Vscode remote development on NixOS

tbenst · May 29, 2020, 10:54am

You might try the useLocalExtensions option of the remote-ssh extension, if the host also has a local vscode installation.

breakds · May 31, 2020, 6:52am

Slightly off the topic though, if I am going to override the useLocalExtentions for the callPackage on remote-ssh extension in my overlay, what is the proper way to do so?

breakds · June 19, 2020, 3:31pm

Just want to have some update:

I have since been using code-server (Thanks a lot, @offlinehacker !) and everything worked out pretty nicely. I have wrapped it up with a service module (not under home-manager though):

github.com

breakds/nixvital/blob/37cf182e78ec1ea20da439a7b596fc2d3ab7e548/modules/services/code-server.nix

{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }:

let cfg = config.vital.code-server;

in {
  options.vital.code-server = with lib; {
    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Enable this to start a visual studio code server.";
    port = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.port;
      description = "The port on which vs code is served.";
      default = 5902;
      example = 5902;
    };
    domain = lib.mkOption {
      type = lib.types.str;
      description = "The domain to the code server.";
      default = "code.breakds.org";
      example = "code.breakds.org";
    };
    user = lib.mkOption {

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The activation script is also from some posts in this forum. Would like to express my gratitude and hope this helps anyone who is also looking for the solution.