Coder.com•2w ago

Presistent ubuntu volume

Hello, how do i achieve a presistent ubuntu volume? when I restart my docker dev volume it just reinstall ubuntu and delete my zsh and Golang installation.

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Codercord•2w ago

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Coder (v2)

Platform

Linux

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Dee LishusOP•2w ago

note: i am using default docker template, here is the start up script:

  <<-EOT
    set -e

    # Prepare user home with default files on first start.
    if [ ! -f ~/.init_done ]; then
      cp -rT /etc/skel ~
      touch ~/.init_done
    fi

    # Install the latest code-server.
    # Append "--version x.x.x" to install a specific version of code-server.
    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server

    # Start code-server in the background.
    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
EOT

  <<-EOT
    set -e

    # Prepare user home with default files on first start.
    if [ ! -f ~/.init_done ]; then
      cp -rT /etc/skel ~
      touch ~/.init_done
    fi

    # Install the latest code-server.
    # Append "--version x.x.x" to install a specific version of code-server.
    curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --method=standalone --prefix=/tmp/code-server

    # Start code-server in the background.
    /tmp/code-server/bin/code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/tmp/code-server.log 2>&1 &
EOT

Dee LishusOP•2w ago

also. when I try to edit the script, it just download terraform file instead.. and not edit existing one

Atif•2w ago

Hi @Dee Lishus what is your Coder version? We recently fixed an issue with the example template that was preventing the persistent volume from working as expected. https://github.com/coder/coder/commit/738a7f6bd92f7b9d1a3df18b9a2fd181ba5f9d46

Dee LishusOP•2w ago

hello, i am using latest v2.18.5+41bfccc the problem is id like to install zsh and golang to be presistent outside of /home/coder

Phorcys•2w ago

hello @Dee Lishus, Coder workspaces are made to be ephemeral and only persist what's needed, so anything you install will be wiped unless specified otherwise. with Docker, you can't really persist packages because you'd risk breaking future changes in the Docker image, so you either have to edit your Dockerfile to install these tools beforehand, or you can edit the startup_script to install them when the workspace starts if you want to let users install their own tools, use the personalize module

Dee LishusOP•2w ago

ah i seee, thats exactly what i need! thank you very much! how do i mark this as solved?

Phorcys•2w ago

for this, I think you might want to disable your download manager extension as it is probably causing the issue you can use the /close command

Dee LishusOP•2w ago

alrighty, thank you very much for the help! /close

Codercord•2w ago

@Phorcys closed the thread.

Phorcys•2w ago

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