1. connect to Hoffman2 via terminal (you can use vscode if you so choose), run at the prompt this command:

run-vscode-compute-ssh-setup

and follow the instructions for the initial setup, in a nutshell write to your local $HOME/.ssh/config file (you can do so in VSCode via: Control/Command+Shift+P and type Configure SSH hosts - assuming that you have already installed the Remte-SSH VS code extension) the following:

Host h2compute

Hostname 127.0.0.1

User <YOUR-HOFFMAN2-ACCOUNTNAME>

Port 7022

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_pc2h2

ForwardX11Trusted yes

ForwardX11 yes

Host hoffman2

Hostname hoffman2.idre.ucla.edu

User <YOUR-HOFFMAN2-ACCOUNTNAME>

IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa_pc2h2

ForwardX11Trusted yes

ForwardX11 yes

WHERE: "~/.ssh/id_rsa_pc2h2" is the ssh key that you will have created according to the steps given by the output of "run-vscode-compute-ssh-setup". If you don't create a key you will need to enter your password (you may still decide to protect your key with a passphrase which is the preferred, more secure, way). If you don't create an ssh key pair you may want to remove the IdentityFile line.

2. on the terminal connected to Hoffman2 request the interactive session (qrsh ...) and run the command:

run-vscode-compute

and follow the information from the output, which basically will instruct you to open a terminal on your local machine and start the following SSH port forwarding:

ssh -N -L 7022:h2-node:22 hoffman2

WHERE: h2-node will be  the compute node on which your interactive session is running.

3. Open a new VS code window and connect to the h2compute host which will appear in your list of hosts

you should finally have your VSCode session open on the compute node.