vscodaemon

vscodaemon provides daemon-service features to code-server.

This enables code-server to:

• Run in background
• Respond to start, stop, restart and status as a system service
• Be configured (e.g. application user, port) on installation
• Be re-configured (e.g. port, work directory) any time

Quick install

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aielo/vscodaemon/master/vscodaemon.sh | bash -s install

_{Note: this installs vscodaemon with default settings, i.e., code-server port and password remain unchanged. Remember to either use the available options or setup your ~/.code-server file later.}

The [un]install script

It can be used to either install or uninstall both vscodaemon and code-server.

./vscodaemon.sh (install|uninstall) [OPTIONS]

Install options

The following parameters can be used during installation:

Option	Option (full)	Description	Default
-g	--group	OS USER group	USER
-i	--install-dir	code-server version	/opt/code-server
-p	--password	Password for VS Code web access	USER
-P	--port	HTTP port for VS Code web access	8443
-s	--grant-sudo	sudo permissions to user	NO
-u	--user	OS USER	coder
-v	--version	code-server version	Lastest version
-w	--work-dir	Working (start) directory	USER's home

_{Note: other code-server parameters are not currently supported.}

The daemon

Daemon supports start, stop, restart and status operations.

service code-server restart

Environment files and variables

The install location is set to /etc/environment as CODESERVER.

vscodaemon uses this and other two files to retrieve environment variables:

File	Created by	Created at
/etc/environment	OS	Existing
CODESERVER/env	Install script	Install
/home/USER/.code-server	User (manual)	Post-install

Variables supported are listed below:

Name	Description	Default
GROUP	OS USER group	USER
USER	OS USER	USER
PASSWD	Password for VS Code web access	USER
PORT	HTTP port for VS Code web access	8443
WDIR	Starting (working) directory	/home/USER

Supported distros

vscodaemon was successfully tested on:

• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
• Debian 9 (stretch)