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Bootstrap Code Server Directly from Internet in Dev Containers over SSH
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Description
Apologies if I've overlooked something obvious!
I'm on a rather slow mobile connection, trying to utilise VSCode Dev Container over SSH connection and finding it takes a long time to install the VSCode Server. The image was built quickly, but the hang seems to be the code server being transferred from the local machine over SSH into the container. (I think, anyway, I've attached the log of where it's got to).
Is it possible, or could it be possible, to bootstrap the VSCode server either into an image with a feature or to download the server directly from the internet on the remote machine rather than transferring from the local device?
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reviewing the attached vscode-log.txt and the Dev Containers over SSH server-installation flow described in the issue. Determine whether the VSCode Server can be bootstrapped in the remote container or downloaded from the internet, and define completion around avoiding transfer from the local machine.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- docker, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, devops
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100