example of how to run code-server with nginx and docker compose

[j4ys0n]

What is your suggestion?

it would be great to see an example of how to get code-server to work with docker containers using docker compose and nginx/certbot for reverse proxy and tls.

How will this improve the docs?

would make it easy to get this running. i use this pattern all over the place and it simply doesn't work with code-server when there's a password enabled. the redirect after entering the password just doesn't work. i follow the docs, or how i interpret what is meant, and it won't work.

Are you interested in submitting a PR for this?

if i could get it to work..

[code-asher]

Our docs should work in a container as well. We could maintain compose files for NGINX but I am not sure we want to be prescriptive on what reverse proxies folks should be using. What have you tried and what specific error or behavior are you seeing?

[j4ys0n]

thanks for your response.

code server does work in a container, don't get me wrong - what i can't seem to get to work is the redirect after entering the password. it just reloads the login page.

i've tried the linuxserver/code-server image and installing code server with the script mentioned in the readme in this repo. i've also tried nginx in a container on a separate server (i use this same nginx server for other reverse proxies on my network) and i've tried nginx in a container on the same server as code server, everything ends in the same result - it won't redirect to the workspace after entering the password. it seems like maybe i'm missing a rule or header or something in the nginx revers proxy config, but i've looked at the request/response headers with and without the proxy and i'm not seeing what that is.

my goal is to have a few of these code server instances that i can use for different things/projects/people and handle the redirects to each via subdomains. i guess i could just implement auth in another layer and remove the password from code server. code server does work as expected without the password.