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vscode.dev tunnel connection disconnects

I use vscode.dev to develop a small app. To do this I have installed nodejs and the code tunnel app on my droplet. Everything works fine, I can edit, compile, and debug my app from vscode.dev.

My problem is that after some time vscode.dev loses connection to my droplet. I have discovered that I get the connection to work again, by opening a console to my droplet from the digital ocean site.

I wonder how I can stop my droplet from disconnecting vscode.dev? So that I don’t have to keep the console open all the time…

thanks, sam


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Bobby Iliev
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November 20, 2024

Hey!

The most common cause for this issue is SSH timing out due to inactivity. There was a similar discussion reported here and the user was able to get it working by increasing that in their SSH config:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/questions/how-to-increase-ssh-connection-timeout

You can try to configure your Droplet’s SSH server.

  • Open the SSH configuration file on your droplet:
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
  • Look for or add the following lines to keep the connection alive:
ClientAliveInterval 120
ClientAliveCountMax 720
  • And finally restart the SSH service to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart sshd

Let me know how it goes!

- Bobby

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