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1. code-asher commented on Jul 7, 2020

   

   code-asher

   on Jul 7, 2020

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   I don't have any personal experience with autostarting services on WSL, but this looks like what you're looking for: https://superuser.com/questions/1343558/how-to-make-wsl-run-services-at-startup/1365978

   I'll close the issue but feel free to continue posting here.
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3. iHackFX commented on Aug 2, 2020

   

   iHackFX

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   How I run the code-server in WSL2 (Ubuntu 20.04) with port forwarding and SSL:

   1. Enable Self Signed Certificate without systemctl --user restart code-server
   2. Install certbot and get manualy SSL Certificate:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install software-properties-common
   sudo add-apt-repository universe
   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install certbot
   sudo certbot certonly --manual

   When he asked to create a file in the directory on the domain, I used MiniWeb HTTP server.
   3. I took the port forwarding .ps1 script for WSL2, and changed $ports to 443, and $addr to my local IPv4 (from ipconfig).
   4. Made a bat script to run everything at once. (Don't forget to change your data instead of <>)

   :: Getting administrator rights for a PowerShell script
   @echo off
   reg.exe query "HKU\S-1-5-19">nul 2>&1
   if %errorlevel% equ 1 goto UACPrompt
   Powershell.exe -executionpolicy remotesigned -File <path-to-script>
   cls
   C:\Windows\System32\bash.exe -c "code-server --cert '/etc/letsencrypt/live/<your-domain>/fullchain.pem' --cert-key '/etc/letsencrypt/live/<your-domain>/privkey.pem'"
   exit /b
   :UACPrompt
   mshta "vbscript:CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute("%~fs0", "", "", "runas", 1) & Close()"
   exit /b

   5. Forward port 443 on the router
   6. Run bat file.
   7. Profit

   If you need autorun

   Make the following .vbs file and place in Win-R -> shell:startup. (Don't forget to change your data instead of <>)

   Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
   WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) & "<path-to-bat-file>" & Chr(34), 0
   Set WinScriptHost = Nothing

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4. bpmct commented on Aug 20, 2020

   

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   @iHackFX I love the detailed explanation!

   We just started using GitHub Discussions. Would you be able to share this on "Show and Tell" as well? I think it will help others with the same problem

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5. fearthecowboy commented on Sep 21, 2020

   

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   FYI - I have a quick & dirty write up how I did code-server on WSL2:

   https://fearthecowboy.com/tutorial/2020/09/17/Code-Serrver-On-WSL.html

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6. fearthecowboy commented on Oct 21, 2020

   

   fearthecowboy

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   Another FYI -- I was playing around last night with WSL2 Docker Containers on Windows.

   It's actually really freaking easy to spin up code-server via the container; I'm working on some simple scripting to iron out the edges and should have that ready in a couple days.

   Turns out that it's really easy to add an automatic UPNP firewall port mapping, so that it can be exposed past the NAT without having to manually configure the router firewall, and by just mapping the one port thru the host, this gets stupid kinds of simple. I'm crafting a script for this, I'll be back in a day or two.

   # Quick & Dirty powershell script to use the containter with Docker & WSL2 containers.
   # Run this wherever you want the folder created and mapped to.
   
   # create a folder in the current directory
   cd (mkdir -ea 0 code-server)
   
   # create the '.config' and 'project' folders in the current location.
   mkdir -ea 0 .config,project
   
   # reformat the current folder as a unix-style path 
   $LOC = "/$(((pwd).path).substring(0,1).tolower()+((pwd).path).substring(1))" -replace '\\' ,'/' -replace ':',''
   
   # Run the docker image, map it back to port 8080 on the host, and map the .config and project folders  
   docker run -it --name code-server -p 127.0.0.1:8080:8080 -v "$LOC/.config:/home/coder/.config"  -v "$LOC/project:/home/coder/project"  codercom/code-server:latest -e PASSWORD=Hi-Mom!

   I may just roll the whole thing up into an extended docker image with a few parameters.

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