AWS EC2 is a popular way to manage and launch virtual machines. Here is a fast way to launch a code-server machine with AWS EC2:
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Log into AWS and head over to the EC2 dashboard. Launch a new instance.
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Use the "Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS" 64-bit (x86) Quick Start.
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Choose
t2.micro
instance type or larger. -
Click
Next: Configure Instance Details
to add the code-server script. -
Under
User data
, copy & paste the launch-code-server.sh script. -
Expand your storage, if necessary under the "Add Storage" section.
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Under "Security Groups," ensure you have rows for "SSH" (:22) and "HTTP" (:80)
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Add any SSH keys, if necessary, and launch the instance.
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Once your instance starts, you can simply navigate to the public IP address and get forwarded to a secure version of code-server, which will be proxied behind your GitHub account (the first one you log in with). For information on how this works, see code-server --link.
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Optional: To change the URL in the address bar from
ip-[xxxx]
to something more descriptive, you just need to change your hostname and restart code-server:
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname bens-devbox
sudo systemctl restart code-server@coder