docs: update port forwarding docs to include Coder Desktop #18870
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Notices it was missing from pthe ort forwarding docs which is kind of a big feature for Coder COnnect provides.
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| There are multiple ways to forward ports in Coder: | ||
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| - [Coder Desktop](../desktop/index.md) | ||
| - The `coder port-forward` command | ||
| - Dashboard | ||
| - SSH | ||
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| The `coder port-forward` command is generally more performant than: | ||
| The performance of these methods generally follows in the following order. | ||
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| 1. The Dashboard which proxies traffic through the Coder control plane versus | ||
| peer-to-peer which is possible with the Coder CLI | ||
| 1. `sshd` which does double encryption of traffic with both Wireguard and SSH | ||
| 1. Coder Desktop: as it uses a VPN tunnel to your workspace and provides access to all running ports. | ||
| 1. The `coder port-forward` command. | ||
| 1. The Dashboard, which proxies traffic through the Coder control plane versus | ||
| peer-to-pee,r which is possible with the Coder CLI and Coder Desktop. | ||
| 1. `ssh`, which does double encryption of traffic with both Wireguard and SSH. |
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@matifali what do you think of a table here instead?
maybe something like this (and we can link more from the Method column):
| Method | Details |
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| Coder Desktop | Uses a VPN tunnel to your workspace and provides access to all running ports. |
The coder port-forward command |
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| Dashboard | Proxies traffic through the Coder control plane versus peer-to-peer which is possible with the Coder CLI and Coder Desktop. |
| SSH | Double-encrypts traffic with both Wireguard and SSH. |
GitHub won't let me suggest on this block of lines, but if it works, I can push a commit with it - I just need something for coder port-forward
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Looks good. Thanks ❤️ . feel free to push to the PR branch.
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Co-authored-by: Atif Ali <atif@coder.com>
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Noticed that Coder Desktop was missing from port-forwarding docs which is kind of a big feature for Coder Connect.
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