VS Code in a Web Browser without Open OnDemand

Run the VS Code Code-Server on Delta in manual mode (without Open OnDemand) by following these steps:

In a terminal, ssh log in to Delta (see Direct Access Login Nodes).
Navigate to /sw/external/vscode/code-server/bin.

Run the following command to start the server. Replace dt-loginNN with the login node you are logged in to.

In the following example, the user is logged in to dt-login03:

[arnoldg@dt-login03 bin]$  ./code-server --bind-addr
dt-login03:8899
[2023-04-14T15:57:03.059Z] info  code-server 4.11.0 85e083580dec27ef19827ff42d3c9257d56ea7e3
[2023-04-14T15:57:03.060Z] info  Using user-data-dir ~/.local/share/code-server
[2023-04-14T15:57:03.132Z] info  Using config file ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
[2023-04-14T15:57:03.133Z] info  HTTP server listening on http://141.142.140.196:8899/
[2023-04-14T15:57:03.133Z] info    - Authentication is enabled
[2023-04-14T15:57:03.133Z] info      - Using password from ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
[2023-04-14T15:57:03.133Z] info    - Not serving HTTPS
[10:57:12]

Open a second terminal window.
In the second terminal, SSH tunnel to the login node running code-server with the following command. Replace:
- username with your Delta login username (in one place).
- dt-loginNN with the same login node you used in step 3 (in two places).
In the following example, the user is logged in to dt-login03:
Read the config.yaml file noted when you started the server (step 3) and copy the password to your clipboard.

Example output:
Open a web browser on your local desktop/laptop and go to the following URL.
In the password field, enter the password you copied in step 6 and begin using VS Code in your browser.