code-server over nginx and no-ip.com | deploying code-server with --link

[prizzledev]

Hey, I want to host code-server on my Raspberry Pi. I used it over my internal network address(192.168.178.48), but i wanted to access it from everywhere else. I saw some videos, where you only need to make some port forwarding and everything is done. Not in my case... Because i have an Ip dynamic Ip address and there is now way for me to get an static ip. I just saw this Video here (shared exactly there where it gets interesting). I just installed nginx to the Pi and edited the file at /etc/nginx/sites-available/default like this (so it directs everything to the local ip on port 8080):

server {
        listen 80 default_server;
        listen [::]:80 default_server;

        root /var/www/html;

        server_name _;

        location / {
                proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:8080;
                try_files $uri $uri/ =404;
        }
}

And the file at ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml like this:

bind-addr: localhost:8080
auth: password
hashed-password: (password hidden)
cert: false

After running the command code-server i get everything like expected:

 info  code-server 3.9.3 fe2dc2deb08e378069891b622bb62ad1d261d1b1
 info  Using user-data-dir ~/.local/share/code-server
 info  Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
 info  HTTP server listening on http://127.0.0.1:8080 
 info    - Authentication is enabled
 info      - Using password from ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
 info    - Not serving HTTPS 

If I access code server over localhost:8080 or 127.0.0.1:8080 everything works fine.
But if I type in my ip address 192.168.178.48 (that is the one nginx is using) it directs me to the login page like you can see in the address line.

But it displays the message 404 Not Found like you can see in the picture above.
On my Windows it displays absolutely nothing, but on my IPhone i get the same 404 error like on the Pi.
Now my question: is it a issue of code-server, me or nginx?

[jsjoeio]

What if I told you there was a simpler way to do all this? I think code-server --link would solve all of this.

1. On Raspberry Pi, run code-server --link
2. Set up with GitHub, etc. (should prompt you)
3. Access code-server anywhere else in the world with the link and signing into GitHub

Here's a video about how to use/set it up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdIEiZpg5vQ

[jsjoeio]

Hmm interesting 🤔 So mine is an Armv7 and it was working. Maybe it's cause Armv8 is 64 bit. Not sure though. Maybe @oxy knows!

[prizzledev]

I tested --link on a virtual machine that runs Ubuntu64 and it works great. (What a great feature of code-server <3) But running a virtual machine with code-server is not an option for me, because my computer takes up to 750 watt(I think a raspberry takes only 16 watt). So the problem is only on the Raspberry Pi, @oxy do you know something about this?

[prizzledev]

@jsjoeio do you know why @oxy isnt responding?

[jsjoeio]

I am guessing they missed it. Let me ping them directly!

[prizzledev]

I'm back from holiday, @jsjoeio did you got respond from @oxy ?

I already updated to 3.11.0 same problem as before :(