Docker In Docker for code-server

I’ve been trying to fiddle with the Dockerfile of code-server to add support for Docker in Docker but without success, I tried numerous ubuntu images but then code-server will have problem running:

those are the ones I tested: https://hub.docker.com/r/billyteves/ubuntu-dind https://hub.docker.com/r/jazzypro/ubuntu-dind https://hub.docker.com/r/ciiichy/ubuntu-dind-git https://hub.docker.com/r/ceregousa/dind https://hub.docker.com/r/huksley/ubuntu-dind/dockerfile

most of the times i’m getting

{"data":"Error: /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.22' not found (required by /root/project/.local/share/code-server/dependencies/spdlog.node)\n    at Object.Module._extensions..node (module.js:682:18)\n    at Module.load (module.js:566:32)\n    at tryModuleLoad (module.js:506:12)\n    at Function.Module._load (module.js:498:3)\n    at Module.require (module.js:597:17)\n    at Module.patchedRequire [as require] (eval at exports.requireModule (/usr/local/bin/code-server:468:27625), <anonymous>:6615:46)\n    at require (internal/module.js:11:18)\n    at f (/usr/local/bin/code-server:2281:1092)\n    at u (/usr/local/bin/code-server:2281:1344)\n    at c (/usr/local/bin/code-server:2281:2750)\n    at b.require (/usr/local/bin/code-server:2281:3346)\n    at Object../lib/vscode/node_modules/spdlog/index.js (eval at exports.requireModule (/usr/local/bin/code-server:468:27625), <anonymous>:28679:16)\n    at __webpack_require__ (eval at exports.requireModule (/usr/local/bin/code-server:468:27625), <anonymous>:26:30)\n    at Object.createSpdLogService (eval at exports.requireModule (/usr/local/bin/code-server:468:27625), <anonymous>:157268:29)\n    at main (eval at exports.requireModule (/usr/local/bin/code-server:468:27625), <anonymous>:77357:92)\n    at eval (eval at exports.requireModule (/usr/local/bin/code-server:468:27625), <anonymous>:77449:13)\n    at Generator.next (<anonymous>)\n    at fulfilled (eval at exports.requireModule (/usr/local/bin/code-server:468:27625), <anonymous>:77333:58)\n    at <anonymous>\n    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:189:7)\n"}
code-server_1     | INFO  Retrying shared process in 8s {"error":"Exited with null"}

when code-server is trying to boot up, do you have any idea to do what i’m trying to achieve ?

[matthew-parlette]

In case anyone is looking to do this with kubernetes, here is my deployment I’m using that has this working as far as I’ve tested:

apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Deployment
metadata:
  name: code-server
  namespace: default
spec:
  replicas: 1
  template:
    metadata:
      labels:
        app: code-server
    spec:
      initContainers:
      - name: copy-docker-binary
        image: docker:stable-dind
        command: ['sh', '-c', 'cp /usr/local/bin/docker /code-server-bin/']
        volumeMounts:
        - name: code-server-usr-local-bin
          mountPath: /code-server-bin
      containers:
      - name: code-server
        image: linuxserver/code-server
        imagePullPolicy: Always
        ports:
        - containerPort: 8443
          name: https
        envFrom:
        - configMapRef:
            name: code-server
        - secretRef:
            name: code-server
        volumeMounts:
        - name: config
          mountPath: /config
          readOnly: false
        - name: code-server-usr-local-bin
          mountPath: /usr/local/bin
      - name: dind-daemon
        image: docker:stable-dind
        env:
        - name: DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR
          value: ""
        resources:
          requests:
            cpu: 20m
            memory: 512Mi
        securityContext:
            privileged: true
        volumeMounts:
          - name: docker-graph-storage
            mountPath: /var/lib/docker
      volumes:
      - name: config
        persistentVolumeClaim:
          claimName: code-server-config
      - name: docker-graph-storage
        emptyDir: {}
      - name: code-server-usr-local-bin
        emptyDir: {}

Let me know if you need my other resources for this, but I believe everything for this issue is covered in this deployment.

[sr229]

CC @kylecarbs or @coadler to close the issue as per request by the author