VSCode Tunnel

0. Prereqs

Make sure the VS Code CLI is installed and on your PATH:

code --version

1. Install code tunnel as a user systemd service

code tunnel service install

[2025-11-22 16:27:33] info Tip: run `sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER` to ensure the service stays running after you disconnect.
Service successfully installed! You can use `code tunnel service log` to monitor it, and `code tunnel service uninstall` to remove it.

2. Useful commands

# Status
systemctl --user status code-tunnel
 
# Restart manually
systemctl --user restart code-tunnel
 
# View logs
code tunnel service log
# or
journalctl --user-unit=code-tunnel -f

3. Auto login for the user

sudo loginctl enable-linger $USER