Code-server: Compute requirements for code-server

[jgbradley1]

Can general guidance be provided somewhere in the README on the recommended minimum compute requirements are for code-server to function correctly?

This will help people who are interested in self-hosting. There are some memory/cpu issues right now that have to be accounted for. I'm also wondering how it compares to the desktop VS Code requirements.

[sr229]

You need at least 2GB of RAM to run Coder and a CPU that is 64 bit, and is x86_64. The reason why 2GB is required because the server eats at least 1-1.4GB in average

[wcypierre]

@sr229 I've allocated 4gb of ram and ran it on a folder with no files under it and it still doesn't work though

[sr229]

It does not relate to your specs, I need your system info and diagnostic logs @wcypierre

[wcypierre]

@sr229 where can I extract the logs from?

[sr229]

if you launch the binary manually, the log output is in stdout. If by SystemD, use journalctl

[SuperSandro2000]

Around this on idle. Can't explain the jitter.

[ruslanguns]

I created a dropplet 5$ for testing coder and got an issue that breaks since the buffer:

root@ruso:~# code
(node:1255) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.
INFO  code-server v1.903-vsc1.33.1
INFO  Additional documentation: http://github.com/codercom/code-server
INFO  Initializing {"data-dir":"/root/.local/share/code-server","extensions-dir":"/root/.local/share/code-server/extensions","working-dir":"/root","log-dir":"/root/.cache/code-server/logs/20190421115346166"}
INFO  Starting webserver... {"host":"0.0.0.0","port":8443}
INFO
INFO  Password: 44a8e1776f389e43792aec9b
INFO
INFO  Started (click the link below to open):
INFO  http://localhost:8443/
INFO
INFO  Starting shared process [1/5]...
WARN  stderr {"data":"(node:1279) [DEP0005] DeprecationWarning: Buffer() is deprecated due to security and usability issues. Please use the Buffer.alloc(), Buffer.allocUnsafe(), or Buffer.from() methods instead.\n"}
INFO  Connected to shared process
INFO  WebSocket opened / {"client":1,"ip":"47.63.161.195"}
internal/child_process.js:366
    throw errnoException(err, 'spawn');
    ^

Error: spawn ENOMEM
    at ChildProcess.spawn (internal/child_process.js:366:11)
    at Object.spawn [as _spawn] (child_process.js:538:9)
    at t.async (/home/travis/build/codercom/code-server/packages/server/out/cli.js:504:34598)
    at e.exports (/home/travis/build/codercom/code-server/packages/server/out/cli.js:504:34099)
    at e (/home/travis/build/codercom/code-server/packages/server/out/cli.js:504:32722)
    at Timeout.u [as _onTimeout] (/home/travis/build/codercom/code-server/packages/server/out/cli.js:504:33015)
    at ontimeout (timers.js:436:11)
    at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:300:5)
    at listOnTimeout (timers.js:263:5)
    at Timer.processTimers (timers.js:223:10)

Something is wrong...

Edited:: .....
By the way... it is happening the last release, the prior one is working... so I think this is a bug.

[sr229]

It's not a bug according to the stack trace, code-server once has a running interactive session in the browser will begin to spike on RAM usage to 1GB (RIP Raspberry Pi users)

[ruslanguns]

Also RIP to low budget users for DO Droplets lol.

Thanks for response it is good to know.

[bensonokiora]

Am getting the same error with a new 2GB Ram Droplet

Duplicate of #

[sr229]

@bensonokiora I don't think this relates to this issue at all.

[sr229]

@ruslanguns there is a way to run it on a 1GB environment

Swapping is a marvelous ad dangerous way to extend the lifespan of your server

[ruslanguns]

I ll check that... thanks! 👍

[code-asher]

v2 requirements should be lower than v1 and are documented here: https://github.com/cdr/code-server#requirements