How to use Sublime over SSH

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I m trying to use Sublime Text 2 as an editor when I SSH in to my work server  and I m stumped   I found this http   urbangiraffe com 2011 08 13 remote-editing-with-sublime-text-2   among many other posts  that looks like it might help  but I don t follow it exactly  particularly with what values I should put in for the remote variable in line 5   I set   Users path to local copy  to my local root directory  but I don t know if that s right or if there s more to do   Any thoughts   I m on OSX10 8

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There are three ways    Use SFTP plugin  commercial  http   wbond net sublime packages sftp - I personally recommend this  as after settings public SSH keys with passphrase it is safe  easy and worth every penny http   opensourcehacker com 2012 10 24 ssh-key-and-passwordless-login-basics-for-developers  Mount the remote as local file system using osxfuse and sshfs as mentioned in the comments  This might be little difficult  depending on OSX version and your skills with UNIX file systems  Hack together something like rmate which does file editing over remote tunneling using some kind of a local daemon  very difficult  cumbersome  but sudo compatible   http   blog macromates com 2011 mate-and-rmate    Also  in theory  you can install X11 on the remote server and run Sublime there over VNC or X11 forwarding  but there would be no point doing this

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This is the easiest way to locally edit files which live on remote host where you have previously setup ssh to remote IP    issue on local box  sudo apt-get install sshfs     on local host install sshfs   linux      on local box create secure mount of remote directory  export REMOTE IP 107 170 58 249   remote host IP  sshfs myremoteuserid   REMOTE IP   your remote dir   your local dir   for example   Done          Now on local host just start editing files     when you list dir locally it may not list anything until you cd into subdir or list a specific file     lazy loading     this does not impact editing files  subl  your local dir magnum opus go   local file edit using sublime text   so above is actually editing remote file at   your remote dir magnum opus go    remote file on box  REMOTE IP   For OSX or Windows see this tut from the kind folk over on Digital Ocean

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Use FileZilla  This applies to Mac and Windows users  I use on Mac    I ve used several of the listed answers over the years and have found that FileZilla suits my needs well when editing files on a remote host that I have SSH access to   It s also quick to setup      I config a new server connection connect to the server right click on the file I d like to edit and select View Edit         This brings up my default editor  Sublime  but it will work with any   editor you have installed     Once I save the file  Filezilla automatically prompts me asking if I d like to  Upload this file back to the server   I click  Yes  and then it s updated

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lsyncd seem to be nice alternative to the sshfs approach  If you use  -delay 0  it works in real-time

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Another mac solution similar to osxfuse is to just use Transmit FTP client from Panic Software  which allows you to mount a remote folder as a local disk   It supports SFTP  which is very secure

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I m on Windows and have used 4 methods  SFTP  WinSCP  Unison and Sublime Text on Linux with X11 forwarding over SSH to Windows  yes you can do this without messy configs and using a free tool    The fourth way is the best if you can install software on your Linux machine   The fourth way   MobaXterm   Install MobaXterm on Windows SSH to your Linux box from MobaXterm On your linux box  install Sublime Text 3  Here s how to on Ubuntu At the command prompt  start sublime with subl That s it  You now have sublime text running on Linux  but with its window running on your Windows desktop  This is possible because MobaXterm handles the X11 forwarding over SSH for you so you don t have to do anything funky to get it going  There might be a teeny amount of a delay  but your files will never be out of sync  because you re editing them right on the Linux machine    Note  When invoking subl if it complains for a certain library - ensure you install them to successfully invoke sublimetext from mobaxterm   If you can t install software on your Linux box  the best is Unison  Why    It s free It s fast It s reliable and doesn t care which editor you use You can create custom ignore lists   SFTP  Setup  Install the SFTP Sublime Text package  This package requires a license    Create a new folder Open it as a Sublime Text Project  In the sidebar  right click on the folder and select Map Remote  Edit the sftp-config json file Right click the folder in step 1 select download  Work locally    In the sftp-config  I usually set    upload on save   true   sync down on open   true    This  in addition to an SSH terminal to the machine gives me a fairly seamless remote editing experience    WinSCP   Install and run WinSCP Go to Preferences  Ctrl Alt P  and click on Transfer  then on Add  Name the preset  Set the transfer mode to binary  you don t want line conversions  Set file modification to  No change  Click the Edit button next to File Mask and setup your include and exclude files and folders  useful for when you have a  git  svn folder present or you want to exclude build products from being synchronized   Click OK Connect to your remote server and navigate to the folder of interest Choose an empty folder on your local machine  Select your newly created Transfer settings preset  Finally  hit Ctrl U  Commands   Keep remote directory up to date  and make sure  Synchronize on start  and  Update subdirectories  are checked    From then on  WinSCP will keep your changes synchronized   Work in the local folder using SublimeText  Just make sure that Sublime Text is set to guess the line endings from the file that is being edited   Unison  I have found that if source tree is massive  around a few hundred MB with a deep hierarchy   then the WinSCP method described above might be a bit slow  You can get much better performance using Unison  The down side is that Unison is not automatic  you need to trigger it with a keypress   and requires a server component to be running on your linux machine  The up side is that the transfers are incredibly fast  it is very reliable and ignoring files  folders and extensions are incredibly easy to setup

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Depending on your exact needs  you may consider using BitTorrent Sync  Create a shared folder on your home PC and your work PC  Edit the files on your home PC  using Sublime or whatever you like   and they will sync automatically when you save  BitTorrent Sync does not rely on a central server storing the files  a la Dropbox and the like   so you should in theory be clear of any issues due to a third party storing sensitive info

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You can use sftp to mount the remote directory on your location machine and then simply open the files using Sublime text the way you normally would    To mount remote directory using sftp  enter the following on your Linux file manager    sftp   user remote box com 22 home user code directory   It might seem slow depending on your internet speeds  But this worked for me

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As a follow up to  ubik s answer  here are the three simple  one-time  steps to get the  subl  command working on your remote server     Local  Install the rsub package in Sublime Text using the Sublime Package Manager  Local  Execute the following Bash command  this will set up an SSH tunnel  which is rsub s secret sauce    printf  Host   n    RemoteForward 52698 127 0 0 1 52698   gt  gt     ssh config   Server  Execute the following Bash command on your remote server  this will install the  subl  shell command    sudo wget -O  usr local bin subl https   raw github com aurora rmate master rmate  sudo chmod  x  usr local bin subl    And voila  You re now using Sublime Text over SSH   You can open an example file in Sublime Text from the server with something like subl   test txt

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I am on MacOS  and the most convenient way for me is to using CyberDuck  which is free  also available for Windows   You can connect to your remote SSH file system and edit your file using your local editor  What CyberDuck does is download the file to a temporary place on your local OS and open it with your editor  Once you save the file  CyberDuck automatically upload it to your remote system  It seems transparent as if you are editing your remote file using your local editor  The developers of Cyberduck also make MountainDuck for mounting remote files systems

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A solution that worked great for me - edit locally on Mac  and have the file automatically synchronized to a remote machine   Make sure you have passwordless login to the remote machine  If not  follow these steps http   osxdaily com 2012 05 25 how-to-set-up-a-password-less-ssh-login  create a file in   Library LaunchAgents filesynchronizer plist  with the following content    lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  UTF-8   gt   lt  DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC  -  Apple Computer  DTD PLIST 1 0  EN   http   www apple com DTDs PropertyList-1 0 dtd  gt   lt plist version  1 0  gt   lt dict gt       lt key gt Label lt  key gt       lt string gt filesynchronizer lt  string gt       lt key gt ProgramArguments lt  key gt       lt array gt           lt string gt  usr bin rsync lt  string gt           lt string gt -avz lt  string gt           lt string gt  Users USERNAME SyncDirectory lt  string gt           lt string gt USERNAME REMOTEMACHINE   lt  string gt       lt  array gt       lt key gt WatchPaths lt  key gt       lt array gt           lt string gt  Users USERNAME SyncDirectory lt  string gt       lt  array gt   lt  dict gt   lt  plist gt  In a terminal window run   launchctl load   Library LaunchAgents filesynchronizer plist That s it  Any changes to any files in   SyncDirectory will be synchronized to   SyncDirectory on the remote machine  Local changes will override any remote changes    This creates a launchd job that monitors SyncDirectory  and whenever anything changes there runs rsync to synchronize the directory to the remote machine

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I ve been working on a project called GiySync  It still needs some work  but it s open source and I ve been using it every day for a couple of years  I m also working on a native OS X version I ve called GitSyncApp  Right now it s OS X only but it should be easy to add support for Linux  and possibly Windows too   It works by watching file system events and it uses to git to sync a project folder on your local machine and a server   I tried the other solutions like osx fuse  Expand Drive  Transmit  several solutions that used rsync  etc  They all work  OK  for small projects  but if you re working with a lot of code they  did not work for me   A lot of the file system options do caching to improve performance  which is fine  until it s not  Like if you re working with other people and someone else changes the files on the server   I also ran into issues if I was on a flaky or slow network where I d end up with empty files  Or file that didn t sync  then the caching got weird  hopefully you committed recently  Using git solves this problem because it checks each commit s integrity   Two bonus features    You end up with a commit for every save  It s not super useful but if you ever have to go back in time you can  It works with any text editor

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You can try something that I ve been working on called  xeno    It will allow you to open up files folders in Sublime Text  or any local editor really  over an SSH connection and automatically synchronize changes to the remote machine   It should work on almost all POSIX systems  I myself use it from OS X to connect to Linux machines and edit files in Sublime Text    It s free and open source   I d love some feedback   For more information  it s basically a Git SSH mashup written in Python that allows you to edit files and folders on a remote machine in a local editor   You don t have to configure kernel modules  you don t need to have a persistent connection  it s all automatic  and it won t interfere with existing source control because it uses an out-of-worktree Git repository   Also  because it s built on Git  it s extremely fast and supports automatic merging of files that might be changing on both ends  unlike SSHFS SFTP which will just clobber any files with older timestamps

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I know this is way old  but I have a really cool way of doing this that is worth sharing   What is required in Conemu and WinSCP   These are simple instructions   Open WinSCP exe and login to my desired remote  server  I have found that it s important to login before attaching        In the preferences for WinSCP -  two settings to change   Choose Explorer type interface and rather than Commander - so you don t see local files   Unless you want to  but that seems like it would suck here     Set up Sublime as your default editor  With ConEmu open  right click the tab bar and select the option Attach to      A dialog box will open with your running applications   Choose  WinSCP and select OK   ConEmu will now have an open tab with WinSCP displaying your remote files  Right click on the WinSCP tab and choose New console       When the dialog box opens  enter the path to the Sublime executable on your system   Before you press Start  In the box that says New console split select the radio button to right and set the percentage   I usually choose 75   but you can customize this to your liking  and it can be changed later    Now you will see Sublime in the same window running to the right of WinSCP   In Sublime  from the View menu  choose Sidebar- gt Hide Sidebar  and bam  you now have remote files in exactly the same manner as you would locally - with a few caveats of course that comes with editing anything remotely   WinSCP is lightening fast though     I have two monitors - left monitor display s Chrome browser  right monitor displays code editor   Also in ConEmu  I create another tab and ssh into the site I m working on  so I can do things like run gulp or grunt remotely and also manipulate files from the command line   Seriously sped up development   Here s a screenshot

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You can use rsub  which is inspired on TextMate s rmate  From the description       Rsub is an implementation of TextMate 2 s  rmate  feature for Sublime Text 2  allowing files to be edited on a remote server using SSH port forwarding   tunnelling    Here s a good tutorial on how to set it up properly

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