`vscode-web` install error on alpine arm64

[anasfanani]

root@openwrt:~# /root/vscode-server-alpine-arm64-web/bin/code-server --version
1.100.0
19e0f9e681ecb8e5c09d8784acaa601316ca4571
arm64
root@openwrt:~# /root/vscode-server-linux-arm64-web/bin/code-server --version
/root/vscode-server-linux-arm64-web/bin/code-server: line 22: /root/vscode-server-linux-arm64-web/node: not found
root@openwrt:~# uname -a
Linux openwrt 5.15.135-ophub #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 11 09:51:14 EDT 2023 aarch64 GNU/Linux

Because the module auto select linux variant

registry/registry/coder/modules/vscode-web/run.sh

Line 70 in 31b8312

output=$(curl -fsSL "https://vscode.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/download/stable/$HASH/vscode-server-linux-$ARCH-web.tar.gz" | tar -xz -C "${INSTALL_PREFIX}" --strip-components 1)

vscode-web has alpine variant

wget https://vscode.download.prss.microsoft.com/dbazure/download/stable/19e0f9e681ecb8e5c09d8784acaa601316ca4571/vscode-server-alpine-arm64-web.tar.gz

[matifali]

Thanks for reporting. Would you like to submit a PR?
cc: @DevelopmentCats

[anasfanani]

Thanks for reporting. Would you like to submit a PR?

I'm willing to submit a PR, what would you prefer to fix this, by auto detect or providing a new variable to select linux distribution, for auto detect I have no idea, maybe check with command -v ash

[DevelopmentCats]

I will take a crack at updating the module to accurately detect and select the correct code-server version based on the target system’s architecture. I’ll post updates here as I make progress.

[anasfanani]

I will take a crack at updating the module to accurately detect and select the correct code-server version based on the target system’s architecture. I’ll post updates here as I make progress.

vscode has support multiple platform & arch

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/4606b09baf075fde61744585daf481d68a862106/build/gulpfile.reh.js#L43-L55

maybe just create simple variable to fill

variable "platform" {
  type        = string
  description = "The platform to use for the VS Code Web binary."
  default     = "linux"
  validation {
    condition     = var.platform == "linux" || var.platform == "darwin" || var.platform == "alpine" || var.platform == "win32"
    error_message = "Incorrect value. Please set either 'linux', 'darwin', or 'alpine' or 'win32'."
  }
}

[DevelopmentCats]

Instead of just adding a variable, I think the best approach would be to auto-detect the platform (e.g., Alpine vs. glibc Linux) in the script, but also let users override it with a variable if needed. This way, it works out-of-the-box for most users, but still gives flexibility for edge cases. It’s more robust and user-friendly than requiring everyone to set the variable manually.

Here is an idea of how you could go about detecting the platform, while allowing for a platform to be specified by a variable:

if [ -n "${PLATFORM}" ]; then
  DETECTED_PLATFORM="${PLATFORM}"
elif [ -f /etc/alpine-release ] || grep -qi 'ID=alpine' /etc/os-release 2>/dev/null; then
  DETECTED_PLATFORM="alpine"
elif [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
  DETECTED_PLATFORM="darwin"
else
  DETECTED_PLATFORM="linux"
fi

You could then go and use this to define which version of VSCode is installed.