chore: update template examples and docs to install code-server under /tmp (#6138)

Updates templates examples and docs to pass the --method standalone argument
to code-server install script, and installs code-server under /tmp/code-server.

Co-authored-by: Mathias Fredriksson <mafredri@gmail.com>

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Co-authored-by: Mathias Fredriksson <mafredri@gmail.com>

docs/ides/web-ides.md

@@ -52,11 +52,12 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
     #!/bin/sh
     # install code-server
     # add '-s -- --version x.x.x' to install a specific code-server version
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server
 
     # start code-server on a specific port
     # authn is off since the user already authn-ed into the coder deployment
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337
+    # & is used to run the process in the background
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 &
     EOF
 }
 ```
@@ -67,7 +68,9 @@ For advanced use, we recommend installing code-server in your VM snapshot or con
 FROM codercom/enterprise-base:ubuntu
 
 # install the latest version
+USER root
 RUN curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh
+USER coder
 
 # pre-install VS Code extensions
 RUN code-server --install-extension eamodio.gitlens

docs/templates.md

@@ -160,12 +160,15 @@ resource "coder_agent" "coder" {
   startup_script = <<EOT
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# install code-server 4.8.3
-curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
+# Install code-server 4.8.3 under /tmp/code-server using the "standalone" installation
+# that does not require root permissions. Note that /tmp may be mounted in tmpfs which
+# can lead to increased RAM usage. To avoid this, you can pre-install code-server inside
+# the Docker image or VM image.
+curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
 
-# The & prevents the startup_script from blocking so the
-# next commands can run.
-code-server --auth none --port &
+# The & prevents the startup_script from blocking so the next commands can run.
+# The stdout and stderr of code-server is redirected to /tmp/code-server.log.
+/tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
 
 # var.repo and var.dotfiles_uri is specified
 # elsewhere in the Terraform code as input

dogfood/main.tf

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "dev" {
   startup_script         = <<-EOT
     set -eux -o pipefail
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
     sudo service docker start
     DOTFILES_URI=${var.dotfiles_uri}
     rm -f ~/.personalize.log

examples/templates/aws-ecs-container/main.tf

@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "coder" {
     set -e
 
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
   EOT
 }
 

examples/templates/aws-linux/main.tf

@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
     set -e
 
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
   EOT
 }
 

examples/templates/docker-image-builds/main.tf

@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
     set -e
 
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
   EOT
 }
 

examples/templates/docker/main.tf

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
     set -e
 
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
   EOT
 
   # These environment variables allow you to make Git commits right away after creating a

examples/templates/gcp-linux/main.tf

@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
     set -e
 
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
   EOT
 }
 

examples/templates/gcp-vm-container/main.tf

@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
     set -e
 
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 4.8.3
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
   EOT
 }
 

examples/templates/kubernetes-with-podman/main.tf

@@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ resource "coder_agent" "dev" {
   dir            = "/home/podman"
   startup_script = <<EOF
     #!/bin/sh
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 &
+
+    # install and start code-server
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
 
     # Run once to avoid unnecessary warning: "/" is not a shared mount
     podman ps

examples/templates/kubernetes/main.tf

@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ resource "coder_agent" "main" {
     set -e
 
     # install and start code-server
-    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s
-    code-server --auth none --port 13337 &
+    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server --version 4.8.3
+    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
   EOT
 }