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code-server Browser IDE

code-server 4.143.1 (Code 1.143.1) with Node.js 24 LTS, Python 3.12, Git, GitHub CLI, AWS CLI v2, Docker with Compose and build tools on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Write, run and debug code from any web browser with a full editor, integrated terminal and Open VSX extensions, while your code, builds and containers run on a cloud server you control. HTTPS works from the first boot, and a helper switches the server to your own domain with a trusted certificate.

Version
v4.143.1
Operating system
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
Architecture
x86_64
Support
Email support

What's installed

Every package and version on the image. Nothing else is installed.

  • code-server 4.143.1 (Code 1.143.1)
  • Node.js 24.22 LTS
  • Python 3.12.3
  • Docker 29.9.2 with Compose
  • GitHub CLI 2.103.3
  • AWS CLI 2.38.6
  • nginx 1.24.0
  • Webmin 2.670

LicensingOpen source (MIT), no licence key required

Deploy anywhere

code-server Browser IDE on AWS.

Google Cloud is next on the roadmap. One clean-room build, one first-boot credential model, one patch cadence — identical on every cloud you run. Every identifier below is the real one; copy it and launch.

  1. AWS

    Amazon Web Services

    AMI · v4.143.1

    Available
    AWS AMI ID

    Shown for your region on the AWS Marketplace launch page once you subscribe.

    Released
    Root volume
    gp3 · 30 GiB
    Instance types
    • t3.medium
    • t3a.medium
    • t3.large
    • m6a.large
    Regions34 regions· show all
    • us-east-1
    • af-south-1
    • ap-east-1
    • ap-east-2
    • ap-northeast-1
    • ap-northeast-2
    • ap-northeast-3
    • ap-south-1
    • ap-south-2
    • ap-southeast-1
    • ap-southeast-2
    • ap-southeast-3
    • ap-southeast-4
    • ap-southeast-5
    • ap-southeast-6
    • ap-southeast-7
    • ca-central-1
    • ca-west-1
    • eu-central-1
    • eu-central-2
    • eu-north-1
    • eu-south-1
    • eu-south-2
    • eu-west-1
    • eu-west-2
    • eu-west-3
    • il-central-1
    • me-central-1
    • me-south-1
    • mx-central-1
    • sa-east-1
    • us-east-2
    • us-west-1
    • us-west-2
    Launch on AWS MarketplaceAWS launch steps

    5-day free trial, then from $0.02/hr software charge (larger instance sizes cost more) plus your own EC2 costs, billed by AWS.

    Subscriptions are open to AWS India (AISPL) accounts. Outside India? Ask us for a private build.

Getting started

From launch to signed in, step by step.

  1. Subscribe on AWS Marketplace and launch in your region with TCP 22, 80 and 443 open.

  2. Wait up to 15 minutes for first boot, then SSH in as ubuntu with your key pair and run sudo pc-credentials show to read this instance's random passwords (they are not the instance ID).

  3. Open https://<instance-public-ip>/, accept the one-time self-signed certificate warning and enter the codeserver password (there is no username). Your projects folder is /home/ubuntu/workspace.

  4. Webmin is local only: run ssh -i key.pem -N -L 18000:127.0.0.1:8000 ubuntu@<instance-public-ip>, then open http://localhost:18000/ and sign in as admin with the webmin password.

  5. Change passwords with sudo bash /home/ubuntu/iscripts/pass_codeserver.sh or pass_webmin.sh; check the server with sudo bash /home/ubuntu/iscripts/codeserver_status.sh. Use your own domain with sudo bash /home/ubuntu/iscripts/set_domain.sh.

  6. Back up the application with sudo pc-backup create /var/backups/application.tar.gz and copy the file off the server.

Security posture

What this image does and does not ship with, one fact per line.

  • Clean-room build on Canonical's official Ubuntu 24.04 LTS image: code-server is the official release, and nothing is copied from any third-party image. code-server listens only on the server itself behind nginx with HTTPS.

  • No password or key ships in the image: on first boot every instance creates its own random passwords, HTTPS certificate and server keys, which you read over SSH with `sudo pc-credentials show`.

  • Webmin listens only on the server itself and is reached through an SSH tunnel, SSH is key-only, and build-time SSH keys, host keys, machine ID, shell history and logs were removed before imaging.

  • Replace the self-signed certificate with a trusted one before production use, and restrict port 22 to trusted IP ranges in your security group.