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Expand Up @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ authentication, and automatically fetch the user’s public keys from GitHub.
You can connect to the instance with the following command:

```shell
ssh <your-username>@<name>.infra.rust-lang.org
ssh gh-<your-username>@<name>.infra.rust-lang.org
```

Replace `<name>` with the machine name from the table at the top of the page.
Expand All @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ To make the command easier, you can configure an alias in your `~/.ssh/config` l

```ssh-config
Host rustvm
User <your-username>
User gh-<your-username>
HostName <name>.infra.rust-lang.org
```

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2. Then open VS Code on your machine and install
the [Remote Development Extension Pack](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack)
3. Open the command palette and search for “Remote-SSH: Connect to host”
4. Enter your username and the instance name (`<your-username>@<instance>`)
4. Enter your username and the instance name (`gh-<your-username>@<instance>`)
5. Select the path for the cloned repository from step 1
6. Install any extensions that you want to run on the server (e.g.
rust-analyzer)
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