Kopano Python Remote Development on Windows

hecke

Hi,

this is my way of developing python scripts on my Windows 10 machine remotely on a Kopano server.
It even should work on other OSs that VSCode runs on.
Mabe this is of interest for some of you. So here we go.

Prerequisites: VSCode

make a folder for your code on your Windows machine and open it on VSCode

mkdir c:\kopano-python
cd c:\kopano-python
code .

install the Remote Development extension in VSCode

ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack

add a new SSH host via the command palette and connect to the server

Remote-SSH: Add New SSH Host...

username@server

right click on the new host in the Remote Explorer and choose

Connect to Host in current Window

log in
select “Open Folder” from the files explorer and choose where you want to map your local folder on the remote host
now your machines are connected and you can start developing
make a new file “kopano-list-users.py”, install the recommended Python extension and reload
hack in some code

import kopano

server = kopano.Server(auth_user="<your admin user>", auth_pass="<password>")

users = server.users()

for user in users:
    print(user)

hit F5 to debug
et voilà, remote development with autocompletion, linting and debugging.

This is my preferred method for writing python scripts. It’s so easy and elegant I even use it to write small one time cleanup scripts.

Cheers,
Hecke

fbartels

Hi @hecke,

thanks for your tutorial! The remote development extensions in Vs code are indeed quite powerful. Been using this for quite a while myself already.