gc-vs-code.md

Instructions on how to SSH into the Google Compute Engine Servers

1. Download gcloud cli tools using instructions here
2. in your terminal, run gcloud init and follow instructions
3. Pick cloud project to use: ex. miurban-datajournalism
4. run gcloud compute config-ssh and create ssh key
5. run gcloud compute os-login ssh-keys add --key-file=[key_file_location]

• key_file_location can be found by opening in vs code (in the top bar search for >Remote-SSH: Open SSH Configuration File... and then choose your config file). Once inside, find the configs under Google Compute Engine Section. key_file_location will be what is listed after IdentityFile with .pub added at the end.

1. Lastly, back in the config file in vs code, under each Host section under Google Compute Engine Section, add another parameter called User and add [cnet]_uchicago_edu