coder

deprecated.

Description

How to build a light VSCode server.

How to build

docker build . --tag coder

How to run

First it is needed to create a volume for datas.

docker volume inspect coder_data > /dev/null 2>&1 \
  || docker volume create coder_data

Simple start

docker run \
  --tty --interactive --rm \
  --name coder \
  --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  --env "DOCKER_USER=$USER" \
  --volume coder_data:/home \
  --publish ${CODER_PORT:-8080}:8080 coder

Start with docker socket support

docker run \
  --tty --interactive --rm \
  --name coder \
  --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  --volume coder_data:/home \
  --volume /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  --publish ${CODER_PORT:-8080}:8080 coder

Start against remote docker

docker run \
  --tty --interactive --rm \
  --name coder \
  --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
  --volume coder_data:/home \
  --env DOCKER_HOST=tcp://192.168.0.1:2375 \
  --publish ${CODER_PORT:-8080}:8080 coder

Configuration

Some variables can be passed to the docker run command to modify image behavior.

Name	Description
CODER_APP_NAME	Name of the VSCode server
CODER_EXT_LIST	List of VSCode extensions to install in image
CODER_GIT_URL	A git repository to clone at startup
CODER_PASSWORD	The initial GUI password
CODER_PKG_INSTALL	List of additional packages to install at startup
CODER_START_SCRIPT	Commands to run at the end of startup

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References:
https://hub.docker.com/r/codercom/code-server
https://github.com/coder/code-server
https://coder.com/docs/code-server/latest/guide

Examples

Start a docker image

docker run --rm --detach -p 8081:8080 --name httpbin grafana/k6-httpbin:latest

Start a browser at http://localhost:8081/

Start a compose file

docker-compose --file docker-compose-httpbin.yml up --detach

Start a browser at http://localhost:8085/

Start a kubernetes manifest

kubectl apply -f httpbin.yaml
kubectl get all -n httpbin

Start a browser at http://localhost:8091/