Installation Support

[ikeyurp]

Hello,
I tried installing the code-server on my ubuntu server. My server already had tomcat installed on port 8080 so when I installed code-server with install script, I am getting an error and it is not starting. I think its port is getting clashed. Any help would be appreciated. I have attached a screenshot for the same.

[mrkaushal]

Same Issue, please help me to figure out

[nooobcoder]

Dear @ikeyurp,

First, open this file with any editor like nano or vim

~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
Then change the port number with your desired port.
After opening the file, you will see similar output

Change the port number after the ip address in the ip-addr section.

Then, restart the code-server service
sudo systemctl restart code-server
sudo systemctl status code-server

If everything goes right, you would be able to access code-server at the new port followed by the ip-address. Also, the success logs would be similar.

@mrkaushal please refer to this answer and you should be good to go.

@ikeyurp i am impressed, you are using Termius to connect to the server via SSH, go on, Termius is great for managing ssh connections. I personally use it. Also the sync feature is just great to have the config across different machines.

Also, if you feel I have answered your question and your query has been resolved, then please mark the discussion as marked, this would help the moderators to mark discussions that do not required to be discussed farther.

Thank You,
from Ankur Paul 🇮🇳

[ikeyurp]

I tried purging code-server and then installing it as you said. I followed the exact steps. Still, service could not be found. Can we explicitly create a service file here? Yes, I am using Ubuntu 20.04

[nooobcoder]

After this command you need to run "curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh"
If nothing works, there might be an issue!

Please report back if it worked.

[ikeyurp]

I tied the following code and then used systemctl --user enable code-server and it worked. Thank you @nooobcoder for help.

Uninstall code-server first with sudo apt-get purge code-server
Then

curl -fOL https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/v3.9.3/code-server_3.9.3_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i code-server_3.9.3_amd64.deb
sudo systemctl enable --now code-server@$USER

[nooobcoder]

Yes @ikeyurp you were not enabling the service to the system daemon with the current user and thus the service was not registered.
If you followed each line carefully, the problem would be solved early.

Enjoy using code-server, if you have any problem in the future, feel free to ask out in the discussions panel.

Anyways, thank you
from Ankur Paul 🇮🇳

[nooobcoder]

Also, @mrkaushal did this discussion work out for you?

[mrkaushal]

@nooobcoder I am getting the following error while following the above steps.

[nooobcoder]

@mrkaushal i have explained the steps how to uninstall the code-server and start fresh for debian/arch systems. Please see the above threads as I have already solved this problem for @ikeyurp . If still not successful, reply. He was having the same issue of teh service not being found.

[mrkaushal]

I tried it many times but failed.

[nooobcoder]

@mrkaushal be careful with your commands you are typing the service name incorrectly, it is code-server
sudo systemctl status code-server

[mrkaushal]

Sorry, My bad.

[nooobcoder]

@ikeyurp please guide @mrkaushal his problem is similar to you. Guide him how you fixed your issue.