code-server_macos.txt

# Setup code-server on macos 10.15.x

https://github.com/cdr/code-server

Download a release binary for macOS 
wget https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/v3.4.1/code-server-3.4.1-macos-amd64.tar.gz 

# Unzip and put it someplace 
tar -zxf ~/Downloads/code-server-3.4.1-macos-amd64.tar.gz -C ~/

# remove quarantine
sudo xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine ~/code-server-3.4.1-macos-amd64

# create totally insecure self signed cert
openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout ~/certs/hostname.key -out ~/certs/hostname.crt -days 9999 -nodes

# install cert to keychain and trust it so it will load in chrome on the server mac
sudo security add-trusted-cert -d -r trustRoot -k ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain-db ~/certs/hostname.crt

# hackup this launchd plist to taste and install at ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/code-server.plist

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>code-server</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/username/code-server/code-server-3.4.1-macos-amd64/bin/code-server</string>
        <string>--disable-updates</string>
        <string>--bind-addr</string>
        <string>hostname.domain.com:8080</string>
        <string>--cert</string>
        <string>/Users/username/certs/hostname.domain.com.crt</string>
        <string>--cert-key</string>
        <string>/Users/username/certs/hostname.domain.com.key</string>
    </array>
    <key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
    <dict>
        <key>PATH</key>
        <string>/usr/bin:/opt/local/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin</string>
        <key>PASSWORD</key>
        <string>mywebpassword</string>
    </dict>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
    <key>KeepAlive</key>
    <true/>
    <key>StandardOutPath</key>
    <string>/Users/username/Library/Logs/code-server.log</string>
    <key>StandardErrorPath</key>
    <string>/Users/username/Library/Logs/code-server.log</string>
</dict>
</plist>

# run this command to start the server
launchctl load -w ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/code-server.plist

# Check the logs for any errors
cat ~/Libraary/Logs/code-server.log

# restarting the server with these two commands
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/code-server.plist
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchDaemons/code-server.plist

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