How to enable vscode web IDE in gitlab 15.7

In the release notes for 15.7.0, it suggests the following to Enable the Web IDE Beta:

To use the Web IDE Beta on a self-managed GitLab instance, ensure that the vscode_web_ide feature flag is enabled.

I have answered in https://github.com/sameersbn/docker-gitlab/issues/2682

If you are using sameersbn’s gitlab docker image, i tested it is working.

GitHub - sameersbn/docker-gitlab: Dockerized GitLab

sameersbn provide a very good gitlab docker image with postgresql and redis.

You can use feature api to enable it

Feature flags API | GitLab

View if there is vscode_web_ide feature

curl — location — request GET ‘http://localhost:10080/api/v4/features/definitions' \
 — header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your token>'

Response:

…
 {
 "name": "vscode_web_ide",
 "introduced_by_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/95169",
 "rollout_issue_url": "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/371084",
 "milestone": "15.4",
 "log_state_changes": null,
 "type": "development",
 "group": "group::editor",
 "default_enabled": false
 },
…

Update the flag:

curl — location — request POST ‘http://localhost:10080/api/v4/features/vscode_web_ide' \
 — header 'PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your token>' \
 — form 'value="true"'

You did it!!!