Create Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-nodeless

.gitlab/ci/custom.images.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ gitlab-helm3.5-kubectl1.17:
 gitlab-puppeteer:
   extends: .build_and_deploy
 
+gitlab-vscode-nodeless:
+  extends: .build_and_deploy
+
 kaniko:
   extends: .build_and_deploy
 

Dockerfile.gitlab-vscode-nodeless

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# This is based on the official Dockerfile image used to build VS Code. It is intended to be used
+# for all of the GitLab builds related to VS Code, e.g. the Web IDE.  
+#
+# The only change from the parent Dockerfile image is that we remove the default `apt` packages for
+# node and yarn, as they are outdated and can conflict with newer installs (see
+# https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/issues/1172). Node and yarn will installed by
+# individual build jobs (just as they are in the offical VS Code builds). Hence the "nodeless" name.
+#
+# There does not seem to be public access to tags in the Azure Container Registry via
+# `https://vscodehub.azurecr.io/acr/v1/vscode-linux-build-agent/_tags` (see
+# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/containerregistry/tag/get-list?tabs=HTTP).
+# So, we are using the latest sha256 digest in order to guarantee we are using the
+# same parent image. 
+
+FROM vscodehub.azurecr.io/vscode-linux-build-agent:bionic-x64@sha256:e42bcc5245424a86febad3ae792809d8051733c49dee62a17115cc44415ae1b1
+MAINTAINER GitLab Editor Team
+
+RUN sudo apt-get update \
+    && sudo apt autoremove -yq nodejs yarn