Community Hass.io Add-ons: Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code, accessible through the browser.

About

This add-on runs Visual Studio Code, allowing you to edit your Home Assistant configuration straight from the web browser and can be embeded straight into the Home Assistant frontend UI.

Visual Studio Code runs as a remote server using code-server, and is a fully fletched VSCode experience.

The add-on has the Home Assistant and MDI icons extensions pre-installed and pre-configured right out of the box. This mean that auto completion works instantly, without the need for configuring anything.

Installation

The installation of this add-on is pretty straightforward and not different in comparison to installing any other Hass.io add-on.

1. Add our Hass.io add-ons repository to your Hass.io instance.
2. Install the "Visual Studio Code" add-on.
3. Configure a "password".
4. Start the "Visual Studio Code" add-on.
5. Check the logs of the "Visual Studio Code" add-on to see if everything went well.

NOTE: Do not add this repository to Hass.io, please use: https://github.com/hassio-addons/repository.

Configuration

Note: Remember to restart the add-on when the configuration is changed.

Example add-on configuration:

{
  "log_level": "info",
    "password": "ChooChooHomie",
    "ssl": false,
    "certfile": "fullchain.pem",
    "keyfile": "privkey.pem",
    "packages": [
      "mariadb-client"
    ],
    "init_commands": [
      "pip3 install yamllint"
    ]
}

Note: This is just an example, don't copy and past it! Create your own!

Option: log_level

The log_level option controls the level of log output by the addon and can be changed to be more or less verbose, which might be useful when you are dealing with an unknown issue. Possible values are:

• trace: Show every detail, like all called internal functions.
• debug: Shows detailed debug information.
• info: Normal (usually) interesting events.
• warning: Exceptional occurrences that are not errors.
• error: Runtime errors that do not require immediate action.
• fatal: Something went terribly wrong. Add-on becomes unusable.

Please note that each level automatically includes log messages from a more severe level, e.g., debug also shows info messages. By default, the log_level is set to info, which is the recommended setting unless you are troubleshooting.

Option: password

Password needed to login into the Visual Studio Code.

Note: This option support secrets, e.g., !secret vscode_password.

Option: ssl

Enables/Disables SSL (HTTPS). Set it true to enable it, false otherwise.

Option: certfile

The certificate file to use for SSL.

Note: The file MUST be stored in /ssl/, which is default for Hass.io

Option: keyfile

The private key file to use for SSL.

Note: The file MUST be stored in /ssl/, which is default for Hass.io

Option: packages

Allows you to specify additional Ubuntu packages to be installed in your shell environment (e.g., Python, PHP, Go).

Note: Adding many packages will result in a longer start-up time for the add-on.

Option: init_commands

Customize your IDE environment even more with the init_commands option. Add one or more shell commands to the list, and they will be executed every single time this add-on starts.

Option: leave_front_door_open

Adding this option to the add-on configuration allows you to disable authentication on the IDE by setting it to true.

Note: We STRONGLY suggest, not to use this, even if this add-on is only exposed to your internal network. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Option: i_like_to_be_pwned

Adding this option to the add-on configuration allows to you bypass the HaveIBeenPwned password requirement by setting it to true.

Note: We STRONGLY suggest picking a stronger/safer password instead of using this option! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Embedding into Home Assistant

It is possible to embed the IDE directly into Home Assistant, allowing you to access your IDE through the Home Assistant frontend.

Home Assistant provides the panel_iframe component, for these purposes.

Example configuration:

panel_iframe:
  vscode:
    title: Visual Studio Code
    icon: mdi:visual-studio-code
    url: https://addres.to.your.hass.io:1337

Known issues and limitations

• This add-on currently only supports AMD64 machines, we hope to be able to ship other architectures soon!

Changelog & Releases

This repository keeps a change log using GitHub's releases functionality. The format of the log is based on Keep a Changelog.

Releases are based on Semantic Versioning, and use the format of MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH. In a nutshell, the version will be incremented based on the following:

• MAJOR: Incompatible or major changes.
• MINOR: Backwards-compatible new features and enhancements.
• PATCH: Backwards-compatible bugfixes and package updates.

Support

Got questions?

You have several options to get them answered:

• The Community Hass.io Add-ons Discord chat server for add-on support and feature requests.
• The Home Assistant Discord chat server for general Home Assistant discussions and questions.
• The Home Assistant Community Forum.
• Join the Reddit subreddit in /r/homeassistant

You could also open an issue here GitHub.

Contributing

This is an active open-source project. We are always open to people who want to use the code or contribute to it.

We have set up a separate document containing our contribution guidelines.

Thank you for being involved! 😍

Authors & contributors

The original setup of this repository is by Franck Nijhof.

For a full list of all authors and contributors, check the contributor's page.

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License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2019 Franck Nijhof

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.