We will be running VS Code locally and using SSH under the hood to connect to a VS Code instance running remotely. This gives us access to data and compute resources on the remote server, while giving us a fully featured coding environment. 1. Download, install, and setup the Harvard HMS Virtual Private Network. You should connect to https://secure.med.harvard.edu/ for the VPN. 2. Connect to the VPN (unless you are on HMS WiFi) to make sure it works. 3. Install a supported SSH client as specified here. 4. Create an SSH Key pair and add the Public Key to your Remote Server Open a local terminal and run ssh-keygen -t rsa When prompted enter a blank passphrase (just hit Enter).