Ubuntu version?

[drmrbrewer]

The following is from a terminal within the IDE based on this docker image:

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Debian
Description:    Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
Release:        11
Codename:       bullseye

Is there a version of the image based on Ubuntu instead?

I did try deploying with a Dockerfile that is based on an Ubuntu image, and installing code-server via the script, but ran into problems (see here for a full explanation).

[jsjoeio]

Not currently, but you can cast your vote on this issue!

[im-coder-lg]

systemctl can never enable for code-server(or any apps in fact), I have tried it a lot of times but it failed. I think I read an article that Microsoft is going to enable systemctl on WSL 3, so if it's true, we need WSL 3, mostly on Windows 11.

[im-coder-lg]

System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.

I've seen this error a lot of times. Basically once I tried setting up SSH for my WSL system(preferably Ubuntu) but this popped up. I tried Genie but to no avail. Maybe the best fix is to get Ubuntu Server as a VM on your computer.

[im-coder-lg]

Looks like getting Ubuntu Server as a VM might do the job! I have a Ubuntu Server LTS installed as a VM on my PC, it works. Sure, installation was kind of a pain but unless you are getting Ubuntu Server on an actual server, it's kinda easy. Just keep hitting Done, use only the keyboard, and go through the setup.

[drmrbrewer]

I'm not installing anything on my PC, though. This is specifically a dockerised arrangement deployed on a cloud server running Ubuntu. It must be possible to run code-server inside a docker container, accessible outside, because there is already a docker image (Debian) for it. Likewise, the folks at linuxserver have an Ubuntu image for it, so perhaps I should use that. My preference however would be to run a docker container that is based off the official Ubuntu docker image and then install the stuff I need into it, including code-server.

[im-coder-lg]

Hmm... Wonder how to add this!

[code-asher]

I am not sure if it is possible to make systemctl work in Docker. The way we do it in our Docker image is to run code-server directly.

Here is a very minimal example for an Ubuntu-based Dockerfile.

FROM ubuntu

RUN apt-get update \
 && apt-get install -y \
    curl

RUN curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh

ENTRYPOINT ["code-server", "--bind-addr", "0.0.0.0:8080"]

[drmrbrewer]

Wow, so simple when you know how! This works perfectly, thanks!

[drmrbrewer]

Update almost a year later... looks like an Ubuntu-based image is available as from version 4.8.0... nice!

[jsjoeio]

🤣 better late than never! All thanks to @huweiATgithub