[Question]: Can I remotely connect to devbox services using Visual Studio Code's remote connection extentions? about devbox HOT 4 OPEN

Hey @ts0818 can you expand on what you mean by devbox services? Are you running a web server as a devbox service locally? or is it hosted somewhere else?
We have built support to connect to devbox.sh instances from VSCode. But I need to understand your use case a bit better to see if what you're asking is possible and just lacks documentation, or if we need to build it.

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Thanks for the quick reply.

I don't understand the devbox service very well.

It said that it was inspired by docker compose, so
I thought I could connect using something like docker exec.
As an image, a connection like Visual Studio Code's devContainer,
I would like to know if it is possible for devbox service as well.

I have two machines, local and remote, the devbox service is conducted remotely and I want to connect remotely from my local Visual Studio Code.

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@ts0818 oh I see.
Devbox service and devbox shell don't create a virtualization layer like Docker to run your processes. What you're running in a devbox service is running on your machine as a process. So if you want to connect your VSCode to the remote environment, you should connect to the host machine that is running your devbox process via SSH following this guide.
If you want to actively develop using your local VSCode but in the remote environment, you can connect your VSCode to the remote machine using VSCode's remote ssh extension.
Hope this helps. If your use case is different than this, let me know if I can help.

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@mohsenari
Thank you for your detailed explanation.
I understand.
your explanation is very good,
For many people, it would be great if you could add it to the documentation.
I think it's useful.

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