VS Code setup on AWS EC2

code-server.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# This script is to run VSCode in a remote server using code-server
# https://github.com/cdr/code-server

# get tar.gz file that contains the binary
mkdir ~/code-setup
cd ~/code-setup

CODE_SERVER_VERSION="1.1119-vsc1.33.1"
CODE_SERVER_ARCH="linux-x64"

CODE_SERVER_FOLDER_NAME="code-server$CODE_SERVER_VERSION-$CODE_SERVER_ARCH"
CODE_SERVER_FILE_NAME="$CODE_SERVER_FOLDER_NAME.tar.gz"

wget "https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/download/$CODE_SERVER_VERSION/$CODE_SERVER_FILE_NAME"
# you can change the file if you want the latest version after checking here: https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases

# extract contents
tar -xvzf "$CODE_SERVER_FILE_NAME"

cd "$CODE_SERVER_FOLDER_NAME"

chmod +x code-server

# make setup secure
mkdir ~/certs && cd ~/certs

openssl genrsa -out server.key 1024
touch openssl.cnf

cat >> openssl.cnf <<EOF
[ req ]
prompt = no
distinguished_name = req_distinguished_name

[ req_distinguished_name ]
C = GB
ST = Test State
L = Test Locality
O = Org Name
OU = Org Unit Name
CN = Common Name
emailAddress = [email protected]
EOF

openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout ~/certs/MyKey.key -out ~/certs/MyCertificate.crt -config openssl.cnf

# now run using this command:
# sudo ./code-server -p 80 --cert=~/certs/MyCertificate.crt --cert-key=~/certs/MyKey.key "~"