Coder is a web-based Integrated Development Environment that allows you to create, develop, and test software applications within a web browser. It runs on a server, making it accessible from anywhere with an internet connection. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Coder on nixOS Latest.
Before we begin, we need to update the system to ensure that we have the latest packages installed. To update the system, execute the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nixos-rebuild switch
We need to install the coder package to install Coder. To install the coder package, execute the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.coder
Configure Coder by creating a new configuration file /etc/coder.toml using your favorite editor, and paste the following configuration in it:
[coder]
host = "0.0.0.0"
port = 8080
[auth]
enabled = false
[db]
path = "/var/lib/coder/coder.db"
[log]
console = true
level = "info"
This configuration will start Coder on port 8080, with authentication disabled.
We can start Coder using the following command:
sudo systemctl start coder
To ensure Coder starts automatically on system boot, you can enable the Coder systemd service using the following command:
sudo systemctl enable coder
Visit http://<ip_address>:8080 in a web browser to access Coder, where ip_address should be replaced with the IP address of the server where Coder is installed.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Coder on nixOS Latest.
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