aws / aws/amazon-q-developer-cli

Not able to install Amazon Q on cloud desktop

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### Checks

- [x] I have searched [github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues](https://github.com/aws/amazon-q-developer-cli/issues?q=) and there are no duplicates of my issue
- [x] I have run `q doctor` in the affected terminal session
- [x] I have run `q restart` and replicated the issue again

### Operating system

Linux 5.10.239-216.958.amzn2int.x86_64 - Amazon Linux 2

### Expected behaviour

(base) roborluo@bcd074156903 /Users % q doctor

✔ Everything looks good!

Amazon Q still not working? Run q issue to let us know!

(base) roborluo@bcd074156903 /Users % q whoami

### Actual behaviour

Well, keeps getting error like
```
(base) roborluo@dev-dsk-roborluo-2b-c2a1e1f9:/workplace/roborluo/vllm_dev> q doctor

✘ sshd config: Could not read sshd_config

The /etc/ssh/sshd_config file needs to have the following line:
AcceptEnv Q_SET_PARENT
AllowStreamLocalForwarding yes

If your sshd_config is already configured correctly then:
1. Restart sshd, if using systemd: sudo systemctl restart sshd
2. Disconnect from the remote host
3. Run q integrations install ssh on the local machine
4. Reconnect to the remote host and run q doctor again

See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazonq/latest/qdeveloper-ug/command-line-autocomplete-ssh.html for more info

✘ Doctor found errors. Please fix them and try again.

If you are not sure how to fix it, please open an issue with q issue to let us know!

(base) roborluo@dev-dsk-roborluo-2b-c2a1e1f9:/workplace/roborluo/vllm_dev> q issue

```

Not sure which step is missing. I was following this https://docs.hub.amazon.dev/qdeveloper/user-guide/getting-started-for-cli/#cloud-desktop-integration

### Steps to reproduce

_No response_

### Environment

```yaml

[q-details]
version = "1.13.1"
hash = "beb1c6a87d7ac299ab3105a377d7d36e6c7dc1a2"
date = "2025-08-01T22:26:19.853319Z (3d ago)"
variant = "minimal"

[system-info]
chip = "Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2686 v4 @ 2.30GHz"
total-cores = 16
memory = "239.85 GB"

[system-info.os.linux]
kernel_version = "5.10.239-216.958.amzn2int.x86_64"
id = "amzn"
name = "Amazon Linux"
pretty_name = "Amazon Linux 2"
version_id = "2"
version = "2"
variant = "internal"

[environment]
cwd = "/workplace/USER/vllm_dev"
cli-path = "/workplace/USER/vllm_dev"
os = "Linux"
shell-path = "/local/home/USER/.toolbox/tools/toolbox/1.1.2114.0/toolbox-exec"
shell-version = "5.8"
terminal = "VSCode"
install-method = "toolbox"
in-ssh = true

[env-vars]
PATH = "/home/USER/.toolbox/bin:/home/USER/anaconda3/bin:/home/USER/anaconda3/condabin:/home/USER/.toolbox/bin:/home/USER/.toolbox/bin:/local/home/USER/.vscode-server/cli/servers/Stable-7adae6a56e34cb64d08899664b814cf620465925/server/bin/remote-cli:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/home/USER/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/USER/.vscode-server/extensions/ms-python.debugpy-2025.10.0-linux-x64/bundled/scripts/noConfigScripts:/home/USER/.local/bin"
Q_SET_PARENT_CHECK = "1"
SHELL = "/bin/zsh"
TERM = "xterm-256color"
ZDOTDIR = "/home/USER"
```

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