[kwlug-disc] Visual Studio Code Virtual Machine HOW-TO

[Mikalai Birukou]

> Hi KWLUG friends,
>
> Thanks for letting me present my VS-Code-Server Virtual Machine at the 
> previous meeting. Here are my setup instructions
>
> I have been using Oracle VirtualBox
>
> https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
>
> Running a RedHat Fedora Server 37 VM
>
> https://getfedora.org/en/server/download/
>
> As my VS-Code-Server host.
>
> https://github.com/coder/code-server
>
> The Oracle VirualBox Virtual Machine is configured with:
>
>   * 2 CPU
>   * 4 GB RAM
>   * Default Display settings
>   * 50 GB Storage
>   * 1 NAT Network Adapter with port forwarding
>       o Fedora Cockpit TCP Host port 29090 Guest port 9090
>       o Visual Studio Code Server TCP Host port 28080 Guest port 8080
>       o SSHD TCP Host port 2022 Guest port 22
>
> Use the Fedora Server ISO downloaded previously to create the virtual 
> machine operating system.
>
> For the Fedora install, I used the defaults but did set my timezone, 
> created a user, and set the root password.
>
> Reboot the server.
> Remove the ISO from the disc drive.
>
> At this point, I used the Fedora Cockpit browser tool. I had added the 
> port forward earlier.
> http://localhost:29090
>
> In the terminal, update the operating system with these commands
> sudo -i
> dnf check-update
> dnf -y upgrade
> dnf install -y make gcc zlib-devel bzip2 bzip2-devel readline-devel 
> sqlite sqlite-devel openssl-devel tk-devel libffi-devel xz-devel
> dnf group install "Development Tools" -y
> The following install is optional
> dnf group install "C Development Tools and Libraries" -y
>
> Reboot the virtual machine
> Launch the Fedora Cockpit and access the terminal.
>
>   * test the install
>     curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --dry-run
>
>   * run the Visual Studio Code Server install script
>     curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh
>
>   * start the Code Server service and enable it for startup
>     sudo systemctl --enable --now code-server@$USER
>
>   * verify if the code server is running
>     sudo systemctl status code-server@$USER
>
>   * move to the Code Server's configuration directory
>     cd ~/.config/code-server/
>
>   * make a backup of the YAML configuration file
>     cp -v ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
>     ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml.orig
>
>   * open the YAML config file in vim
>     vim ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
>
>   * update the address
>     0.0.0.0:8080 <http://0.0.0.0:8080>
>
>   * change the password to your own value. Other authentication
>     options are available and explained on the GitHub project page
>
>
>   * stop and start the services
>     sudo systemctl status code-server@$USER
>     sudo systemctl stop code-server@$USER
>     sudo systemctl start code-server@$USER
>     sudo systemctl status code-server@$USER
>
>   * launch a new browser to open the Code Server interface
>     http://localhost:28080
>
> From this point you're best served looking up Visual Studio Code 
> getting started instructions.
>
> Good hunting in your own server build and please let me know if this 
> works for you.
>
> Sean D

This was an awesome talk. Video recording is coming. Thank you, Sean.
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