How to use this with SSH remote

[GitMensch]

Or: Do you plan to add REH binaries?

[Alex313031]

@GitMensch Actually, everytime I build, it makes reh archives. I didn't think anyone wanted or used it, because isn't that just the web version of VSCode? Because in that case there's really no point, and Codium doesn't offer any benefit over upstream. Codium is for people who want compiler optimization, to use it on old OSes i.e. windows 7, or because they dislike the vscodium logo.

[GitMensch]

No, the REH version is needed for using SSH (or is version WSL) remote. For this the communication goes to a server with the same hash number, which is different for Codium.

[Alex313031]

@GitMensch OOOO ok. I will release the reh archives alongside them from now on. Thnx. Sorry I didn't before, I could have the whole time because it builds it as part of the whole compilation process, I just didn't think it was necessary. I never use the web version, ssh, or the tunnel introduced recently, so I didn't know anything about it.

[Alex313031]

@GitMensch Latest 1.87.2 version has REH for Linux and Windows > https://github.com/Alex313031/codium/releases/tag/1.87.2.24075

[GitMensch]

Than you. The codium_reh works on my boxes; to have that automatically installed by Open SSH Remote one can configure (=override) its setting remote.SSH.serverDownloadUrlTemplate
https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh/blob/8191939de706952fa035f80a6fce0e85f85495f6/package.json#L81

But the installation would have to be done manually for now, as its install script expects it to have in gzip'd tar format, not as zip file https://github.com/jeanp413/open-remote-ssh/blob/8191939de706952fa035f80a6fce0e85f85495f6/src/serverSetup.ts#L318-L343

To ease that and allow automatic installation - can you please adjust the reh binaries to be made available as tar.gz?

[GitMensch]

Jut out of interest: your binaries include node 16.17.1; is there a plan to increase that or is that version necesary to support older environments?

[Alex313031]

@GitMensch Yeah, next release I can leave them as .tar.gz

And well, as you know this fork is using Node 16 and Electron 22 for old OS support, i.e. Windows 7/8/8.1 & Ubuntu 18.04/Debian 9. But actually, VSCodium is also using Node16 (only for the REH archives), see > https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/patches/linux/reh-node16.patch

[Alex313031]

@GitMensch How are the reh archives working for you now? I am making Linux and Windows ones, using Node 16 (same node as the Electron 22.3.27 that this fork is using)

[GitMensch]

I've tested them directly after your last update and they worked fine, only the naming schema difference to VSCodium reh binaries was creating extra effort to get the automated download working (I've opted for a manual download back then instead). If not adjusted so far I'd suggest to use the schema from VSCodium. In any case this issue should be closed-fixed.

[vcip]

hi alex313031, codium 1.93.1.24277 can't use ssh remote, because it download server from "default": "https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/${version}.${release}/vscodium-reh-${os}-${arch}-${version}.${release}.tar.gz", but Vscodeim have https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/releases/download/1.93.1.24256/vscodium-reh-linux-x64-1.93.1.24256.tar.gz only, not 1.93.1.24277.tar.gz, so can't use ssh remote. can you fixed it? thanks

[Alex313031]

@vcip If you noticed, I started offering reh archives for all platforms. You can just download from my releases instead of upstream.

[vcip]

@Alex313031 I have see your release build, but open ssh remote download file from VSCodium, how to let ssh remote download file from your release? modify the ssh remote code or config?

[GitMensch]

remote.SSH.experimental.serverBinaryName can be used to override the hash, if there's no matching REH binary.
remote.SSH.serverDownloadUrlTemplate allowsyou to swap the default VSCodium, for example to Alex' build (as they likely have a different sha you'd either have to also use that fork instead of VSCodium or again, adjust the binary server name config)

[vcip]

@Alex313031 I see, I try it, thanks very much!

[Alex313031]

@GitMensch @vcip Turns out this is an error on my part. I don't publish the hashes for all the files, which it fetches to compare against the downloaded reh archive.