Install various software from source code or precompiled binaries
Create a persistent home directory to maintain personal configuration between new instances of the devcontainer by mounting a docker volume as the home directory.
Orchestrate multiple containers to create a complex development environment using docker-compose;
Mount a unique out of source build directory so that repositories in the same host directory do not conflict.
"mounts": [
"source=${localWorkspaceFolder}/../${localWorkspaceFolderBasename}-build,target=/workspaces/build,type=bind,consistency=delegated",
],If you need to use a ptrace based debugger for C++, Go, Rust, etc.
"runArgs": [
"--cap-add=SYS_PTRACE",
"--security-opt",
"seccomp=unconfined",
]If you need access to host docker from inside the container
"runArgs": [
"--privileged",
"-v",
"/var/run/docker.sock:/run/docker.sock",
]If you need your container on a special docker network
"runArgs": [
"--network=<name>",
]If you have a local X11 server and want to run a graphical application inside the container
export DISPLAY=host.docker.internal:0.0