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docs/manifest.json

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"description": "Use Coder Desktop to access your workspace like it's a local machine",
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"path": "./user-guides/desktop/index.md",
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"icon_path": "./images/icons/computer-code.svg",
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"state": ["early access"]
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"state": ["beta"]
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"title": "Workspace Management",

docs/user-guides/desktop/index.md

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# Coder Desktop (Early Access)
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# Coder Desktop (Beta)
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Use Coder Desktop to work on your workspaces as though they're on your LAN, no
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Alternatively, you can manually install Coder Desktop from the [releases page](https://github.com/coder/coder-desktop-macos/releases).
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1. Open **Coder Desktop** from the Applications directory. When macOS asks if you want to open it, select **Open**.
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1. Open **Coder Desktop** from the Applications directory.
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1. The application is treated as a system VPN. macOS will prompt you to confirm with:
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To copy the `.coder` hostname of a workspace agent, you can click the copy icon beside it.
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On macOS you can use `ping6` in your terminal to verify the connection to your workspace:
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You can also connect to the SSH server in your workspace using any SSH client, such as OpenSSH or PuTTY:
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```shell
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ping6 -c 5 your-workspace.coder
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ssh your-workspace.coder
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On Windows, you can use `ping` in a Command Prompt or PowerShell terminal to verify the connection to your workspace:
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Any services listening on ports in your workspace will be available on the same hostname. For example, you can access a web server on port `8080` by visiting `http://your-workspace.coder:8080` in your browser.
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> [!NOTE]
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> Currently, the Coder IDE extensions for VSCode and JetBrains create their own tunnel and do not utilize the Coder Connect tunnel to connect to workspaces.
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### Ping your workspace
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<div class="tabs">
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### macOS
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Use `ping6` in your terminal to verify the connection to your workspace:
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```shell
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ping -n 5 your-workspace.coder
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ping6 -c 5 your-workspace.coder
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Any services listening on ports in your workspace will be available on the same hostname. For example, you can access a web server on port `8080` by visiting `http://your-workspace.coder:8080` in your browser.
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You can also connect to the SSH server in your workspace using any SSH client, such as OpenSSH or PuTTY:
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Use `ping` in a Command Prompt or PowerShell terminal to verify the connection to your workspace:
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ping -n 5 your-workspace.coder
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## Accessing web apps in a secure browser context
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