Cannot use Monaco Editor from VM

Question

I've recently started to get to know Azure and I created a VM, running on Ubuntu. All my stuff, I'm doing solely from the Azure CLI. It would be really nice to have the Monaco Editor at hand, but it's not preinstalled by default on the VM as I expected it. Why is that and what can I do to use it inside the VM?

Answer 1

Hello Wildermuth Salome (ewz)

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A Platform, thanks for posting your query here.

The Azure Cloud Shell editor is a great tool for editing files in Azure environment without having to install any software on your local machine.

The Monaco Editor is not preinstalled on the Ubuntu VM by default. However, you can install it manually on the VM.

Install Node.js and npm on the VM using the following command:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

Install the Monaco Editor using npm

sudo npm install -g monaco-editor

Verify that the Monaco Editor is installed by running the following command:

monaco-editor

This should open the Monaco Editor in your default web browser.

Once you have installed the Monaco Editor, you can use it to edit files on the VM.

I hope this helps!