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Users install and run VS Code on their own machine. On the remote side no module is needed needs to be loaded - the client installs its own server automatically (~/.vscode-server).

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Steps 2) and 4) need to be executed each time running VScode on a compute node. All other steps are required one time only - are permanent.

Optional: containerized VScode server

Advantage: inside container user has more rights, e.g., can use dnf.

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