docs: update dev container docs for GA #18907
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| [`coder_devcontainer`](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/coder/coder/latest/docs/resources/devcontainer) | ||
| resource automatically starts a dev container in your workspace, ensuring it's | ||
| ready when you access the workspace: | ||
| If you don't use the [`git-clone`](#clone-the-repository) module, point the resource at the folder that contains `devcontainer.json`: |
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| The Coder backend is organized into multiple packages and directories, each with a specific purpose. Here's a high-level overview of the most important ones: | |||
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| * [agent](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent): core logic of a workspace agent, supports DevContainers, remote SSH, startup/shutdown script execution. Protobuf definitions for DRPC communication with `coderd` are kept in [proto](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent/proto). | |||
| * [agent](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent): core logic of a workspace agent, supports dev containers, remote SSH, startup/shutdown script execution. Protobuf definitions for DRPC communication with `coderd` are kept in [proto](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent/proto). | |||
| * [cli](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/cli): CLI interface for `coder` command built on [coder/serpent](https://github.com/coder/serpent). Input controls are defined in [cliui](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/docs-backend-contrib-guide/cli/cliui), and [testdata](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/docs-backend-contrib-guide/cli/testdata) contains golden files for common CLI calls | |||
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| * [agent](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent): core logic of a workspace agent, supports DevContainers, remote SSH, startup/shutdown script execution. Protobuf definitions for DRPC communication with `coderd` are kept in [proto](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent/proto). | |||
| * [agent](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent): core logic of a workspace agent, supports dev containers, remote SSH, startup/shutdown script execution. Protobuf definitions for DRPC communication with `coderd` are kept in [proto](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/agent/proto). | |||
| * [cli](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/main/cli): CLI interface for `coder` command built on [coder/serpent](https://github.com/coder/serpent). Input controls are defined in [cliui](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/docs-backend-contrib-guide/cli/cliui), and [testdata](https://github.com/coder/coder/tree/docs-backend-contrib-guide/cli/testdata) contains golden files for common CLI calls | |||
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EdwardAngert
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Jul 17, 2025
| - SSH access requires using the `--container` flag | ||
| - Some devcontainer features may not work as expected | ||
| ```shell | ||
| ssh <agent>.<workspace>.me.coder |
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I couldn't get it working with coder ssh, but it worked like this
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update dev container docs for GA
followup to #18582
To do
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