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[ToasterSticks]

Hey, I was going to update to version 3.9.1 on railway, although I am not too familiar with docker. How can I preserve my vscode settings/extensions. Is there anyway to backup files?

[ghost]

I am using code-server on railway too. Your vscode data can be found under /home/coder/.local/share/code-server/User/. You can copy the settings and import them after updating. As for extensions, you can add commands to your Dockerfile to install them automatically. Heres what mine looks like:

FROM codercom/code-server:3.9.2

USER coder

COPY deploy-container/config.yaml .config/code-server/config.yaml
COPY deploy-container/settings.json .local/share/code-server/User/settings.json
COPY deploy-container/tasks.json .local/share/code-server/User/tasks.json
COPY deploy-container/keybindings.json .local/share/code-server/User/keybindings.json

ENV SHELL=/bin/bash

RUN sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unzip -y
RUN curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
RUN sudo curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_15.x | sudo bash -
RUN sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
RUN sudo curl -L https://pnpm.js.org/pnpm.js | sudo node - add --global pnpm
RUN sudo apt-get install sqlite3

RUN git config --global user.name "$GIT_USER_NAME"
RUN git config --global user.email "$GIT_USER_EMAIL"
RUN pnpm config set store-dir /home/coder/.pnpm-store

RUN sudo mkdir -p /home/coder/.config/rclone

RUN sudo chown -R coder:coder /home/coder/.local
RUN sudo chown -R coder:coder /home/coder/.config/rclone

RUN code-server --install-extension actboy168.tasks --install-extension gruntfuggly.todo-tree --install-extension chrmarti.regex
RUN code-server --install-extension alefragnani.bookmarks --install-extension mkxml.vscode-filesize --install-extension jerrygoyal.shortcut-menu-bar
RUN code-server --install-extension chrisdias.vscode-opennewinstance --install-extension ritwickdey.LiveServer --install-extension alexcvzz.vscode-sqlite
RUN code-server --install-extension slevesque.vscode-hexdump --install-extension andyyaldoo.vscode-json --install-extension weijunyu.vscode-json-path
RUN code-server --install-extension nickdemayo.vscode-json-editor --install-extension github.vscode-pull-request-github --install-extension codezombiech.gitignore
RUN code-server --install-extension adam-bender.commit-message-editor --install-extension pkief.material-icon-theme

ENV PORT=8080

COPY deploy-container/entrypoint.sh /usr/bin/deploy-container-entrypoint.sh
ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/bin/deploy-container-entrypoint.sh"]

You don't need to seperate them onto multiple lines, I only did that for readability.
NOTE: You must install extensions after the RUN sudo chown -R coder:coder /home/coder/.local line.

Finally to persist your files, you could back them up somewhere or just use rclone.

[ToasterSticks]

Question: does 3.9.2 work for you on railway?

[ghost]

Question: does 3.9.2 work for you on railway?

For me, it works perfectly, well almost... See this issue Issues > Logout functionality not working as expected #2984

For others its more about Discussions > Issues with 3.9.2 not working on some devices #3038