code-server/doc/quickstart.md

Quickstart Guide

1. Visit the releases page and download the latest binary for your operating system.
2. Unpack the downloaded file then run the binary.
3. In your browser navigate to localhost:8080.

Usage

Run code-server --help to view available options.

Encrypting traffic with HTTPS

To encrypt the traffic between the browser and server use code-server --cert followed by the path to your certificate. Additionally, you can use certificate keys with --cert-key followed by the path to your key. If you pass --cert without any path code-server will generate a self-signed certificate.

You can use Let's Encrypt to get an SSL certificate for free.

Nginx Reverse Proxy

The trailing slashes are important.

server {
  listen 80;
  listen [::]:80;
  server_name code.example.com code.example.org;
  location /some/path/ { # Or / if hosting at the root.
      proxy_pass http://localhost:8080/;
      proxy_set_header Host $host;
      proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
      proxy_set_header Connection upgrade;
      proxy_set_header Accept-Encoding gzip;
  }
}

Apache Reverse Proxy

<VirtualHost *:80>
  ServerName code.example.com

  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} =websocket [NC]
  RewriteRule /(.*)           ws://localhost:8080/$1 [P,L]
  RewriteCond %{HTTP:Upgrade} !=websocket [NC]
  RewriteRule /(.*)           http://localhost:8080/$1 [P,L]

  ProxyRequests off
  ProxyPass        / http://localhost:8080/ nocanon
  ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/
</VirtualHost>

Run automatically at startup

In some cases you might need to run code-server automatically once the host starts. You may use your local init service to do so.

Systemd

[Unit]

Description=VSCode in a browser

After=network.target

[Service]

Type=simple

ExecStart=/usr/bin/code-server $(pwd)

WorkingDirectory=$HOME/projects

ExecStop=/sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop -x /usr/bin/code-server

Restart=on-failure

User=1000

[Install]

WantedBy=multi-user.target

OpenRC

#!/sbin/openrc-run

depend() {
    after net-online
    need net
}

supervisor=supervise-daemon
name="code-server"
command="/opt/cdr/code-server"
command_args=""

pidfile="/var/run/cdr.pid"
respawn_delay=5

set -o allexport
if [ -f /etc/environment ]; then source /etc/environment; fi
set +o allexport

Kubernetes/Docker

Make sure you set your restart policy to always - this will ensure your container starts as the daemon starts.