Questions tagged [vscode-devcontainer]
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Where did the VScode rebuild container command go?
The recent update on VScode made this option disappear. How do I rebuild the container when running the dev container?

Alexander
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Command failed docker-compose in VScode Devcontainer
I've just started using Docker on an already existing project (it runs into a Docker container). I don't have a lot of Docker background - I've been using it only from the GUI, by pressing the "play" button.
Now I have a project which runs into a…

Octavian Niculescu
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Configuring environment variables prior to creation of dev container
I am trying to integrate the Remote - Containers with my docker-compose.yaml.
However, my compose file is making use of the variable substitution feature.
services:
command: yarn server
environment:
MONGO_URI:…

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GitHub Codespaces: how to set x86_64, AMD64, ARM64 platform?
First, the question: is there a way to choose the platform (e.g. x86_64, AMD64, ARM64) for a GitHub Codespace?
Here's what I've found so far:
Attempt 1 (not working):
From within GitHub.com, you can choose the "machine" for a Codespace, but the only…

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How to transition VSCode devcontainers to a production environment?
I'm a bit of a newb so bear with me. I'm familiar with writing local applications and scripts to automate admin tasks that I need to do, but now I'm trying to get familiar with the Gitlab CI/CD process. I have been using (and loving) VSCode…

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How to use vs code dev container with existing docker-compose file?
I cannot seem to find a clear answer for this, I found https://stackoverflow.com/a/68864132/17183293 but it is not very clear and also might be outdated because "dockerComposeFile" is no longer a valid option.
I have a project with an existing…

Dan
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How to properly use custom image in VSCode remote containers
I'm currently working on a project which requires me to use a VSCode Remote Container. I have decided not to base my container on one of the official Microsoft images available here instead it is based on the epitechcontent/epitest-docker docker…

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Why automatic port forwarding? How to prevent VS Code from doing it?
My setup is VS Code with a dev container. When I start an application that produces output that looks like a URL, VS Code will extract the port number and automatically forward that port. This process is described in some detail here.
My question is…

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Configure devcontainer to run electron app?
Problem
Everytime I execute my project in the terminal with the command npm start I got the following error message:
>ProjectName@1.0.0 start /workspaces/ProjectName
>electron .
/workspaces/ProjectName/node_modules/electron/dist/electron: error…

Kevin Anthony Zhang Plaza
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vscode dev container environment variables not exposing to docker-compose
My docker-compose.yml looks like this
version: "3.8"
services:
vscode:
volumes:
- ..:/workspace:cached
- $SSH_AUTH_SOCK:/ssh-agent
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
environment:
-…

Tero
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Git isn't detected inside dev container in visual studio code
Git is not detected when I open dev container in VisualStudio Code even when I cloned the file from GitHub using SSH key.
Docker Desktop is working fine, also Everything is working fine as I can perform build, clean and test.
I cannot commit changes…

Devid Karki
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What's the difference between Docker Compose and Dev Containers?
In the Dev Containers's document it said The Visual Studio Code Dev Containers extension lets you use a container as a full-featured development environment. In my understanding, it creates a container that contain all required resourses/library to…

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Share SSH keys with VS Code Devcontainer running with Docker's WSL2 backend
I'm reading these docs on sharing SSH keys with a dev container, but I can't get it to work.
My setup is as follows:
Windows 10 with Docker Desktop 4.2.0 using the WSL2 backend
A WSL2 distro running Ubuntu 20.04
In WSL2, I have ssh-agent running…

Tomas Aschan
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How to deal with more than one `network_mode` in a VSCode Remote dev container?
I would like to have an application, database and redis service running in a dev container where I'd be able to access my database and redis inside the container, application and on Windows, this is what currently works just as I wanted for my…
user16985789
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Live relod not working in vscode Development Container for angular
I have been working on a mock application in angular using the VScode Development Container.
For that I created a docker and created the devcontainer.json using the Add Development container configuration file option.
Everything was working…

leox
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