How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform

[Eclipse Theia](https://theia-ide.org/) is an extensible cloud IDE running on a remote server and accessible from a web browser. Modeled after [Microsoft Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/), Theia supports many programming languages, custom extensions, and has an integrated terminal. In this tutorial, you’ll deploy Eclipse Theia to your server using Docker Compose, [`nginx-proxy`](https://github.com/jwilder/nginx-proxy) as a reverse proxy, and HTTPS with a free [TLS certificate](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-let-s-encrypt) from [Let’sEncrypt](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/an-introduction-to-let-s-encrypt). Choose your operating system to get started.

CentOS

7

How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on CentOS 7

Learn How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on CentOS 7

Debian

10

How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on Debian 10

Learn How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on Debian 10

Ubuntu

18.04

How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on Ubuntu 18.04

Learn How To Set Up the Eclipse Theia Cloud IDE Platform on Ubuntu 18.04

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