Azure Bastion Extension

A VS Code extension for Azure Bastion

Features

• Easily create SSH tunnels through Azure Bastion directly from VS Code
• One-click connection from the status bar
• Secure remote development environment with Azure CLI integration

Install

1. Install Azure CLI and required extensions
   1. Open a terminal
   2. Install Azure CLI: winget install Microsoft.AzureCLI
   3. Install required extensions:
      • az extension add -n ssh
      • az extension add -n bastion
2. Install the VS Code extension
   1. Open VS Code
   2. Install the Azure Bastion extension from the extensions marketplace

Configuration

1. Edit your ~/.ssh/config file with the following structure:

   Host example
       HostName example.com
       Port 60022
   

2. Configure the extension settings in VS Code (azure-bastion):
   • Azure Subscription ID: Your Azure subscription ID
   • Bastion Resource Name: Name of the Azure Bastion resource
   • Resource Group: The resource group containing the Bastion resource
   • Remote Port: Port on the target VM (default: 22 for SSH)
   • Usernames: List of SSH usernames for connection
   • Target VM Resource IDs: List of Azure VM resource IDs to connect to
   • Local Ports: List of local ports to bind tunnels (example: 60022)

Usage

1. Click the Azure Bastion button in the status bar
2. Select operation type
   • Tunnel
   • SSH