Implement support for self hosted HTTP code-server instance

[leomelki]

Add support for connecting to self hosted HTTP code-server instance from the VSCode client, and enable port forwarding.

[vscodenpa]

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[vscodenpa]

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[leifwalsh]

I'd also be interested in this feature, it would be nice to use a copy of desktop VS Code with the Tunnels extension rather than the progressive web app version of vscode-web. They're functionally identical to me, but I think some people like the feel of a native app.

In our case, to make this work we would need for the tunnels extension to authenticate to the reverse proxy we run in front of the server (instead of relying on authentication at vscode.dev, because we're firewalled from that). I believe the authentication mechanism we use is based on common web standards, I think it's based on JWTs, possibly OIDC is the right term but I'm a bit out of my depth with the technical details there. In any case, I do know the Chromium network stack handles it, so hopefully this isn't much to think about.

[leomelki]

I think supporting HTTP user/password authentication could be a good way to provide a way for users to implement such a security mechanism, while still keeping it simple.

[leifwalsh]

I'd be happy for you if that works but it will not suffice for my use case.

[connor4312]

code serve-web works nowadays

[srudolph-credera]

@connor4312 - I believe this specific request is for being able to connect to that code serve-web instance from the full Desktop client instead of from a browser. Or, said a different way, the ability to have code code-tunnel accessible from any VS Code instance over a user-provided network route.