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Ionut aka BlitzCloud

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Now you can run a code-server as a service.

#vscode #linux #tutorial

As I mentioned in my last article, I said that code-server lacks a service to run it in the background or at startup. I build a systemd service to solve this issue.

If you want to have the code-server running n the background just follow this steps:

  • Create the systemd service with this command 
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/code-server.service
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  • Paste the code below. 
[Unit]
Description=Code-Server Service
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
Restart=always
User= yourUser
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/code-server

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
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  • Start the service 
sudo service code-server start
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  • Check the status 
sudo service code-server status
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  • Optional enable the process at startup 
sudo systemctl enable code-server
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Now you should be able to take you safe development environment on your iPad or on your grandma slow computer,without being afraid that the server will stop.

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