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Sure, here's a tutorial for installing code-server on OpenBSD:

Step 1 - Install dependencies

First, you need to install the necessary dependencies for code-server to work. Open a terminal and run the following command:

$ sudo pkg_add nodejs npm git

This command installs Node.js, npm (Node Package Manager), and Git on your system, which are required for code-server.

Step 2 - Clone the code-server repository

Next, you need to clone the code-server repository from GitHub. Open a terminal and run the following command:

$ git clone https://github.com/coder/code-server.git

This command will create a new directory called code-server in your current working directory and clone the code-server source code to this directory.

Step 3 - Install code-server

Once you have cloned the code-server repository, navigate into the code-server directory and run the installation command:

$ cd code-server
$ npm install -g

This command installs code-server globally on your system. It may take a few minutes to complete the installation.

Step 4 - Start code-server

After installation, you can start code-server using the following command:

$ code-server

This command will start code-server and print an URL in the terminal. Open your preferred web browser and navigate to this URL to access code-server.

Step 5 - Secure your code-server instance

By default, code-server is not secured with a password or any authentication mechanism, which means anyone can access it if they know the URL. To secure your code-server instance, you can use a password or setup authentication with a third-party service such as GitHub or Google.

To setup a password, create a new file called config.yaml in the code-server directory and add the following lines:

bind-addr: 127.0.0.1:8080
auth: password
password: your-password-here

Replace your-password-here with your preferred password.

Then, start code-server with the following command:

$ code-server --config ./config.yaml

This command will start code-server with the password authentication mechanism enabled. To access code-server now, you will need to enter the password you specified in the config.yaml file.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and secured code-server on OpenBSD. You can now start using it to develop your projects.

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