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Documentation Index

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VS Code

Editor extension

CLI

Command line

Console

Web interface

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Before You Connect

Make sure you have:
  • Installed the Thunder Compute VS Code extension
  • Signed in to Thunder Compute from the extension
  • Installed the Remote - SSH extension
  • Created an instance and waited for it to show RUNNING
If your instance does not appear, click the refresh button in the Thunder Compute sidebar.

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Connect to an Instance

  1. Open VS Code
  2. Click the Thunder Compute lightning icon in the Activity Bar
  3. If prompted, click Login and complete the browser sign-in
  4. Under Instances, find the running instance
  5. Click the connect button on the instance row
Thunder Compute VS Code extension showing a running instance VS Code opens a new Remote SSH window for the instance. The lower-left status bar shows the active SSH target, such as SSH: tnr-0. VS Code connected to a Thunder Compute instance over Remote SSH You can browse files, edit code, and open terminals in this window as if you were working locally. Commands run on the Thunder Compute instance.
On your first connection, VS Code may ask whether you trust the remote folder. Choose Yes, I trust the authors only for folders you expect to work in.

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Exposing Services

To expose web servers, Jupyter notebooks, or other services running on your instance, use a Cloudflare Tunnel.

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Using Standard SSH

If you prefer using your own SSH client, Thunder Compute is compatible with standard SSH tools. Need to manage saved keys or copy a raw SSH command? See SSH on Thunder Compute for the manual workflow.