# Open Remote - SSH

## SSH Host Requirements

You can connect to a running SSH server on the following platforms.

**Supported**:

- x86_64 Debian 8+, Ubuntu 16.04+, CentOS / RHEL 7+ Linux.
- ARMv7l (AArch32) Raspbian Stretch/9+ (32-bit).
- ARMv8l (AArch64) Ubuntu 18.04+ (64-bit).
- macOS 10.14+ (Mojave)
- Windows 10+
- FreeBSD 13 (Requires manual remote-extension-host installation)
- DragonFlyBSD (Requires manual remote-extension-host installation)

## Requirements

**Activation**

Enable the extension in your `argv.json`

```json
{
    ...
    "enable-proposed-api": [
        ...,
        "jeanp413.open-remote-ssh",
    ]
    ...
}
```

which you can open by running the `Preferences: Configure Runtime Arguments` command.
The file is located in `~/.vscode-oss/argv.json`.

**Alpine linux**

When running on alpine linux, the packages `libstdc++` and `bash` are necessary and can be installed via
running

```bash
sudo apk add bash libstdc++
```

## SSH configuration file

[OpenSSH](https://www.openssh.com/) supports using a [configuration file](https://linuxize.com/post/using-the-ssh-config-file/) to store all your different SSH connections. To use an SSH config file, run the `Remote-SSH: Open SSH Configuration File...` command.