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

@remchuk I'm glad you got it working. Does this confirm that the folder structure in the tar file is correct and it has not changed? I'm curious as to why the older script worked, do you know?

Here is the Git repository for future updates and contributions: https://github.com/b01/dl-vscode-server

@remchuk I'm glad you got it working. Does this confirm that the folder structure in the tar file is correct and it has not changed? I'm curious as to why the older script worked, do you know?

Here is the Git repository for future updates and contributions: https://github.com/b01/dl-vscode-server

I'm honestly not sure, Look at the folder structure is looks the same as before.
But for some reason it doesn't work in vscode 1.88 but works well in 1.89

@remchuk If you would mind, could you test version 0.1.2 please?
@daixtrose The Git Repos was made.
@sp7412 I believe there is a way.

I was able to fix some thing and allow the script to perform more consistently. The thing to figure out now is all the folders that VS Code Server is expected to be installed. I had to pay close attention between local and vscode.dev, it was looking in .vscode and not .vscode-server. Where I was finally able to observer such a difference.

Just wanted to point that out. This is likely my last post on this Gist. In the preset and future, please go to the Git repo to comment, open an issue, or PR: https://github.com/b01/dl-vscode-server