Container - how restart code server after changing config.yaml password setting ?

[stawen]

Hi, i'm using you Docker Image codercom/code-server:4.9.1

I put in config.yaml a default password. But i say to my student to change this passord in this file.
But, the new password is not applied.

In your doc you write this : sudo systemctl restart code-server@coder
i have this : sudo: systemctl: command not found

So, how can i restart code-server ? (in docker context)

thank you

[im-coder-lg]

Oh, that is a bit weird. When code-server is deployed on Docker, the password is taken as an environment variable afaik. Maybe try making a variable called PASSWORD and entering your student's password there?

[im-coder-lg]

Hmm... Hey, maybe try making a Ubuntu container, install code-server onto that and allow your students to use it? It's close to the real thing, innit?

[stanislas-draunet-maif]

Yeah maybe, I'll try.

[stanislas-draunet-maif]

So to do it, i made a script for changed password :

• change password in config.yaml with sed
• a run backup file process
• apply this cli how force container to restart

kill -s HUP $(pgrep code-server)

And it's work.

[im-coder-lg]

Excellent. It works as you expected?

[stanislas-draunet-maif]

yes perfectly