--link fails possibly because of the binding address

Hello, I tried to run code-server with the --link option, and it ran without printing any errors into console, pointing me to some https://****.cdr.co/ address. However, opening that address did not work for me, with the error message “cannot connect to instance…” printed on the Browser screen. Still no error in the console.

I guess the failure to connect is because --link uses 127.0.0.1 as the binding address, whereas in the VPS I use, it must be 0.0.0.0, and that’s how I manage to run code-server without --link.

Is there a way to tell --link to use 0.0.0.0 as the binding address and then some random port, instead of 127.0.0.1 and some random port? I have already set bind-addr to 0.0.0.0 in config.toml, but it is apparently ignored by --link.

Many thanks.

OS/Web Information

• Web Browser: Chrome 92
• Local OS: ChromeOS
• Remote OS: Ubuntu 20.04
• Remote Architecture: AMD Ryzen
• code-server --version: 3.11.1

Steps to Reproduce

1. Run code-server with --link on a server that needs the binding address to be 0.0.0.0 to be accessible outside

Expected

Access code-server via cdr.io proxy link

Actual

Code-server is not accessible via proxy link

Update: I looked into the source code and it seems that line 450 of the file cli.ts can do the trick. No?

[aghasemi]

It worked. Amazing. Many thanks.

[code-asher]

I don’t believe there’s currently a timeline. I will make sure we announce the new version release here and in #2734.