How do I open a workspace on launch?

[stevefan1999-personal]

So I wanted to set a default workspace path to open on root path (/).

Previously, we can launch vscode by code /home and such, but since openvscode-server uses href, this means it have to append the workspace url parameter which is here which is not very ergonomic since we sit behind a reverse proxy.

Which settings influences the default workspace path other than setting on href as well?

[jeanp413]

@stevefan1999-personal There are --folder and --workspace arguments that you can pass when you launch the server server.sh

[santiagobasulto]

Thanks @jeanp413. This was also helpful for me. Is it documented anywhere?

[jeanp413]

I think you can pass --help to the server script to get a summary of the available options.
In the code you can find them here https://github.com/gitpod-io/openvscode-server/blob/main/src/vs/server/serverEnvironmentService.ts

[elzapp]

--help is not a supported flag :-(

[sevetseh28]

I see this is not supported by the binary openvscode-server. What script is that @jeanp413 ?

[l0rd]

Options --folder and --workspace aren't supported anymore on the server side. --default-folder and --default-workspace can be used instead.