Linux script to download latest VS Code Server, good for Docker (tested in Alpine).

download-vs-code-server.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Copyright 2023 Khalifah K. Shabazz
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set -e

# Auto-Get the latest commit sha via command line.
get_latest_release() {
    platform=${1}
    arch=${2}

    # Grab the first commit SHA since as this script assumes it will be the
    # latest.
    platform="win32"
    arch="x64"
    commit_id=$(curl --silent "https://update.code.visualstudio.com/api/commits/stable/${platform}-${arch}" | sed s'/^\["\([^"]*\).*$/\1/')

    printf "%s" "${commit_id}"
}

PLATFORM="${1}"
ARCH="${2}"

if [ -z "${PLATFORM}" ]; then
    echo "please enter a platform, acceptable values are win32, linux, darwin, or alpine"
    exit 1
fi

if [ -z "${ARCH}" ]; then
    U_NAME=$(uname -m)

    if [ "${U_NAME}" = "aarch64" ]; then
        ARCH="arm64"
    elif [ "${U_NAME}" = "x86_64" ]; then
        ARCH="x64"
    elif [ "${U_NAME}" = "armv7l" ]; then
        ARCH="armhf"
    fi
fi

commit_sha=$(get_latest_release "${PLATFORM}" "${ARCH}")

if [ -n "${commit_sha}" ]; then
    echo "will attempt to download VS Code Server version = '${commit_sha}'"

    prefix="server-${PLATFORM}"
    if [ "${PLATFORM}" = "alpine" ]; then
        prefix="cli-${PLATFORM}"
    fi

    archive="vscode-${prefix}-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
    # Download VS Code Server tarball to tmp directory.
    curl -L "https://update.code.visualstudio.com/commit:${commit_sha}/${prefix}-${ARCH}/stable" -o "/tmp/${archive}"

    # Make the parent directory where the server should live.
    # NOTE: Ensure VS Code will have read/write access; namely the user running VScode or container user.
    mkdir -vp ~/.vscode-server/bin/"${commit_sha}"

    # Extract the tarball to the right location.
    tar --no-same-owner -xzv --strip-components=1 -C ~/.vscode-server/bin/"${commit_sha}" -f "/tmp/${archive}"
    # Add symlink
    cd ~/.vscode-server/bin && ln -s "${commit_sha}" default_version
else
    echo "could not pre install vscode server"
fi

Anyone know how to add in a list of extensions to download as well for offline install?

OK. I'm looking at this now, this is gonna be a fun little project. Especially since VSCode Server is standalone with CLI support.

Is it time to make this gist a full GitHub project that can receive PR's?

@daixtrose Yes. I'll get that done. Before I post, it needs some testing. There seem to be a problem with setting up latest VS Code server that I want to fix before releasing. I'll elaborate when I have more conclusive details.