How to use VS Code Remote Containers Extension

howto_vscode_remote_containers.md

VS Code Integration

Requirements

• VS code
• VS code Dev Containers extension
• Docker

Setup

1. Open the command palette in VS Code (CTRL+SHIFT+P).
2. Select Dev-Containers: Open Folder in Container... and choose the project directory.
3. VS Code deploys the container and mounts the project directory as a volume automatically. Just open a terminal in VS Code (CTRL+SHIFT+`) to run commands.

Miscellaneous

• To rebuild the image, open the command palette (CTRL+SHIFT+P), and select Dev-Containers: Rebuild and reopen in container
• You can customize VS Code settings through a devcontainer.json file under .devcontainer/

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To Manually Deploy the Docker Container

Requirement

• Docker

Commands

1. Build the Docker image:

docker build -t name_image .devcontainer/

2. Deploy a Docker container:

docker run --rm -it -v ${PWD}:/workspaces/project_name \
    -w /workspaces/project_name \
    --entrypoint bash name_image:latest