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Nick Vigilante c84aa564ba docs: normalize code-fence languages for Shiki compatibility (#27161)
Normalizes non-standard code-fence language tags across `docs/**` so a
strict highlighter (Shiki, used by Fumadocs) won't fail the build on an
unrecognized language, and unifies redundant synonym tags onto one
canonical form per language. The current renderer (Speed-Highlight)
detects the language from the code content, not the fence label, so this
drift wasn't visible until now.

## Changes

- `hcl` -> `tf` (199 fences, including indented ones nested in
numbered/bulleted lists). Shiki ships `hcl` and `terraform` as two
distinct grammars (not aliases); every `hcl`-tagged fence in `docs/**`
is actually Terraform resource/data/provider syntax, so the more
specific `terraform` grammar is correct for all of them. `tf` is Shiki's
own alias for that grammar, and it's also what GitHub's own markdown
renderer resolves to the same HCL/Terraform highlighting.
- `pwsh`/`powershell` -> `ps1`. Both `ps` and `ps1` are registered
PowerShell aliases in Shiki, but on GitHub's renderer only `.ps1` is a
registered file extension (`.ps` isn't), so `ps1` renders identically to
`powershell` there today while bare `ps` would silently lose
highlighting.
- `env` -> `dotenv` (a dedicated Shiki grammar for `KEY=VALUE` files)
- `text`/`output`/`none`/`url` -> `txt`. Same built-in plain-text
fallback either way, just shorter.
- `Dockerfile` -> `dockerfile` (lowercase)
- `bash`/`shell` -> `sh` (732 fences). Shiki and GitHub both alias all
three to a single shell grammar; this was already the style guide's
stated preference, just not enforced across the existing corpus until
now.
- `markdown` -> `md` (4 fences). Alias of the same grammar in both Shiki
and GitHub.
- `jsonc` -> `json` (1 fence). The block has no comments or trailing
commas, so it doesn't need the comments-capable grammar.
- `ts` -> `tsx` (2 fences, `docs/about/contributing/frontend.md`).
Verified the actual content tokenizes identically under both grammars,
and a sibling block in the same file already needs `tsx` for real JSX,
so unifying to one tag is safe for this file. Documented a caveat: `tsx`
mis-tokenizes the legacy angle-bracket type-assertion syntax
(`<Type>value`), which is invalid in real `.tsx` files anyway, so use
`value as Type` instead.
- `yml` -> `yaml` (1 fence)
- Updated `docs/.style/style-guide/formatting.md` to document all
canonical tags

`promql` (2 fences) and `caddyfile` (2 fences) are left as-is. Shiki
doesn't bundle a grammar for either, so they need a custom grammar
registration when the site adopts Shiki, rather than degrading to `txt`.
Tracked as follow-up work under DOCS-118 and
[DOCS-544](https://linear.app/codercom/issue/DOCS-544/vendor-a-local-promql-grammar-for-shiki-syntax-highlighting)
(promql).

Does not touch `offlinedocs/`.

Linear:
[DOCS-476](https://linear.app/codercom/issue/DOCS-476/normalize-docs-code-fence-languages-de-risk-shikifumadocs)

<details>
<summary>How the fence tags were verified</summary>

Each tag was tested against a real `shiki@latest` highlighter instance
(`codeToHtml`/`codeToTokens`) and cross-checked against GitHub's
`@wooorm/starry-night` grammar sources (the renderer that actually
displays these `.md` files today, in repo browsing and PR diffs), since
that's what determines whether brevity is safe before Shiki adoption:

```text
FAIL  env        -- Language `env` is not included in this bundle.
FAIL  Dockerfile -- Language `Dockerfile` is not included in this bundle.
FAIL  promql     -- Language `promql` is not included in this bundle.
FAIL  caddyfile  -- Language `caddyfile` is not included in this bundle.
FAIL  pwsh       -- Language `pwsh` is not included in this bundle.
FAIL  output     -- Language `output` is not included in this bundle.
```

`hcl` doesn't error in Shiki, since it's a real grammar, but that's
exactly the trap: it was silently rendering every fence with the generic
HCL grammar instead of the Terraform-specific one. Every `hcl`-tagged
fence in `docs/**` was manually checked against `origin/main` and is
genuinely Terraform content.

For `ts`/`tsx`, tokenizing the actual doc content confirmed identical
output under both grammars; a synthetic test with the legacy
angle-bracket cast syntax confirmed `tsx` degrades on that specific
construct, which the style guide now calls out.

The first normalization pass only matched fence tags at column 0
(`^```tag$`), missing tags indented inside numbered/bulleted lists. A
follow-up pass caught the remaining occurrences at any indentation
level.

</details>


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*This PR description and the underlying changes were prepared with Coder
Agents assistance.*
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# Microsoft Azure
This guide shows you how to set up the Coder server on Azure which will
provision Azure-hosted Linux workspaces.
## Requirements
This guide assumes you have full administrator privileges on Azure.
## Create An Azure VM
From the Azure Portal, navigate to the Virtual Machines Dashboard. Click Create,
and select creating a new Azure Virtual machine .
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure1.jpg" alt="Azure VM creation page">
This will bring you to the `Create a virtual machine` page. Select the
subscription group of your choice, or create one if necessary.
Next, name the VM something relevant to this project using the naming convention
of your choice. Change the region to something more appropriate for your current
location. For this tutorial, we will use the base selection of the Ubuntu Gen2
Image and keep the rest of the base settings for this image the same.
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure2.png" alt="Azure VM instance details">
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure3.png" alt="Azure VM size selection">
Up next, under `Inbound port rules` modify the Select `inbound ports` to also
take in `HTTPS` and `HTTP`.
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure4.png" alt="Azure VM inbound port rules">
The set up for the image is complete at this stage. Click `Review and Create` -
review the information and click `Create`. A popup will appear asking you to
download the key pair for the server. Click
`Download private key and create resource` and place it into a folder of your
choice on your local system.
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure5.png" alt="Azure VM key pair generation">
Click `Return to create a virtual machine`. Your VM will start up!
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure6.png" alt="Azure VM deployment complete">
Click `Go to resource` in the virtual machine and copy the public IP address.
You will need it to SSH into the virtual machine via your local machine.
Follow
[these instructions](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux-vm-connect?tabs=Linux)
to SSH into the virtual machine. Once on the VM, you can run and install Coder
using your method of choice. For the fastest install, we recommend running Coder
as a system service.
## Install Coder
For this instance, we will run Coder as a system service, however you can run
Coder a multitude of different ways. You can learn more about those
[here](https://coder.com/docs/install).
In the Azure VM instance, run the following command to install Coder
```sh
curl -fsSL https://coder.com/install.sh | sh
```
## Run Coder
Run the following command to start Coder as a system level service:
```sh
sudo systemctl enable --now coder
```
The following command will get you information about the Coder launch service
```sh
journalctl -u coder.service -b
```
This will return a series of logs related to running Coder as a system service.
Embedded in the logs is the Coder Access URL.
Copy the URL and run the following command to create the first user, either on
your local machine or in the instance terminal.
```sh
coder login <url***.try.coder.app>
```
Fill out the prompts. Be sure to save use email and password as these are your
admin username and password.
You can now access Coder on your local machine with the relevant
`***.try.coder.app` URL and logging in with the username and password.
## Creating and Uploading Your First Template
First, run `coder template init` to create your first template. You’ll be given
a list of possible templates to use. This tutorial will show you how to set up
your Coder instance to create a Linux based machine on Azure.
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure9.png" alt="Coder CLI template init">
Press `enter` to select `Develop in Linux on Azure` template. This will return
the following:
<img src="../../images/platforms/azure/azure10.png" alt="Coder CLI template init">
To get started using the Azure template, install the Azure CLI by following the
instructions
[here](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=apt).
Run `az login` and follow the instructions to configure the Azure command line.
Coder is running as a system service, which creates the system user `coder` for
handling processes. The Coder user will require access to the Azure credentials
to initialize the template.
Run the following commands to copy the Azure credentials and give the `coder`
user access to them:
```sh
sudo cp -r ~/.azure /home/coder/.azure
sudo chown -R coder:coder /home/coder/.azure/
```
Navigate to the `./azure-linux` folder where you created your template and run
the following command to put the template on your Coder instance.
```sh
coder templates push
```
Congrats! You can now navigate to your Coder dashboard and use this Linux on
Azure template to create a new workspace!