microsoft / microsoft/vscode-remote-release
all passing machine name as a cli argument
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Description
allow passing an argument --machine-name or an environment variable VSCODE_MACHINE_NAME to specify a machine name instead of the user input prompt.
this will allow for easier automation with containers, vms etc ...
the "login prompt" can be accessed through vm / docker logs, but opening an interactive shell to input a machine name would introduce an extra step in orchestration that could easily be avoided
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Research direction
Start by locating the login prompt and the CLI or environment-variable parsing entry point in the remote container flow. Done means the machine name can be supplied through --machine-name or VSCODE_MACHINE_NAME without interactive input, while the existing prompt remains available when neither is provided.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, vscode
- Domain
- cli, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100