Remove deprecated --link (#6018)

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ Code v99.99.999
 
 ## [4.10.0](https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/tag/v4.10.0) - TBD
 
-Code v1.75.0
+Code v1.75.1
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Updated to Code 1.75.0
+- Updated to Code 1.75.1
+
+### Removed
+
+- Removed `--link` (was deprecated in 4.0.1).
 
 ## [4.9.1](https://github.com/coder/code-server/releases/tag/v4.9.1) - 2022-12-15
 

ci/build/build-code-server.sh

@@ -14,22 +14,6 @@ main() {
     sed -i.bak "1s;^;#!/usr/bin/env node\n;" out/node/entry.js && rm out/node/entry.js.bak
     chmod +x out/node/entry.js
   fi
-
-  # for arch; we do not use OS from lib.sh and get our own.
-  # lib.sh normalizes macos to darwin - but cloud-agent's binaries do not
-  source ./ci/lib.sh
-  OS="$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
-
-  mkdir -p ./lib
-
-  if ! [ -f ./lib/coder-cloud-agent ]; then
-    echo "Downloading the cloud agent..."
-
-    set +e
-    curl -fsSL "https://github.com/coder/cloud-agent/releases/latest/download/cloud-agent-$OS-$ARCH" -o ./lib/coder-cloud-agent
-    chmod +x ./lib/coder-cloud-agent
-    set -e
-  fi
 }
 
 main "$@"

ci/build/build-release.sh

@@ -63,8 +63,6 @@ EOF
 
   if [ "$KEEP_MODULES" = 1 ]; then
     rsync node_modules/ "$RELEASE_PATH/node_modules"
-    mkdir -p "$RELEASE_PATH/lib"
-    rsync ./lib/coder-cloud-agent "$RELEASE_PATH/lib"
   fi
 }
 

ci/build/npm-postinstall.sh

@@ -1,18 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 set -eu
 
-# Copied from ../lib.sh.
-arch() {
-  cpu="$(uname -m)"
-  case "$cpu" in
-    aarch64) cpu=arm64 ;;
-    x86_64) cpu=amd64 ;;
-  esac
-  echo "$cpu"
-}
-
-# Copied from ../lib.sh except we do not rename Darwin since the cloud agent
-# uses "darwin" in the release names and we do not need to detect Alpine.
+# Copied from ../lib.sh except we do not rename Darwin and we do not need to
+# detect Alpine.
 os() {
   osname=$(uname | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
   case $osname in
@@ -61,7 +51,6 @@ symlink_bin_script() {
   cd "$oldpwd"
 }
 
-ARCH="${NPM_CONFIG_ARCH:-$(arch)}"
 OS="$(os)"
 
 # This is due to an upstream issue with RHEL7/CentOS 7 comptability with node-argon2
@@ -102,14 +91,6 @@ main() {
     ;;
   esac
 
-  mkdir -p ./lib
-
-  if curl -fsSL "https://github.com/coder/cloud-agent/releases/latest/download/cloud-agent-$OS-$ARCH" -o ./lib/coder-cloud-agent; then
-    chmod +x ./lib/coder-cloud-agent
-  else
-    echo "Failed to download cloud agent; --link will not work"
-  fi
-
   if ! vscode_install; then
     echo "You may not have the required dependencies to build the native modules."
     echo "Please see https://github.com/coder/code-server/blob/main/docs/npm.md"

docs/install.md

@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ You can install code-server using the [Helm package manager](https://coder.com/d
 
 ## Windows
 
-We currently [do not publish Windows releases](https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues/1397). We recommend installing code-server onto Windows with [`npm`](#npm).
-
-> Note: You will also need to [build coder/cloud-agent manually](https://github.com/coder/cloud-agent/issues/17) if you would like to use `code-server --link` on Windows.
+We currently [do not publish Windows
+releases](https://github.com/coder/code-server/issues/1397). We recommend
+installing code-server onto Windows with [`npm`](#npm).
 
 ## Raspberry Pi
 

docs/link.md

@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# code-server --link
-
-> Note: This feature is no longer recommended due to instability. Stay tuned for a revised version.
-
-Run code-server with the flag `--link` and you'll get TLS, authentication, and a dedicated URL
-for accessing your IDE out of the box.
-
-```console
-$ code-server --link
-Proxying code-server, you can access your IDE at https://example.coder.co
-```

docs/manifest.json

@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
           "description": "How to run code-server in Coder",
           "path": "./coder.md"
         },
-        {
-          "title": "--link",
-          "description": "How to run code-server --link",
-          "path": "./link.md"
-        },
         {
           "title": "iPad",
           "description": "How to access your code-server installation using an iPad.",

src/node/cli.ts

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ export interface UserProvidedArgs extends UserProvidedCodeArgs {
   "reuse-window"?: boolean
   "new-window"?: boolean
   "ignore-last-opened"?: boolean
-  link?: OptionalString
   verbose?: boolean
   "app-name"?: string
   "welcome-text"?: string
@@ -184,7 +183,7 @@ export const options: Options<Required<UserProvidedArgs>> = {
     // The preferred way to set the locale is via the UI.
     type: "string",
     description: `
-      Set vscode display language and language to show on the login page, more info see 
+      Set vscode display language and language to show on the login page, more info see
       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IETF_language_tag
     `,
   },
@@ -262,15 +261,6 @@ export const options: Options<Required<UserProvidedArgs>> = {
     short: "w",
     description: "Text to show on login page",
   },
-  link: {
-    type: OptionalString,
-    description: `
-      Securely bind code-server via our cloud service with the passed name. You'll get a URL like
-      https://hostname-username.coder.co at which you can easily access your code-server instance.
-      Authorization is done via GitHub.
-    `,
-    deprecated: true,
-  },
 }
 
 export const optionDescriptions = (opts: Partial<Options<Required<UserProvidedArgs>>> = options): string[] => {
@@ -547,17 +537,6 @@ export async function setDefaults(cliArgs: UserProvidedArgs, configArgs?: Config
   args.host = addr.host
   args.port = addr.port
 
-  // If we're being exposed to the cloud, we listen on a random address and
-  // disable auth.
-  if (args.link) {
-    args.host = "localhost"
-    args.port = 0
-    args.socket = undefined
-    args["socket-mode"] = undefined
-    args.cert = undefined
-    args.auth = AuthType.None
-  }
-
   if (args.cert && !args.cert.value) {
     const { cert, certKey } = await generateCertificate(args["cert-host"] || "localhost")
     args.cert = {

src/node/coder_cloud.ts

@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { logger } from "@coder/logger"
-import { spawn } from "child_process"
-import path from "path"
-import split2 from "split2"
-
-// https://github.com/coder/coder-cloud
-const coderCloudAgent = path.resolve(__dirname, "../../lib/coder-cloud-agent")
-
-function runAgent(...args: string[]): Promise<void> {
-  logger.debug(`running agent with ${args}`)
-
-  const agent = spawn(coderCloudAgent, args, {
-    stdio: ["inherit", "inherit", "pipe"],
-  })
-
-  agent.stderr.pipe(split2()).on("data", (line) => {
-    line = line.replace(/^[0-9-]+ [0-9:]+ [^ ]+\t/, "")
-    logger.info(line)
-  })
-
-  return new Promise((res, rej) => {
-    agent.on("error", rej)
-
-    agent.on("close", (code) => {
-      if (code !== 0) {
-        rej({
-          message: `--link agent exited with ${code}`,
-        })
-        return
-      }
-      res()
-    })
-  })
-}
-
-export function coderCloudBind(address: URL | string, serverName = ""): Promise<void> {
-  if (typeof address === "string") {
-    throw new Error("Cannot link socket paths")
-  }
-
-  // Address needs to be in hostname:port format without the protocol.
-  return runAgent("bind", `--code-server-addr=${address.host}`, serverName)
-}

src/node/main.ts

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { Disposable } from "../common/emitter"
 import { plural } from "../common/util"
 import { createApp, ensureAddress } from "./app"
 import { AuthType, DefaultedArgs, Feature, SpawnCodeCli, toCodeArgs, UserProvidedArgs } from "./cli"
-import { coderCloudBind } from "./coder_cloud"
 import { commit, version } from "./constants"
 import { register } from "./routes"
 import { humanPath, isDirectory, loadAMDModule, open } from "./util"
@@ -127,11 +126,7 @@ export const runCodeServer = async (
   const disposeRoutes = await register(app, args)
 
   logger.info(`Using config file ${humanPath(os.homedir(), args.config)}`)
-  logger.info(
-    `${protocol.toUpperCase()} server listening on ${serverAddress.toString()} ${
-      args.link ? "(randomized by --link)" : ""
-    }`,
-  )
+  logger.info(`${protocol.toUpperCase()} server listening on ${serverAddress.toString()}`)
 
   if (args.auth === AuthType.Password) {
     logger.info("  - Authentication is enabled")
@@ -143,13 +138,13 @@ export const runCodeServer = async (
       logger.info(`    - Using password from ${humanPath(os.homedir(), args.config)}`)
     }
   } else {
-    logger.info(`  - Authentication is disabled ${args.link ? "(disabled by --link)" : ""}`)
+    logger.info("  - Authentication is disabled")
   }
 
   if (args.cert) {
     logger.info(`  - Using certificate for HTTPS: ${humanPath(os.homedir(), args.cert.value)}`)
   } else {
-    logger.info(`  - Not serving HTTPS ${args.link ? "(disabled by --link)" : ""}`)
+    logger.info("  - Not serving HTTPS")
   }
 
   if (args["proxy-domain"].length > 0) {
@@ -157,11 +152,6 @@ export const runCodeServer = async (
     args["proxy-domain"].forEach((domain) => logger.info(`    - *.${domain}`))
   }
 
-  if (args.link) {
-    await coderCloudBind(serverAddress, args.link.value)
-    logger.info("  - Connected to cloud agent")
-  }
-
   if (args.enable && args.enable.length > 0) {
     logger.info("Enabling the following experimental features:")
     args.enable.forEach((feature) => {

test/unit/node/cli.test.ts

@@ -297,26 +297,6 @@ describe("parser", () => {
     })
   })
 
-  it("should override with --link", async () => {
-    const args = parse(
-      "--cert test --cert-key test --socket test --socket-mode 777 --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8888 --link test".split(" "),
-    )
-    const defaultArgs = await setDefaults(args)
-    expect(defaultArgs).toEqual({
-      ...defaults,
-      auth: "none",
-      host: "localhost",
-      link: {
-        value: "test",
-      },
-      port: 0,
-      cert: undefined,
-      "cert-key": path.resolve("test"),
-      socket: undefined,
-      "socket-mode": undefined,
-    })
-  })
-
   it("should use env var password", async () => {
     process.env.PASSWORD = "test"
     const args = parse([])
@@ -881,21 +861,13 @@ describe("optionDescriptions", () => {
 
   it("should show if an option is deprecated", () => {
     const opts: Partial<Options<Required<UserProvidedArgs>>> = {
-      link: {
+      cert: {
         type: OptionalString,
-        description: `
-          Securely bind code-server via our cloud service with the passed name. You'll get a URL like
-          https://hostname-username.coder.co at which you can easily access your code-server instance.
-          Authorization is done via GitHub.
-        `,
+        description: "foo",
         deprecated: true,
       },
     }
-    expect(optionDescriptions(opts)).toStrictEqual([
-      `  --link (deprecated) Securely bind code-server via our cloud service with the passed name. You'll get a URL like
-          https://hostname-username.coder.co at which you can easily access your code-server instance.
-          Authorization is done via GitHub.`,
-    ])
+    expect(optionDescriptions(opts)).toStrictEqual(["  --cert (deprecated) foo"])
   })
 
   it("should show newlines in description", () => {