How to Connect EC2 Instance from Visual Studio Code

To connect to an EC2 instance from Visual Studio Code, you will need to perform the following steps:

Install the Remote Development extension pack in Visual Studio Code. This extension pack includes the Remote-SSH, Remote-SSH: Editing Configuration, and Remote-SSH: Explorer extensions.

Open the Command Palette in Visual Studio Code (Ctrl + Shift + P) and select the "Remote-SSH: Add New SSH Host..." command.

In the "Add New SSH Host" dialog, enter the hostname or IP address of your EC2 instance. You can find this information in the Amazon EC2 console by selecting the instance and looking at the "Public DNS" or "Public IP" field.

Select the "Add" button to add the host to your SSH configuration.

Open the Command Palette again and select the "Remote-SSH: Connect to Host..." command.

Select the host that you just added from the list of available hosts.

You will be prompted to enter your SSH user name and password. The default user name for an EC2 instance is "ec2-user" for Amazon Linux, "ubuntu" for Ubuntu, or "bitnami" for Bitnami. If you have changed the default user, you will need to enter the correct user name.

If you have set up an SSH key pair for your EC2 instance, you will be prompted to enter the passphrase for the key. If you have not set up an SSH key pair, you will be prompted to enter your password.

Once you have successfully connected to the EC2 instance, you will see the status "Connected" in the bottom left corner of Visual Studio Code. You can now use Visual Studio Code to edit files and run commands on the EC2 instance.

I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any questions or need further assistance.