ssh between workspaces

[konne]

Describe the behavior you'd like

that I can just call:

ssh WORKSPACEID
or
scp toWORKSPACEID

between workspaces that are running and I'm the owner.

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[atduarte]

Currently it's possible to SSH, it's just not as easy:

# First we will need to have a SSH key in the machine to avoid password authentication
ssh-keygen -N "" -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa

Go to https://gitpod.io/workspaces, find the workspace you want to connect to, click "Connect via SSH", copy the provided command and execute the command in the workspace you want to connect from. The command should look similar to:

ssh 'workspace-id-123#very-big-token@workspace-id-123.ssh.ws-eu47.gitpod.io'

Given this, I will move to the IDE inbox to potentially abstract and simplify these steps

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Thanks @axonasif for bringing this solution to my attention!

[loujaybee]

Hey @konne, as @atduarte mentions, you should be able to use the SSH access as if you were coming from local.

However, given that you also mentioned scp, could I understand what files you're trying to pass between workspaces?

Is it the same or similar to the use case described in this issue?

• extend gp-cli with possibility to save and restore folders #9284

Also, potentially related issues:

• [Feature Request] Shared persistent mountpoints / volumes #8716
• Is there any way to persist the home directory? #340

Depending on the use-case, a Tailscale (or similar networking) setup could also help:

https://www.gitpod.io/docs/configure/tailscale
https://www.gitpod.io/guides/connect-multiple-repositories-using-tailscale

[konne]

@loujaybee I'm aware of other tickets.

the SCP could be solved via a store and restore but for me, it is weird and would even not allow doing things like vscode ssh extensions there I can even browse a remote system.

tailscale would solve port forwarding topics, but first I think it is too complex to set up for simple cases. Second, you do have not full control if you run multiple same workspaces in parallel.