🐳 code-server Dev Container with Docker-in-Docker

A developer container powered by code-server, with full Docker CLI support via Docker-in-Docker (DinD). Authentication and user setup is driven by environment variables via .env – ideal for ephemeral, configurable environments.

Features

• 💻 code-server (VS Code in the browser)
• 🐳 Docker-in-Docker (DinD)
• 🔐 Password or hashed password auth via .env
• 👤 Dynamic user configuration (UID, GID, password)
• ⚙️ Preinstalled: Docker, AWS CLI v2, kubectl, eksctl, Node.js, Python, Java, pre-commit, etc.

Build

docker build -t code-server-dind .

Environment Configuration (.env)

Create a .env file to define user credentials and setup:

DOCKER_USER=coder
UID=1000
GID=1000
TZ=Asia/Taipei
PASSWORD=yourpassword
# Or alternatively:
# HASHED_PASSWORD=$argon2id$v=19$m=65536,t=3,p=4$...

Note: Set only one of PASSWORD or HASHED_PASSWORD. Use PASSWORD=none to disable authentication.

Run

docker run --rm -it \
  --privileged \
  -v code-server-home:/home/coder \
  --env-file .env \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  code-server-dind

Volume

All work is persisted in /home/coder, mounted via Docker volume code-server-home.

Authentication Modes

• PASSWORD=yourpass: sets a plain password.
• HASHED_PASSWORD=...: sets a secure pre-hashed password.
• PASSWORD=none: disables authentication (not recommended for public use).

Access

Once running, visit: http://localhost:8080 Login using the credentials defined in .env.

Tooling Included

• Docker CLI
• AWS CLI v2
• kubectl (v1.33.0)
• eksctl
• Node.js + npm
• Python 3 + venv + pipx
• Java Runtime (default-jre)
• pre-commit
• siege, jq, git, etc.

Clean Up

docker volume rm code-server-home

License

This document is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3 or later. See the LICENSE file for more details.