Coder.com•2mo ago

Static URL for coder workspaces

Hey there, We're looking to use coder to interact with some third party APIs. As part of that, we have to register the coder URLs on an allow-list. Is it possible to use static / consistent URLs for coder workspaces? Is it as simple as always naming the workspace the same name? (We also need to support webhooks coming into the workspace, which would also be solved by consistent URL names)

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Codercord•2mo ago

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Coder (v2)

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Linux

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Atif•2mo ago

Yes you can. Workspace names need to be unique per user

Phorcys•2mo ago

you should use a username + workspace name combination for uniqueness, this is how we do it @Liam_code

Liam_codeOP•2mo ago

okay, great! That's easy

Phorcys•2mo ago

also, you can set up a coder_app and share it publicly if you'd want

Liam_codeOP•2mo ago

would that allow multiple people to contribute to it?

Phorcys•2mo ago

sorry, got sidetracked and forgot to explain fully are you familiar with coder_apps at all?

Liam_codeOP•2mo ago

nope!

Phorcys•2mo ago

alright, let me give you an example whoops -- i'm back

resource "coder_app" "vscode-web" {
  agent_id     = # [...]

  slug         = "vscode-web"
  url          = "http://localhost:3000"

  display_name = "VSCode Web"
  icon         = "/icon/code.svg"
}

resource "coder_app" "vscode-web" {
  agent_id     = # [...]

  slug         = "vscode-web"
  url          = "http://localhost:3000"

  display_name = "VSCode Web"
  icon         = "/icon/code.svg"
}

in this context, Coder will act as a reverse-proxy for the app listening on http://localhost:3000 and give access to the owner of the workspace the URL is something like this: https://<SLUG>--<AGENT NAME>--<WORKSPACE NAME>--<WORKSPACE OWNER>--apps.dev.coder.com in this case, for my workspace it'd be https://vscode-web--dev--test--phorcys--apps.dev.coder.com if you set share = "public" it'll be accessible from everywhere, even unauthenticated people https://registry.terraform.io/providers/coder/coder/latest/docs/resources/app#share-1 so in this case you get a URL you can guess, depending on your use-case it might work out

Liam_codeOP•2mo ago

yeah, I'm not too worried about having a guessable URL I'll take a look at the docs, thanks!

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