IntelliJ/Rust/ Run on Remote Machine

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  1. I have IntelliJ + Rust installed on local machine.

  2. I have IntelliJ + rust installed on remote machine (which local can ssh into).

  3. Is there a way, from IntelliJ on local machine, editing a Rust project, to say "run this test on REMOTE machine"? (SSH is already setup).

  4. Googling I find https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/community/posts/360000097010-Intellij-Build-to-Remote which seems to suggest it's possible. However, I can't figure out how to set this up with a Rust project?

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TLDR: Is there anyway to edit a rust project on a LOCAL machine with IntelliJ and run it (from IntelliJ) on a REMOTE machine?

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You may have better luck with this question on an IntelliJ forum, as it's not really Rust-specific.

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I'm genuinely curious -- are IntelliJ-Rust questions on-topic or off-topic here?

On one hand, this is the 3rd or 4th time someone has politely suggested I post to IntelliJ forums.

On the other hand: (1) I've gotten quite a few helpful IntelliJ-Rust responses here and (2) it seems the main Rust editor choices are Vim/Emacs/VSCode/IntelliJ.

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The fact that there's a Rust plugin in your IntelliJ setup means it's not, strictly speaking, off topic. :slight_smile: But IntelliJ's ability to run commands remotely, I suspect, has little to do with the Rust mode or Rust itself. I could be wrong; I'll kick back and see if anyone has suggestions.

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That's a good point, the line is probably at:

Specific to the IntelliJ/Rust plugin => on topic

Applies to other IntelliJ supported languages too => off topic

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This would be off-topic (because it's for another IDE), but it was announced just hours ago by the VScode team. It looks very neat.

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This is very helpful.

I saw it on news.yc but didn't draw the connection until you brought it up.

The most efficient way of developing Rust on a LInux machine from an OSX laptop may be to install VSCode / WSL (Window System for Linux) on the Linux machine itself. :slight_smile:

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I tried Pycharm with Rust plugin a few months ago with no success. But CLion seems to support remote deployment, still debugging is somewhat limited.

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I've been playing with the vscode remote tool and it is.. astonishingly good.

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