How to open local terminal when running VSCode in a Dev Container?

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I'm writing code with VSCode from inside a VSCode container.

I can open terminals inside the dev container, but I can't figure out how to open a (VSCode integrated) terminal in my local machine.

I can of course open a separate terminal application like iTerm2, but it's far more convenient to use VSCode's integrated terminal panel. Is opening a local terminal possible with VSCode dev containers?

I don't think that's possible. But could you maybe ssh from the dev container to your local machine? — carlfriedrich
– carlfriedrich, Commented Feb 17, 2022 at 8:23
@carlfriedrich Yeah that's true. Not as convenient, but should be possible. — Chris Hayes
– Chris Hayes, Commented Feb 17, 2022 at 16:33

James G · Accepted Answer · 2023-02-23 00:48:13Z

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This solution is provided in the Accepted Answer on this SO question, so if the below helps, go and upvote that.

Using the command palette (default ctrl+shift+p/cmd+shift+p), there is an option

Terminal: Create New Integrated Terminal (local)

edited Feb 23, 2023 at 0:48

answered Dec 2, 2022 at 3:16

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Chris Hayes Over a year ago

Just tested it, works great. idk how I missed this, thanks.

Kenny83 Sep 29 at 16:59

Doesn't work on macOS unfortunately, since VS Code expects bash to live at /usr/bin/bash, but it actually lives at /bin/bash. No amount of fiddling with the VS Code terminal settings seemed to fix this for me...unless I just didn't try hard enough shrugs

carlfriedrich · Accepted Answer · 2022-02-17 17:54:48Z

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Provided that you have key-based SSH access from the container to the host, you can add a terminal profile to your remote settings (run command Preferences: Open Remote Settings (JSON) (Dev Container) to open them):

{
    "terminal.integrated.profiles.linux": {
        "bash (Host)": {
            "path": "ssh",
            "icon": "terminal-bash",
            "args": [
                "user@host",
            ],
        },
    },
}

This will get you an according bash (Host) entry in your "Add Terminal" drop-down menu:

answered Feb 17, 2022 at 17:54

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Samselvaprabu Over a year ago

This answer helped me to open my SSH terminal from Devcontainer. It is really good

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