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Expand Up @@ -404,6 +404,64 @@ Colima will show the path to the docker socket so I have a
[Coder template](./docker-code-server/main.tf) that prompts the Coder admin to
enter the docker socket as a Terraform variable.

## How to make a `coder_app` optional?

An example use case is the user should decide if they want a browser-based IDE
like code-server when creating the workspace.

1. Add a `coder_parameter` with type `bool` to ask the user if they want the
code-server IDE

```hcl
data "coder_parameter" "code_server" {
name = "Do you want code-server in your workspace?"
description = "Use VS Code in a browser."
type = "bool"
default = false
mutable = true
icon = "/icon/code.svg"
order = 6
}
```

2. Add conditional logic to the `startup_script` to install and start
code-server depending on the value of the added `coder_parameter`

```sh
# install and start code-server, VS Code in a browser

if [ ${data.coder_parameter.code_server.value} = true ]; then
echo "🧑🏼‍💻 Downloading and installing the latest code-server IDE..."
curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh
code-server --auth none --port 13337 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
fi
```

3. Add a Terraform meta-argument
[`count`](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/language/meta-arguments/count)
in the `coder_app` resource so it will only create the resource if the
`coder_parameter` is `true`

```hcl
# code-server
resource "coder_app" "code-server" {
count = data.coder_parameter.code_server.value ? 1 : 0
agent_id = coder_agent.coder.id
slug = "code-server"
display_name = "code-server"
icon = "/icon/code.svg"
url = "http://localhost:13337?folder=/home/coder"
subdomain = false
share = "owner"

healthcheck {
url = "http://localhost:13337/healthz"
interval = 3
threshold = 10
}
}
```

## Why am I getting this "remote host doesn't meet VS Code Server's prerequisites" error when opening up VSCode remote in a Linux environment?

![VS Code Server prerequisite](https://github.com/coder/coder/assets/10648092/150c5996-18b1-4fae-afd0-be2b386a3239)
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