Deploying `code-server` on a VM

A simple startup script to run code-server with --link on a VM, designed to run on Ubuntu 20.10.

⚠️ The deploy script referenced uses the code-server --link service which is now deprecated. If this solution does not work for you, we recommend following our guide to use LetsEncrypt with Caddy to securely connect to code-server on your VM.

In this repo

launch-code-server.sh - Command tested on Ubuntu machines (uses --link)
launch-linode.sh - launch-code-server.sh adapted for Linode

Troubleshooting

Ensure you have port 80 open on your server's firewall

SSH or use the built-in console to connect to your machine

Check the code-server status

systemctl status code-server@coder

# if not working:
systemctl restart code-server@coder

Ensure journalctl is capturing logs
```
journalctl -u code-server@coder
```

Ensure the HTTP redirect server is working

systemctl status coder-cloud-redirect

# systemctl restart coder-cloud-redirect

Other scripts

code-server, CloudFlare, and Caddy: Sets up code-server and configures CloudFlare DNS