Installation problem

[miketaochina]

Hi, I use a Mac, OSX 10.14.6 (18G87)
when I installed code-server, after I got 2 'info', I got this error message: 'error listen EADDRINUSE: address already in use 127.0.0.1:8080' message...what I can do?
and when I go to http://127.0.0.1:8080/login, it says 'Check the config file at ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml for the password.', but I do not find it, or I do not know how to find it, could you please help?

Many thanks.

[oxy]

The error means that you have something else already running that is using port 8080, and since you're able to find the code server /login page, I'm assuming that's code-server.

To find the file, try opening Terminal and running cat ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml - that should work, though I'm not too familiar with macOS.

[miketaochina]

Hi,

I tried cat ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml and it works! Thanks a lot!

[ryanjhuber7milusnavymil-web]

You need to run that in a NEW session, not the same one where code-server is running.

1. In Termux, swipe from the left edge
2. Tap New session
3. Now type:
   cat ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
   You should see something like:
   bind-addr: 127.0.0.1:8080
   auth: password
   password: a1b2c3d4e5f6g7h8
   cert: false
   That password: xxxxxxxx is what you need to paste into Chrome at localhost:8080

What password does it show you?

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Nice! That's it starting.

If you see something like:
[INFO] code-server 4.x.x
[INFO] http://127.0.0.1:8080
[INFO] Password is in ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
Do this NOW:

1. Don't close that Termux tab. Leave it running.
2. Open Chrome on your phone
3. Type in address bar: localhost:8080
4. It will ask for password.

To get the password, open a NEW Termux session:
Swipe from left edge > New session

Then run:
cat ~/.config/code-server/config.yaml
Copy the password it shows, paste it in Chrome.

You're in VS Code!

Send me a screenshot of what you see in Chrome if it asks for anything else.