only configuration

secure

mixed: Set to true for both control and data connection encryption. Set to control for control encryption only, or implicit for implicitly encrypted control connection (this mode is deprecated in modern times, but usually uses port 990).

default: false

secureOptions

Additional options to be passed to tls.connect(). See TLS connect options callback.