Dev Containers

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Using Dev Containers in Visual Studio Code

The project includes a dev container configuration that allows you to use Visual Studio Code’s Remote Development extension to develop the project in a consistent environment. This can be especially helpful if you are new to the project or if you have a different environment setup on your local machine.

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Prerequisites

Before you can use the dev container, you will need to install the following:

• Visual Studio Code.
• The Remote Development extension for Visual Studio Code.
• Docker.

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Using the Dev Container

To use the dev container for the Activepieces project, follow these steps:

1. Clone the Activepieces repository to your local machine.
2. Open the project in Visual Studio Code.
3. Press Ctrl+Shift+P and type > Dev Containers: Reopen in Container.
4. Run npm start.
5. The backend will run at localhost:3000 and the frontend will run at localhost:4200.

The login credentials are:
Email: [email protected] Password: 12345678

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Exiting the Dev Container

To exit the dev container and return to your local environment, follow these steps:

1. In the bottom left corner of Visual Studio Code, click the Remote-Containers: Reopen folder locally button.
2. Visual Studio Code will close the connection to the dev container and reopen the project in your local environment.

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Troubleshoot

One of the best trouble shoot after an error occur is to reset the dev container.

1. Exit the dev container
2. Run the following

   sh tools/reset-dev.sh
   

3. Rebuild the dev container from above steps