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  • Discover
    • What is Che?
    • Architecture overview
      • Server components
        • Che operator
        • DevWorkspace operator
        • Gateway
        • User dashboard
        • Che server
        • Devfile registry
        • Plugin registry
      • User workspaces
    • Supported platforms
    • Common user roles and tasks
  • Install
    • Che installation overview
    • Requirements
      • Supported platforms
      • Calculate Che resource requirements
      • Che scalability
      • Install the chectl management tool
    • Install Che
      • Deploy on OpenShift
        • Install Che on OpenShift using CLI
        • Install Che on OpenShift using the web console
        • Install Che on OpenShift with Keycloak as external identity provider
      • Deploy on Kubernetes
        • Install Che on Microsoft Azure
        • Install Che on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
        • Install Che on the virtual Kubernetes cluster
      • Deploy locally
        • Install Che on Red Hat OpenShift Local
        • Install Che on Minikube
        • Install Che on Minikube with Keycloak as the OIDC provider
      • Deploy in a restricted environment
        • Install Che in a restricted environment
      • Using chectl to configure the CheCluster Custom Resource during installation
      • Find the FQDN
      • Permissions
        • Permissions for CLI installation
        • Permissions for web console installation
    • Verify the Che installation
    • Next steps after installation
    • Uninstall Che
  • User Guide
    • Getting started with Che
      • Starting a workspace from a Git repository URL
        • Optional parameters for the URLs for starting a new workspace
          • URL parameter concatenation
          • URL parameter for the IDE
          • URL parameter for the IDE image
          • URL parameter for starting duplicate workspaces
          • URL parameter for the devfile file name
          • URL parameter for the devfile file path
          • URL parameter for the workspace storage
          • URL parameter for additional remotes
          • URL parameter for a container image
          • URL parameter for a memory limit
          • URL parameter for a CPU limit
          • URL parameter for the existing workspace name
          • URL parameter for the AI provider
      • Starting a workspace from a raw devfile URL
      • Basic actions you can perform on a workspace
      • Restoring workspaces from backups
        • Restoring a workspace from a backup
        • Viewing backups in the dashboard
      • Authenticating to a Git server from a workspace
      • Using the fuse-overlayfs storage driver for Podman and Buildah
        • Accessing /dev/fuse
        • Enabling fuse-overlayfs with a ConfigMap
      • Running containers with kubedock
      • Prevent workspace idling for long-running commands
    • Using Che in team workflow
      • Badge for first-time contributors
      • Reviewing pull and merge requests
      • Try in Web IDE GitHub action
    • Customizing workspace components
    • Introduction to devfile in Che
    • IDEs in workspaces
      • Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Open Source
      • Connecting Visual Studio Code to a Che workspace
      • Defining a common IDE
    • Using AI assistants in workspaces
      • Configuring an AI provider API key
      • Changing the AI tool on a workspace
    • Using credentials and configurations in workspaces
      • Mounting Secrets
        • Creating image pull Secrets
        • Using a Git-provider access token
      • Mounting ConfigMaps
        • Mounting Git configuration
        • Mounting SSH configuration
      • Enabling artifact repositories in a restricted environment
        • Maven
        • Gradle
        • npm
        • Python
        • Go
        • NuGet
    • Requesting persistent storage for workspaces
    • Integrating with Kubernetes
      • Managing workspaces with Kubernetes APIs
      • Automatic Kubernetes token injection
      • Navigating Che from OpenShift Developer Perspective
      • Navigating OpenShift web console from Che
    • Troubleshooting Che
      • Viewing Che workspaces logs
        • Workspace logs in CLI
        • Workspace logs in OpenShift console
        • Language servers and debug adapters logs in the editor
      • Debugging a workspace
      • Troubleshooting slow workspaces
      • Troubleshooting network problems
      • Troubleshooting webview loading error
  • Upgrade
    • Upgrade Che
      • Choose how updates are applied
      • Approve a pending upgrade in the web console
      • Upgrade Che from the command line
      • Upgrade in an air-gapped environment
      • Update the chectl management tool
      • Fix a duplicate DevWorkspace Operator after a cluster upgrade
  • Secure
    • Protect your deployment
    • Control who can access Che
      • Grant additional permissions to users
      • Restrict access to specific users and groups
      • Remove user data for GDPR compliance
  • Optimize performance
    • Caching images for faster workspace start
      • Installing Kubernetes Image Puller
        • Installing the Kubernetes Image Puller operator on Kubernetes cluster by using CLI
        • Installing Image Puller on OpenShift using CLI
        • Installing Image Puller on OpenShift by using the web console
      • Configuring Kubernetes Image Puller
        • Configuring Image Puller to pre-pull default Che images
        • Configuring Image Puller to pre-pull custom images
        • Configuring Image Puller to pre-pull additional images
      • Retrieving the default list of images for Kubernetes Image Puller
    • Configuring autoscaling
      • Configuring number of replicas for a Eclipse Che container
      • Configuring machine autoscaling
  • Extend
    • Choose which editors are available
      • Add custom editors to the dashboard
      • Set the default IDE for new workspaces
      • Hide editors from the dashboard
      • Restore access to deprecated editors
      • Host editor binaries internally for air-gapped clusters
    • Customize the default IDE
      • Work with multiple projects in one workspace
      • Grant extensions access to OAuth tokens
      • Preinstall extensions in every workspace
      • Control which extensions users can install
      • Apply IDE settings to all workspaces
    • How IDE extensions work in workspaces
      • How the Open VSX extension registry works
      • Use an alternative extension registry
    • Deploy a private extension registry
      • Build a custom extension registry from source
      • Build the extension registry inside a workspace
      • Restrict the extension registry to internal traffic
      • Remove an extension through the registry API
      • Remove an extension directly from the database
    • Register AI coding assistants
      • AI provider API key secret reference
  • Administration Guide
    • Configuring Che
      • Understanding the CheCluster Custom Resource
        • Using chectl to configure the CheCluster Custom Resource during installation
        • Using the CLI to configure the CheCluster Custom Resource
        • CheCluster Custom Resource fields reference
      • Configuring namespaces
        • Configuring namespace name
        • Provisioning namespaces in advance
        • Configuring a user namespace
        • Configuring direct namespace creation on OpenShift
      • Configuring server components
        • Mounting a Secret or a ConfigMap as a file or an environment variable into a Eclipse Che container
        • Advanced configuration options for Che server
      • Configuring workspaces globally
        • Limiting the number of workspaces that a user can keep
        • Limiting the number of workspaces that all users can run simultaneously
        • Enabling users to run multiple workspaces simultaneously
        • Git with self-signed certificates
        • Configuring workspaces nodeSelector
        • Configuring allowed URLs for Cloud Development Environments
        • Enabling container run capabilities
      • Configuring observability
        • The Woopra telemetry plugin
        • Creating a telemetry plugin
          • Configuring server logging
          • Collecting logs using chectl
        • Monitoring the DevWorkspace Operator
        • Monitoring Che Server
      • Configuring networking
        • Configuring network policies
        • Configuring Che hostname
        • Configuring Che with self-signed certificates
        • Importing untrusted TLS certificates to Che
        • Adding labels and annotations
        • Configuring workspace endpoints base domain
        • Configuring proxy
      • Configuring storage
        • Configuring storage classes
        • Configuring the storage strategy
        • Configuring storage sizes
        • Persistent user home
      • Configuring dashboard
        • Configuring getting started samples
        • Customizing OpenShift Eclipse Che branding images
      • Configuring OAuth for Git providers
        • Configuring OAuth 2.0 for GitHub
        • Configuring OAuth 2.0 for GitLab
        • Configuring OAuth 2.0 for a Bitbucket Server
        • Configuring OAuth 2.0 for the Bitbucket Cloud
        • Configuring OAuth 1.0 for a Bitbucket Server
        • Configuring OAuth 2.0 for Microsoft Azure DevOps Services
      • Configuring fuse-overlayfs
        • Enabling access to for OpenShift version older than 4.15
        • Enabling fuse-overlayfs for all workspaces
      • DevWorkspace backup
        • Integrated OpenShift container registry
        • Regular OCI-compatible registry
    • Using the Che server API
    • Extensions
      • OpenShift Connector
        • Features of OpenShift Connector
        • Installing OpenShift Connector in Eclipse Che
        • Authenticating with OpenShift Connector from Eclipse Che
        • Creating Components with OpenShift Connector in Eclipse Che
        • Connecting source code from GitHub to a OpenShift Component
    • Che glossary
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Customize the default IDE

Customize Visual Studio Code - Open Source for Che workspaces, including multi-root project layout, trusted and default extensions, and editor settings so that developers get a consistent IDE experience.

  • Work with multiple projects in one workspace

  • Grant extensions access to OAuth tokens

  • Preinstall extensions in every workspace

  • Apply IDE settings to all workspaces

  • Control which extensions users can install

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