devcontainer Command Examples

Use a Docker container as a development environment. More information: https://containers.dev/.

• Create and run a Dev Container:

devcontainer up

• Apply a Dev Container Template to a workspace:

devcontainer templates apply --template-id {{template_id}} --template-args {{template_args}} --workspace-folder {{path/to/workspace}}

• Execute a command on a running Dev Container in the current workspace:

devcontainer exec {{command}}

• Build a Dev Container image from devcontainer.json:

devcontainer build {{path/to/workspace}}

• Open a Dev Container in VS Code (the path is optional):

devcontainer open {{path/to/workspace}}

• Read and print the configuration of a Dev Container from devcontainer.json:

devcontainer read-configuration