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

download-vs-code-server.sh

#!/bin/sh

set -e

ARCH="amd64"
U_NAME=$(uname -m)

if [ "${U_NAME}" = "aarch64" ]; then
    ARCH="arm64"
fi

archive="vscode-server-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz"
owner='microsoft'
repo='vscode'
code_release=$(curl -sX GET https://api.github.com/repos/coder/code-server/releases/latest \
    | awk '/tag_name/{print $4;exit}' FS='[""]' | sed 's|^v||')

echo "will attempt to download VS Code Server version = '${code_release}'"

# Download VS Code Server tarball to tmp directory.
curl -L "https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/download/v${code_release}/code-server-${code_release}-linux-${ARCH}.tar.gz" -o "/tmp/${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/"${code_release}"

# Extract the tarball to the right location.
tar --no-same-owner -xzv --strip-components=1 -C ~/.vscode-server/bin/"${code_release}" -f "/tmp/${archive}"

~/.vscode-server/bin/${code_release}/bin/code-server --install-extension ms-python.python ms-python.vscode-pylance intersystems-community.vscode-objectscript intersystems.language-serverintersystems.language-server intersystems-community.servermanager