Self hosted VS Code Server Dockerfile with an example of installing tooling to be able to run tools such as pupeteer, pa11y, terraform, node, npm and yarn. This image can easily be changed to add more tooling specific to your setup such as Python or PHP. I also create my alias's here to easily call common commands such as `tf` instead of `terraf…

.woodpecker.yml

steps:
  build:
    image: woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx:6.0.2
    settings:
      registry: registry.url.com
      repo: registry.url.com/vscode-server-custom
      tag: build-${CI_PIPELINE_NUMBER}
      dockerfile: ./Dockerfile
    when:
      event:
        - push
        - manual
      branch:
        - main

docker-compose.yml

services:
  code-server:
    image: <reponame>/vscode-server-custom:latest
    container_name: code-server
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
      - PWA_APPNAME=code-server
    volumes:
      - /path/to/local/config:/config
    ports:
      - 8443:8443
    restart: unless-stopped

Dockerfile

FROM lscr.io/linuxserver/code-server:latest

# Environment variables for Debian frontend (noninteractive install)
ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

# Install tools: curl, gnupg, unzip, and other dependencies
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y \
        curl \
        gnupg \
        unzip \
        software-properties-common \
        ca-certificates \
        lsb-release \
        apt-transport-https \
        build-essential \
        # pupeteer and pa11y dependencies
        gnupg2 \
        xvfb \
        libnspr4 \
        libnss3 \
        libasound2t64 \
        libatk-bridge2.0-0 \
        libxcomposite1 \
        libxrandr2 \
        libxss1 \
        libgtk-3-0 \
        libxdamage1 \
        libxext6 \
        libgbm1 \
        libpango-1.0-0 \
        libpangocairo-1.0-0 \
        libcups2 \
        libdrm2 && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

### Install Terraform
RUN curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg && \
    echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | \
    tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list && \
    apt-get update && \
    apt-get install -y terraform && \
    terraform -install-autocomplete

### Install Node.js (LTS) and npm
RUN curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | bash - && \
    apt-get install -y nodejs && \
    npm install -g npm

### Install ESLint globally
RUN npm install -g eslint

### Install Yarn globally
RUN npm install -g yarn

### Create alias's because I am lazy
RUN echo "alias tf='terraform'" >> /root/.bashrc && \
    echo "alias yr='yarn run'" >> /root/.bashrc && \
    echo "alias gts='git status'" >> /root/.bashrc

# Clean up to reduce image size
RUN apt-get clean && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/*