clearml-docs/docs/webapp/applications/apps_vscode.md

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VS Code

:::important Enterprise Feature The VS Code application is available under the ClearML Enterprise plan. :::

The VS Code UI application allows you to launch a remote VS Code session on a machine that better meets resource needs. This feature provides a local link to access VS Code on a remote machine over a secure and encrypted SSH connection, letting you use the IDE as if you're running on the target machine itself.

The VS Code session is set up using a ClearML Agent. When configuring an app instance, select a queue, and the agent servicing that queue will download and launch the IDE on its machine. When the server setup is complete, the dashboard displays a link to access the VS Code session.

Once you have launched an app instance, you can view the following information in its dashboard:

• App status indicator
  • - Remote IDE is setting up
  • - Remote IDE is active
  • - Remote IDE is idle
  • - Remote IDE is stopped
• Open IDE - link to the IDE session
• Idle time
• Server's resources monitoring (CPU / GPU / vMem utilization)
• Console - The console log shows the instance's activity, including server setup progress, server status changes

VS Code App Instance Configuration

When configuring a new VS Code instance, you can fill in the required parameters or reuse the configuration of a previously launched instance.

Launch an app instance with the configuration of a previously launched instance using one of the following options:

• Cloning a previously launched app instance will open the instance launch form with the original instance's configuration prefilled.
• Importing an app configuration file. You can export the configuration of a previously launched instance as a JSON file when viewing its configuration.

The prefilled instance launch form can be edited before starting the new app instance.

To configure a new app instance, click Launch New to open the app's instance launch form.

Configuration Options

• Import Configuration - Import an app instance configuration file. This will fill the instance launch form with the values from the file, which can be modified before launching the app instance
• Git - To access a git repository remotely, add git information.
  • Repository
  • Branch
  • Commit
• Docker
  • Image - Docker image used to run the IDE in
  • Docker arguments - docker run arguments, as a single string
• Queue - The queue serviced by the ClearML Agent that will execute the VS Code session
• Maximum idle time (hours) - Maximum time of inactivity, after which the session will shut down. Configure idleness definitions under Advanced Options.
• Advanced Options
  • VSCode Version - VSCode code-server version to download
  • VSCode additional extensions - Comma separated list of additional VSCode extensions to install (for example ms-toolsai.jupyter,ms-python.python)
  • Idle Network Threshold (MB/s) - Throughput under which the session will be considered idle
  • Idle CPU Threshold (%) - CPU utilization under which the session will be considered idle
  • Idle GPU Threshold (%) - GPU utilization under which the session will be considered idle
• Export Configuration - Export the app instance configuration as a JSON file, which you can later import to create a new instance with the same configuration