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      wrote on last edited by infogulch
      #50

      I think we should collaborate on a minimal base docker image that only contains the installation of code-server, and then design a solution to allow adding dev dependencies on top of it as required by each end-user.

      Say, first lift all the code-server-specific improvements from murgero's image into dswd's image and publish it at cloudron/code-server-base. Then murgero's image starts with FROM cloudron/code-server-base and adds their unique dev dependencies and publishes it separately. The key will be improve the image build, installation, and updating process to be as smooth as the usual app install process. (The cli is great for cloudron development, but kinda cumbersome for ongoing maintenance.)

      Based on the way code-server is designed I doubt it could ever be a multi-user app. There is some discussion on code-server multi-tenancy on Setting up code-server for multi-tenancy #792. In summary, it doesn't seem viable and the discussion quickly shifts towards how to set up and manage a container-per-user design, which is an area that I think Cloudron could add a lot of value.

      Perhaps both of these problems could be solved by creating a custom app that uses the cloudron api to expose an easier way to spin up code-server apps for users on demand, using the images designated by the admin.

      code-server is a good use-case for proxyAuth. I think it would be neat if we could forward some path to a port inside the container to allow users to hit a dev web server running inside.

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      • infogulchI infogulch

        I think we should collaborate on a minimal base docker image that only contains the installation of code-server, and then design a solution to allow adding dev dependencies on top of it as required by each end-user.

        Say, first lift all the code-server-specific improvements from murgero's image into dswd's image and publish it at cloudron/code-server-base. Then murgero's image starts with FROM cloudron/code-server-base and adds their unique dev dependencies and publishes it separately. The key will be improve the image build, installation, and updating process to be as smooth as the usual app install process. (The cli is great for cloudron development, but kinda cumbersome for ongoing maintenance.)

        Based on the way code-server is designed I doubt it could ever be a multi-user app. There is some discussion on code-server multi-tenancy on Setting up code-server for multi-tenancy #792. In summary, it doesn't seem viable and the discussion quickly shifts towards how to set up and manage a container-per-user design, which is an area that I think Cloudron could add a lot of value.

        Perhaps both of these problems could be solved by creating a custom app that uses the cloudron api to expose an easier way to spin up code-server apps for users on demand, using the images designated by the admin.

        code-server is a good use-case for proxyAuth. I think it would be neat if we could forward some path to a port inside the container to allow users to hit a dev web server running inside.

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        dswd
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        #51

        @infogulch
        My current code already uses proxyAuth and adds TCP and UDP ports for dev that you can freely assign.
        Please tell me what you think is missing and I will add it.

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        • infogulchI infogulch

          I think we should collaborate on a minimal base docker image that only contains the installation of code-server, and then design a solution to allow adding dev dependencies on top of it as required by each end-user.

          Say, first lift all the code-server-specific improvements from murgero's image into dswd's image and publish it at cloudron/code-server-base. Then murgero's image starts with FROM cloudron/code-server-base and adds their unique dev dependencies and publishes it separately. The key will be improve the image build, installation, and updating process to be as smooth as the usual app install process. (The cli is great for cloudron development, but kinda cumbersome for ongoing maintenance.)

          Based on the way code-server is designed I doubt it could ever be a multi-user app. There is some discussion on code-server multi-tenancy on Setting up code-server for multi-tenancy #792. In summary, it doesn't seem viable and the discussion quickly shifts towards how to set up and manage a container-per-user design, which is an area that I think Cloudron could add a lot of value.

          Perhaps both of these problems could be solved by creating a custom app that uses the cloudron api to expose an easier way to spin up code-server apps for users on demand, using the images designated by the admin.

          code-server is a good use-case for proxyAuth. I think it would be neat if we could forward some path to a port inside the container to allow users to hit a dev web server running inside.

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          murgero
          App Dev
          wrote on last edited by
          #52

          @infogulch said in Code Server (Vs code online):

          I think it would be neat if we could forward some path to a port inside the container to allow users to hit a dev web server running inside.

          code-server natively supports this already, just simply logging in and then browsing to https://fqdn-of-app/proxy/portNumber example: https://vscode.example.com/proxy/8080 would put you on port 8080 inside the app. So if you had an app or something running on that port, it's http data would be displayed like normal.

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          • murgeroM murgero

            @infogulch said in Code Server (Vs code online):

            I think it would be neat if we could forward some path to a port inside the container to allow users to hit a dev web server running inside.

            code-server natively supports this already, just simply logging in and then browsing to https://fqdn-of-app/proxy/portNumber example: https://vscode.example.com/proxy/8080 would put you on port 8080 inside the app. So if you had an app or something running on that port, it's http data would be displayed like normal.

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            infogulch
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            @murgero said in Code Server (Vs code online):

            code-server natively supports this already ... https://fqdn-of-app/proxy/portNumber

            Oh neat, I'm glad they landed on that, that's a good solution. Perhaps a proxyAuth implementation should exclude the proxy path with something like "proxyAuth": { "path": "!/proxy" }.

            Perhaps this is a bit to early to worry about, but at some point we might consider restricting the app proxy's access to cloudron cookies with domain or path parameters.

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              @dswd no, has not been implemented.

              Lookup this discussion on Sysbox.

              Conscious tech

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                @murgero @dswd what are the extra packages that are pre-installed? If it's not too big, maybe we can compromise and just install it all in one. It's more important to be useful to more number people than be minimal (of course, everything has a limit..).

                I wonder if the right approach here is something like JupyterHub. What that project does is to have a "workspace manager" with a login screen. When logged in, it spins up a new "notebook docker container" for each user. This way the user can install whatever packages they want in that docker image. See https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub . I guess in our case if the size is limiting, maybe we should write a VsCodeHub which when logged in, spins off a vs code container for each user. This makes the app properly multi-user.

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                • girishG girish

                  @murgero @dswd what are the extra packages that are pre-installed? If it's not too big, maybe we can compromise and just install it all in one. It's more important to be useful to more number people than be minimal (of course, everything has a limit..).

                  I wonder if the right approach here is something like JupyterHub. What that project does is to have a "workspace manager" with a login screen. When logged in, it spins up a new "notebook docker container" for each user. This way the user can install whatever packages they want in that docker image. See https://github.com/jupyterhub/jupyterhub . I guess in our case if the size is limiting, maybe we should write a VsCodeHub which when logged in, spins off a vs code container for each user. This makes the app properly multi-user.

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                  murgero
                  App Dev
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                  @girish

                  My package includes a ton of extra packages to cover the most popular programming and scripting choices. (Some are actually already in the Cloudron base image, which I use.)

                  • GOLANG
                  • PHP7.4 (PHP8.0 will be included soon!)
                  • Python
                  • PowerShell
                  • DotNet Core (C#, VB.NET, etc) (.NET Full will be included soon as well since full supports Linux now I believe)
                  • R
                  • R-lang
                  • NodeJS (Updated to latest)

                  I am probably missing a couple but I wanted to make sure a lot of the popular stuff was covered here.

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                    #57

                    Hey everyone! I just did want to ask about the current progress on this package. Is there already a roadmap for an official release in the app store? Or is this still under heavy development?

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                    • C Chilipp

                      Hey everyone! I just did want to ask about the current progress on this package. Is there already a roadmap for an official release in the app store? Or is this still under heavy development?

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                      murgero
                      App Dev
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #58

                      @chilipp Currently still under development. You're more than welcome to test it out if you would like!

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                      • murgeroM murgero

                        @chilipp Currently still under development. You're more than welcome to test it out if you would like!

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                        #59

                        @murgero I will! Thanks 😃

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                        • murgeroM murgero

                          @chilipp Currently still under development. You're more than welcome to test it out if you would like!

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                          @murgero thanks a lot for your work! Works like a charm 😃

                          I have some suggestions for improvement. Would you prefer discussion on Github via Issues and PRs or here in this forum?

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                            @murgero thanks a lot for your work! Works like a charm 😃

                            I have some suggestions for improvement. Would you prefer discussion on Github via Issues and PRs or here in this forum?

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                            murgero
                            App Dev
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #61

                            @chilipp I think issues on github make more sense (at least until it becomes a proper cloudron package)

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                              Hi!

                              Would this help?

                              https://www.gitpod.io/blog/openvscode-server-launch
                              https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/

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                                Hi!

                                Would this help?

                                https://www.gitpod.io/blog/openvscode-server-launch
                                https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/

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                                #63

                                @enabl-ist was curious if this is related to "code server", but it seems to be something newly done without any relations to the existing project.

                                https://github.com/cdr/code-server/discussions/4267

                                similar discussion in the "openvscode" project https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/discussions/99

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                                • fbartelsF fbartels

                                  @enabl-ist was curious if this is related to "code server", but it seems to be something newly done without any relations to the existing project.

                                  https://github.com/cdr/code-server/discussions/4267

                                  similar discussion in the "openvscode" project https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/discussions/99

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                                  Enabl.ist
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                                  @fbartels indeed it looks like two different projects, with (kind of) the same goal... What I read is that the gitpod version is more simplified in features. I haven't had time to test it myself, just wanted to let the community know of this similar project.

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                                    fbartels
                                    App Dev
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #65

                                    Microsoft has joined the game as well https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2021/10/20/vscode-dev

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                                      plusone-nick
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                                      @murgero jw if you still have a repo for this as the original link is dead =/

                                      ✌💙+1

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                                        @murgero jw if you still have a repo for this as the original link is dead =/

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                                        murgero
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                                        wrote on last edited by murgero
                                        #67

                                        @plusone-nick my github has a repo, status is unknown as it's been a long time since I've touched it

                                        https://github.com/mitchellurgero

                                        https://github.com/mitchellurgero/cloudron-vscode-package

                                        Note: this uses an old version of vscode and needs to be updated.

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                                          So, this thread seems to have died and wanted to revive it as it would be great to have vs-code online be a part of Cloudron. For me, I look to Cloudron to be a platform that hosts publicly facing apps, but have the security with Cloudron. This is something that can be easy to install on Home Assistant or my TrueNAS Scale system, but for it to function it's best it needs to be accessible over HTTPS... and that's where the problem comes in. It may not be "privacy focused" but it's one of the most commonly used development tools and it would be nice to have VS Code IDE available anywhere, whether from my desktop or tablet. Having it within Cloudron would be super helpful.

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                                          • ajtatumA ajtatum

                                            So, this thread seems to have died and wanted to revive it as it would be great to have vs-code online be a part of Cloudron. For me, I look to Cloudron to be a platform that hosts publicly facing apps, but have the security with Cloudron. This is something that can be easy to install on Home Assistant or my TrueNAS Scale system, but for it to function it's best it needs to be accessible over HTTPS... and that's where the problem comes in. It may not be "privacy focused" but it's one of the most commonly used development tools and it would be nice to have VS Code IDE available anywhere, whether from my desktop or tablet. Having it within Cloudron would be super helpful.

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                                            murgero
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                                            wrote on last edited by
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                                            @ajtatum My repo above is able to be installed - I still haven't updated it tho.

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