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deploying code-server on AWS EC2

⚠️ The deploy script referenced in this guide uses the code-server --link service which is now deprecated. If this solution does not work for you, we recommend following our guide to use LetsEncrypt with Caddy to securely connect to code-server on your VM.

code-server and AWS EC2

AWS EC2 is a popular way to manage and launch virtual machines. Here is a fast way to launch a code-server machine with AWS EC2:

  1. Log into AWS and head over to the EC2 dashboard. Launch a new instance.

  2. Use the "Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS" 64-bit (x86) Quick Start.

  3. Choose t2.micro instance type or larger.

  4. Click Next: Configure Instance Details to add the code-server script.

  5. Under User data, copy & paste the launch-code-server.sh script.

  6. Expand your storage, if necessary under the "Add Storage" section.

  7. Under "Security Groups," ensure you have rows for "SSH" (:22) and "HTTP" (:80)

  8. Add any SSH keys, if necessary, and launch the instance.

  9. Once your instance starts, you can simply navigate to the public IP address and get forwarded to a secure version of code-server, which will be proxied behind your GitHub account (the first one you log in with). For information on how this works, see code-server --link.

  10. Optional: To change the URL in the address bar from ip-[xxxx] to something more descriptive, you just need to change your hostname and restart code-server:

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname bens-devbox
sudo systemctl restart code-server@coder

See our troubleshooting guide if you are unable to connect after some time.