Questions tagged [devcontainer]
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devcontainer.json not working. postCreateCommand not working
Nothing is executing after creating codespace
https://github.com/chir263/exp-aes-iiith
Please help resolving issue

Chirag Jain
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python import fails in Visual Studio Code devcontainer but works in local docker container
I'm trying to develop a python script using a devcontainer. I can run the script in a local docker container but the import fails when running in the devcontainer. The devcontainer error appears to be a problem with _cffi_backend.
I'm using python…

BruceCode
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share git ssh credentials with devpod
I am using devpod to make environments reproducible. Nevertheless, when I try to commit code I am getting an error that git is not able to find my ssh keys, so I get a 403.
Is it possible to share my git ssh keys with the devcontainer?

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Is there a Dev Container “Features” for rethinkdb?
I’ve been looking for a Dev Container “Features” for rethinkdb, since I tried GitHub’s dev containers for in-browser development.
I haven’t found one and without, I have to install Rethinkdb every time.
Has someone already made a dev container…

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How can I prevent VSCode devcontainers from setting GIT_EDITOR
When using Visual Studio Code (vscode) devcontainers the extension automatically sets vscode as the git editor. It does this by setting the GIT_EDITOR env var.
To prove it, I ran:
docker run --rm mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:bookworm…

jamiet
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vscode devcontainer and pgadmin in windows through WSL 2 > servers.json file mounted as folder
My intention is to build a .devcontainer with 3 services. One is a ASP.NET app, another one is PostgreSQL and finally another one with PGAdmin as I want to have access to the DB during development.
My issues is that I can't bind to the servers.json…

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Is it possible to install devcontainer features in production container builds?
I make a lot of use of OCI devcontainer features to quickly and easily install an up-to-date stack into devcontainers (more info in this blog post).
But I want my production containers to be built with the same stack (minus the development-specific…

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VS Code DevContainer workspace ownership and permission
I want to create a devcontainer for a non root user, I want to set /workspace uid:gid to USER_UID and USER_GID, but it seems impossible.
I have created a dockerfile for a devcontainer image:
FROM debian:testing-slim
ARG USERNAME=myuser
ARG…

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Is it possible to choose default cmake preset configuration from the vscode devcontainer
I have two devcontainers defined for my c++ project, one for gcc and one for clang, each based on a different container source.
The clang container is defined so
// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see…

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How do I export code changes from DevContainer to the local directory?
I have a project consisting of a set of Docker Containers with one container running django, a second running NGINX, and a third running a postgres database running as a Dev Container. The project files live in Ubuntu via WSL2 in Windows 10…

Matt
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Using simplest vscode devcontainers setup, cannot write files from inside container
I am using vscode devcontainers.
My enviroment, setup, and execution is as follows:
devcontainer@0.35.0,Docker version 23.0.4, build f480fb1,Docker Compose version v2.17.2,ubuntu 20
.devcontainer
|- .devcontainer.json
|- …

Craig Hicks
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Is there a command line way of attaching VS Code from local laptop to a Kubernetes Pod/Container?
Assuming that all Kubernetes RBAC permissions are granted, and a container is running in Kubernetes.
I am trying to automate or have a simple startup script that will find the running container based on the Kubernetes deployment name + container…

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Build docker container passing devcontainer.json config through terminal command (without Visual Studio)
I am almost new to all of this so please excuse my lack of knowledge. I work in Ubuntu with Visual Studio Code and Dev Containers extension to build a docker image of my repository and mount it in a remote container, and develope inside of it. I use…
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can't run user commands during container setup
I have a devcontainer configuration like this:
{
"name": "App",
"dockerComposeFile": "docker-compose.yml",
"service": "app",
"workspaceFolder": "/workspaces/${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}",
"features": {
…

Luiz E.
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Not able to update the devcontainer.json file if the VS Code dev container does not start after rebuild
I was trying to add Mongo Express dependency using docker compose file in my devcontainer.json file however as the port was busy , the dev container rebuild failed.
Now the problem is VS Code is not able to open the dev container folder so that I…

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