Setup VSCode Server on the Cluster

Setup VSCode Server on the Cluster#

Code Server is a web-based environment for running vscode.

Our cluster has lots of storage and memory and runs 24/7 so it might be a more ideal place to run experiments than on your laptop.

See tests/code for complete template.

Creating a code server service#

In a blank directory, create a file:

  • docker-compose.yaml:

    services:
  code-server:
    image: maayanlab/linuxserver-code-server:1.0.0
    pull_policy: missing
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
    - 8443:8443
    volumes:
    - code-data:/config

volumes:
  code-data:
    x-kubernetes:
      size: 1Gi
      class: local-path

x-kubernetes:
  name: code

Running VSCode Server Locally#

Honestly you should probably just run VSCode the desktop environment, if you want to run locally.

Run VSCode Server on the Cluster#

In the same directory, you can launch the same code server on the cluster with:

sshkube run kube-compose up

Now that it’s running on the cluster, to access it you’ll need to port forward:

# this command stays running to keep the port forwarding open
sshkube run kube-compose port-forward code-server 8443

Now visit http://localhost:8443 to access your vscode server running on the cluster.

Top stop it run

# add -v to delete the volume
sshkube run kube-compose down
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