make password auth optional

Author: aptalca

README.md

@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ docker create \
   -e PUID=1000 \
   -e PGID=1000 \
   -e TZ=Europe/London \
-  -e PASSWORD=password \
+  -e PASSWORD=password `#optional` \
   -p 8443:8443 \
   -v /path/to/appdata/config:/config \
   --restart unless-stopped \
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ services:
       - PUID=1000
       - PGID=1000
       - TZ=Europe/London
-      - PASSWORD=password
+      - PASSWORD=password #optional
     volumes:
       - /path/to/appdata/config:/config
     ports:
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ Container images are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as thos
 | `-e PUID=1000` | for UserID - see below for explanation |
 | `-e PGID=1000` | for GroupID - see below for explanation |
 | `-e TZ=Europe/London` | Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London |
-| `-e PASSWORD=password` | Specify a web gui password |
+| `-e PASSWORD=password` | Optional web gui password, if not provided, there will be no auth |
 | `-v /config` | Contains all relevant configuration files. |
 
 ## User / Group Identifiers

readme-vars.yml

@@ -43,12 +43,11 @@ param_ports:
 param_usage_include_env: true
 param_env_vars:
   - { env_var: "TZ", env_value: "Europe/London", desc: "Specify a timezone to use EG Europe/London"}
-  - { env_var: "PASSWORD", env_value: "password", desc: "Specify a web gui password"}
 
 # optional container parameters
-opt_param_usage_include_env: false
+opt_param_usage_include_env: true
 opt_param_env_vars:
-  - { env_var: "", env_value: "", desc: "" }
+  - { env_var: "PASSWORD", env_value: "password", desc: "Optional web gui password, if not provided, there will be no auth"}
 
 optional_block_1: false
 optional_block_1_items: ""

root/etc/services.d/code-server/run

@@ -2,5 +2,19 @@
 
 cd /opt/code-server || exit
 
+if [ -n "${PASSWORD}" ]; then
+  PASSARG="-P ${PASSWORD}"
+else
+  PASSARG="-N"
+  echo "starting with no password"
+fi
+
 exec \
-	s6-setuidgid abc /opt/code-server/code-server -H -P ${PASSWORD} -d /config/data -e /config/extensions --disable-telemetry /config/workspace
+	s6-setuidgid abc \
+		/opt/code-server/code-server \
+			-H \
+			${PASSARG} \
+			-d /config/data \
+			-e /config/extensions \
+			--disable-telemetry \
+			/config/workspace