Code-server: How to change the password

[oonqt]

How can I change the password used to authenticate into code-server?

[mbayabo]

If you're using the binary, the latest version of code-server allows you to set an environment variable PASSWORD

export PASSWORD="yourpassword"
./code-server --allow-http

If you're using docker, you can use the -e flag to pass environment variables to your container

docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:8443:8443 -e PASSWORD='yourpassword' -v "${PWD}:/home/coder/project" codercom/code-server --allow-http

If you're using older versions, you can use the --password argument.

./code-server --allow-http --password "yourpassword"

docker run -it -p 127.0.0.1:8443:8443 -v "${PWD}:/home/coder/project" codercom/code-server --allow-http --password "yourpassword"

You can find the documentation here:
https://github.com/codercom/code-server/blob/master/doc/self-hosted/index.md

[ahjsrhj]

@mbayabo Why add the parameter of --no-auth?

[mbayabo]

@mbayabo Why add the parameter of --no-auth?

You actually don't need that, sorry.

[MinchinWeb]

Using the --password option in Docker, code-server complains that it don't recognize the command line option and refuses to start.

[mbayabo]

Using the --password option in Docker, code-server complains that it don't recognize the command line option and refuses to start.

If you're using the newest release, the --password argument has been deprecated. It won't work anymore. You need to set an environment variable called PASSWORD.

export PASSWORD="yourpassword"

[MinchinWeb]

@mbayabo Thanks! That works for me!

[ntindle]

This should be added to the self-hosted guide. Do we want to do that as a new issue?

[oonqt]

This should be added to the self-hosted guide. Do we want to do that as a new issue?

If you actually read the self-hosted guide you would have seen it's already in there bro...
Code-Server Usage

[ntindle]

This should be added to the self-hosted guide. Do we want to do that as a new issue?

If you actually read the self-hosted guide you would have seen it's already in there bro...
Code-Server Usage

I must be missing where it says the updated details about environment variables that were introduced in 1.903-vsc1.33.1

[oonqt]

This should be added to the self-hosted guide. Do we want to do that as a new issue?

If you actually read the self-hosted guide you would have seen it's already in there bro...
Code-Server Usage

I must be missing where it says the updated details about environment variables that were introduced in 1.903-vsc1.33.1

My bad, I thought you were talking about the old method of setting passwords

[ntindle]

no worries

[mbayabo]

We probably should add it as an issue.