GitHub Codespaces ​

• Official docs: DDEV Installation -> Codespaces
• Example repo with Codespaces compatibility: https://github.com/mandrasch/ddev-craftcms-vite
  • Blog post: https://dev.to/mandrasch/open-craftcms-in-github-codespaces-via-ddev-21he

The source code for the feature install-ddev can be found here here:

• https://github.com/ddev/ddev/tree/master/.github/devcontainers/src/install-ddev

You most likely will need a wait_for_docker function in your postCreateCommand-script:

# retry, see https://github.com/ddev/ddev/pull/5592
wait_for_docker() {
  while true; do
    docker ps > /dev/null 2>&1 && break
    sleep 1
  done
  echo "Docker is ready."
}

See e.g.: https://github.com/mandrasch/ddev-craftcms-vite/blob/main/.devcontainer/postCreateCommand.sh

Troubleshooting ​

Could not connect to docker (daemon) ​

Update 19.05.2024: The issue seems to still happen randomly, updated issue: https://github.com/devcontainers/features/issues/977

There was a randomly occuring error "Could not connect to docker daemon", which was fixed in recent versions of docker-in-docker:

• https://github.com/devcontainers/images/pull/705

Discussed this issue here:

• https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/63776#discussioncomment-6745270

In-depth infos about the base images for codespaces and it's docker integration can be found in the following answer. The built-in docker-in-docker integration might be cached, debug information are also available in this response:

• https://github.com/devcontainers/features/issues/634#issuecomment-1682620353

The issue should now be fixed. If it still happens, do a full rebuild.