code-server

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID

code-server on FreeBSD.


Port	8080
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/code-server`
Source	https://github.com/coder/code-server
Website	https://coder.com/docs/code-server

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  code-server:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/code-server:latest
    container_name: code-server
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/@CODE_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH@:/config"
    ports:
      - @CODE_SERVER_PORT@:8080
    restart: unless-stopped

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=code-server
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  code-server:
    name: code_server
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - CODE_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  CODE_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/@CODE_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH@'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/code-server:${tag}

podman run -d --name code-server \
  -p @CODE_SERVER_PORT@:8080 \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/@CODE_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH@:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/code-server:latest

- name: Deploy code-server
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: code-server
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/code-server:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "@CODE_SERVER_PORT@:8080"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/@CODE_SERVER_CONFIG_PATH@:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:@CODE_SERVER_PORT@

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`8080`	TCP	Web UI

Work in Progress: This image is functional but may change significantly.

Common dev tools (gcc, clang, llvm, python, gmake) are baked into the image for now. We are evaluating better approaches for user-managed package installation that survive image upgrades — the current toolset and how it is delivered may change in a future release.

The bsd user has passwordless doas access, so you can install additional packages from the terminal:

doas pkg install rust cargo

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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