code-server --cert fails and code-server --cert "" starts the server without SSL

[wpitallo]

When I run code-server --cert it fails and code-server --cert "" starts the server without SSL?

How should we properly enable SSL using self signed cert?

[code-asher]

v1 handles the cert flag differently than v2.

In v1 if you leave off the cert flag it'll generate a self-signed certificate.

In v2 it won't generate a certificate unless you explicitly tell it to by passing the cert flag (so basically it reverses the behavior).

I recommend using v2 if you can.

[wpitallo]

Thanks @code-asher i tiried this tho code-server --cert but i receive "argument missing" error when i try this?

[code-asher]

Would you be able to try v2 instead? https://github.com/cdr/code-server/releases/tag/2.1638-vsc1.39.2

If you need to stick with v1 then drop the --cert flag and it should work.

[elgandoz]

Maybe I'm doing something wrong but I'm running the latest 2.1638-vsc1.39.2 like this:

code-server --auth password --cert --port 8443

But that's the output:

info  Server listening on http://localhost:8443
info    - Using custom password for authentication
info    - Not serving HTTPS

I also wiped my ~/local/share/code-server and I can see that the certificate doesn't get generated.
The empty --cert parameter was generating the certificate in the previous version I was using (2.1523-vsc1.38.1)

[elgandoz]

@code-asher

[wpitallo]

Hi @code-asher

Get a similar result when I try with :v2

[code-asher]

Ah you're right something happened to the latest version of v2.

[code-asher]

It seems VS Code's parser changed to filter out empty string arguments. Thanks for the bug report! ❤️ We'll have a new version released by end of day.