Code-server: Visual Studio Online - getAccessToken is not implemented

[BirkhoffLee]

• code-server version: latest (Docker Hub: codercom/code-server:latest)
• OS Version: Host: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
• Extension: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vsonline.vsonline

Description

Steps to Reproduce

apt install -y bsdtar
wget -4 -O ms-vsonline.vsonline-1.0.1214.vsix https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/_apis/public/gallery/publishers/ms-vsonline/vsextensions/vsonline/1.0.1214/vspackage
bsdtar -xvf ms-vsonline.vsonline-1.0.1214.vsix
mv extension ../.local/share/code-server/extensions/ms-vsonline.vsonline-1.0.1214
mv extension.vsixmanifest ../.local/share/code-server/extensions/ms-vsonline.vsonline-1.0.1214/..vsixmanifest

and reload the page.

[code-asher]

I'm not sure it's possible for us to hook up code-server to VS Online
but we could certainly give it a try. But it does seem like at that point
you should just use VS Online directly? Or am I missing something?

[BirkhoffLee]

Yeah, but VS Online is pretty expensive. Why not OSS? :)

[code-asher]

Doesn't this extension connect to VS Online? Which means you need to be
paying for VS Online in order to use it?

[BirkhoffLee]

VSO has an option to self-host, which is free

On Wed, Nov 6, 2019 at 3:22 AM Asher [e-mail] wrote:

Doesn't this extension connect to VS Online? Which means you need to be
paying for VS Online in order to use it?

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[code-asher]

Ahhhh I see. If you're self-hosting could you use code-server directly
on your host? In any case, I'll take a look and see if we can fix this.

[matmunn]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/online/how-to/vscode#self-hosted

Self-hosted requires you to trigger it from within VS Code. I'd really like this functionality as well

[code-asher]

I'm still a little bit confused. Is the use case to host code-server on
a remote machine then use code-server on that remote machine to connect
to yet another remote machine that is hosting a self-hosted VS Online
instance?

And if so, could you run code-server directly on that second remote
machine instead of using VS Online?

I'll still take a look, just wanna make sure I understand the value so I
can prioritize appropriately.

[BirkhoffLee]

Let’s say I have a laptop and remote server A.

My laptop has VSCode installed, and A has code-server installed.

The self-hosted VSOnline requires to be activated on a VSCode instance, which in case we’re using code-server here. After it’s activated, I can now simply use the VSCode on my laptop and use VSOnline to connect to A.

On Nov 8, 2019, at 12:52 AM, Asher [e-mail] wrote:

I'm still a little bit confused. Is the use case to host code-server on
a remote machine then use code-server on that remote machine to connect
to yet another remote machine that is hosting a self-hosted VS Online
instance?

And if so, could you run code-server directly on that second remote
machine instead of using VS Online?

I'll still take a look, just wanna make sure I understand the value so I
can prioritize appropriately.
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[code-asher]

Ahhhhhhh I gotcha. Thanks for that explanation.

[elgandoz]

Sorry to jump in this issue, but @BirkhoffLee I'm curious about the use case:

Are you trying to use VS Code ("Classic" Electron Client) to connect to an instance of code-server?
Why not using VS Code with SSH Remote Development? Do you have any reason behind?

I'm asking only to understand.
In my case, I use mainly code-server on one of the servers I'm working on because it has no outer internet access, therefore the installation of the packages required for SSH R.D. is not possible.
Although I would be very interested in being able to use my code-server instance from the VS Code client...

[BirkhoffLee]

@elgandoz I’m not sure if you have ever tried the SSH remote but I’d say it feels like more of a SFTP client integrated with code editor and terminal. It’s pretty unstable on my side.

[nhooyr]

Can't really do this due to licensing restrictions.