10/12/2020
This blog will explain how to set up a visual studio code server in an AWS instance (Ubuntu 18.04). The steps mentioned here are basically the commands I executed in my instance (launched using ami-0dba2cb6798deb6d8 64-bit x86) with security group rules allowing port 22,80 and 443 for all.
Step 1: sudo apt update
Step 2: wget https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/3.4.1/code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Step 3: tar xvzf code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
Step 4: sudo mkdir -p ~/.config/code-server
Step 5: sudo nano ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
Output: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bind-addr: 127.0.0.1:8080 auth: password
password: Test1234
cert: false ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 6: cd ~/code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64/bin
Step 7: ./code-server
Output:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ info Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml info Using user-data-dir ~/.local/share/code-server info code-server 3.4.1 48f7c2724827e526eeaa6c2c151c520f48a61259 info HTTP server listening on http://127.0.0.1:8080 info - Using password from ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml info - To disable use --auth none info - Not serving HTTPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Ctrl+C to stope this service]
Step 8: sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/code-server.service
Output:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Unit] Description=code-server After=nginx.service
[Service] Type=simple Environment=PASSWORD=Test1234 ExecStart=/home/ubuntu/code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64/bin/code-server –bind-addr 127.0.0.1:8080 –user-data-dir /var/lib/code-server –auth password Restart=always
[Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 9: sudo mkdir /var/lib/code-server
Step 10: sudo systemctl daemon-reload
Step 11: sudo systemctl start code-server
Step 12: sudo systemctl enable code-server
Output:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/code-server.service → /lib/systemd/system/code-server.service. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 13: sudo systemctl status code-server
Output:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ● code-server.service - code-server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/code-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-10-07 03:06:01 UTC; 22s ago Main PID: 2209 (node) Tasks: 22 (limit: 1164) Memory: 23.8M CGroup: /system.slice/code-server.service ├─2209 /home/ubuntu/code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64/lib/node /home/ubuntu/code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64 –bind-addr 127.0.0.1:8080 –user-data-d> └─2237 /home/ubuntu/code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64/lib/node /home/ubuntu/code-server-3.4.1-linux-x86_64 –bind-addr 127.0.0.1:8080 –user-data-d>
Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 systemd[1]: Started code-server. Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2209]: info Wrote default config file to ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2209]: info Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2237]: info Using user-data-dir /var/lib/code-server Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2237]: info code-server 3.4.1 48f7c2724827e526eeaa6c2c151c520f48a61259 Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2237]: info HTTP server listening on http://127.0.0.1:8080 Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2237]: info - Using password from $PASSWORD Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2237]: info - To disable use --auth none Oct 07 03:06:01 ip-172-31-18-5 code-server[2237]: info - Not serving HTTPS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 14: sudo apt install nginx -y
Step 15: sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/code-server.conf
Output:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ server { listen 80; listen [::]:80; server_name 54.XXX.XX.253; location / { 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; } } ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [ NOTE: Remember to change “54.XXX.XX.253” to the public IP of your instance ]
Step 16: cd /etc/nginx/sites-available/
Step 17: (OPTIONAL) sudo mv default BackUp_default
Step 18: sudo rm /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default
Step 19: sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/code-server.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/code-server.conf
Step 20: sudo systemctl start nginx
Step 21: sudo systemctl enable nginx
Output:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Synchronizing state of nginx.service with SysV service script with /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install. Executing: /lib/systemd/systemd-sysv-install enable nginx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 22: sudo systemctl status nginx
Output:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ● nginx.service - A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nginx.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Active: active (running) since Wed 2020-10-07 03:06:47 UTC; 3min 12s ago Docs: man:nginx(8) Main PID: 2696 (nginx) Tasks: 2 (limit: 1164) Memory: 6.6M CGroup: /system.slice/nginx.service ├─2696 nginx: master process /usr/sbin/nginx -g daemon on; master_process on; └─2697 nginx: worker process
Oct 07 03:06:46 ip-172-31-18-5 systemd[1]: Starting A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server… Oct 07 03:06:47 ip-172-31-18-5 systemd[1]: Started A high performance web server and a reverse proxy server. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Step 23: sudo systemctl daemon-reload Step 24: Refresh both the services by starting and stopping them. You can follow the below commands in order:- - - - - - -> sudo systemctl stop nginx - - - - - -> sudo systemctl stop code-server - - - - - -> sudo systemctl daemon-reload - - - - - -> sudo systemctl start code-server - - - - - -> sudo systemctl start nginx - - - - - -> sudo systemctl enable code-server - - - - - -> sudo systemctl enable nginx - - - - - -> sudo systemctl status nginx <=== To check if nginx is running - - - - - -> sudo systemctl status code-server <=== To check if the code-server is active
Step 25: Open browser and try accessing the Public IP of the instance
Then, the VS code server should work now.
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