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[WIP] [devcontainer-community/devcontainer-features#37] Add sshd feature installation
Add Mar 19, 2026
sshd feature
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The test is also made more robust: if the entrypoint hasn't already started sshd (e.g. in some test environments), the test starts it itself before asserting it's listening on port 2222. |
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Adds a new
sshdfeature that installs OpenSSH server and ensures it is running when the devcontainer starts.Changes
src/sshd/devcontainer-feature.json— Feature metadata; exposes aportoption (default2222); references anentrypointscript so sshd is started on every container startsrc/sshd/install.sh— Installsopenssh-servervia apt, writes/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/devcontainer.confwith the configured port, generates SSH host keys at build time, and creates the entrypoint script at/usr/local/share/sshd/entrypoint.shsrc/sshd/README.md— Documents the feature and port-forwarding setuptest/sshd/test.sh— Validates binary presence, OpenSSH version output, sshd process running, and sshd listening on port2222.github/workflows/test.yaml— Addssshdto bothtest-autogeneratedandtest-scenariosmatricesUsage
To connect from the host, forward the port in
devcontainer.json:Original prompt
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