I want to have a server always running Live Share so that I don't have to always have a computer opening the VSCode window to keep Live Share alive. I tried to run Live Share on my server through Remote-SSH extension, however, when I close the window, the Live share will shut down along with the Remote-SSH session.
Is it possible to have Live Share always run on my server?
A similar issue is described and resolved here Live share not working on Remote SSH session
According to that discussion thread there are three places to have "Live share" installed:
1) Locally in: local_machine:~/.vscode
2) Remotely in the VSCode server (via Remote Development (SSH)) remote_machine:~/.vscode-server
3) The actual remote environment: remote_machine:~/.vscode
In their case, which is similar if not the same as yours, VS Live Share was not installed in remote_machine:~/.vscode
Installing in that final location solved the issue.
Good luck!
When you close the SSH window, you terminate the session and any processes started in the session will either be terminated or suspended.
Have it run as a service that starts after each boot instead of starting it as a user process.