[Railway](https://railway.app) is a new cloud development platform! ☁️ Use Railway + code-server to get a dev environment that you can access from any device.


You'll need to make a new repository which will contain your code-server configuration. If you push changes to this repo (to install NodeJS, for example), it will re-deploy code-server.

You also need to specity a `PASSWORD` and a `GIT_REPO` to clone in your environment :)


1. In Railway, go to `Deployments -> Triggers` to see your source repo.

1. Open the source repo in GitHub and edit the `Dockerfile`

1. Add some custom tools (like NodeJS) and commit to the main branch:

```Dockerfile

# You can add custom software and dependencies for your environment here. Some examples:

# RUN code-server --install-extension esbenp.prettier-vscode

# RUN sudo apt-get install -y build-essential

# RUN COPY myTool /home/coder/myTool

# Install NodeJS

RUN sudo curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_15.x | sudo bash -

RUN sudo apt-get install -y nodejs

```

1. Head back to Railway and notice a new deployment was created. After it has completed, you can use these tools in your environment.

1. (Optional): [Configure rclone](https://github.com/bpmct/deploy-code-server/tree/main/deploy-container#-persist-your-filesystem-with-rclone) so that you can save your VS Code config and files without commiting