Can code-server support multi-user ?

[jeffliao888]

I want to run code-server in one server for multi-user login accounts, that can be easily to manage the users for me.
I am running code-server@userA in machineA now,
and running code-server@userB in machineB
running code-server@userC in machineC

Does any solution for my issue ? Thank you very much !

[code-asher]

There is no multi-user support built into code-server at the moment. This issue is somewhat related since we would need multi-user support for it: #33.

[code-asher]

But you might want to check out https://github.com/coder/coder, you could use it to orchestrate containers for each user each with code-server installed.

[jeffliao888]

Dear @code-asher ,
Thank you very much for your help!

I found that if I setup as the following in my machineA server
userA: use port 8081 which set in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml -> bind-addr: 127.0.0.1:8081
userB: use port 8082 which set in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml -> bind-addr: 127.0.0.1:8082
userC: use port 8083 which set in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml -> bind-addr: 127.0.0.1:8083

after I start the service

systemctl enable --now code-server@userA
systemctl enable --now code-server@userB
systemctl enable --now code-server@userC

then 3 user(userA, userB and userC) can use code-server in one server now, I think I have got my solution already, Thank you !

[code-asher]

Awesome! Yup you can always spin up multiple code-server instances.

One thing to keep in mind is that if you are binding to a port then users on that same machine can access other user's code-server instances unless you have password authentication on.

If you are using the built-in password authentication then all is well but if you are relying on external authentication then you might want to bind to a socket owned by each user instead.