Support Linux policy

[locle2302]

VSCode 1.106 just introduced a Linux policy. I wonder if we will support it soon
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/enterprise#_json-policies-on-linux

[code-asher]

That is awesome news! Hopefully they have not made it only work for the electron version, if it works for the web version then it should work for code-server as well but we will have to test.

[locle2302]

Thanks, @code-asher. I really need this feature on code-server to ensure a policy is in place. Please let me know if it works

[code-asher]

Hmm I tried to create this file at /etc/vscode/policy.json but it does not have any effect:

{
    "ChatAgentExtensionTools": false,
    "ChatAgentMode": false,
    "ChatMCP": "none",
    "ChatToolsAutoApprove": false,
    "ChatToolsEligibleForAutoApproval": "",
    "McpGalleryServiceUrl": "",
    "AllowedExtensions": "{\"microsoft\": true, \"github\": true}",
    "ExtensionGalleryServiceUrl": "",
    "ChatToolsTerminalEnableAutoApprove": false,
    "EnableFeedback": false,
    "TelemetryLevel": "off",
    "UpdateMode": "none"
}

I also tried creating it at /etc/code-server/policy.json but no luck.

[code-asher]

Did some brief searching and it looks like this file is not read in the web version. Workspace service is created with a null policy service: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/ac4cbdf48759c7d8c3eb91ffe6bb04316e263c57/src/vs/workbench/browser/web.main.ts#L570

[locle2302]

Thanks for checking. I don’t want to deploy a private extensions marketplace, but I guess that’s the only option right now