VS Code: connect a docker container in a remote server

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I resolved this problem by switching to the remote server’s Docker context on my local machine:

docker context create some-context-label --docker "host=ssh://user@remote_server_ip"

docker context use some-context-label

docker ps
# A list of remote containers on my local machine! It works!

After that:

  1. Connect via Remote-SSH to the container server
  2. Right click relevant container -> the “Attach Visual Studio Code”

That works for me.

(Note: One would think that I should be able to just use my local VSCode (skip step 1) to connect to said remote container after switching my local context, but VSCode complains Failed to connect. Is docker running? in the Docker control pane.)

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