Dashboard and workspace management

The user dashboard is the landing page of Eclipse Che where users create, manage, and access their workspaces. It coordinates with the Che server, plug-in registry, and Kubernetes API to convert devfiles into running workspace pods.

It is a React application. The Che deployment starts it in the che-dashboard Deployment.

It needs access to the Che server, the plug-in registry, and the Kubernetes Application Programming Interface (API).

User dashboard interactions with other components
Figure 1. User dashboard interactions with other components

When the user requests the user dashboard to start a workspace, the user dashboard executes this sequence of actions:

  1. Sends the repository URL to the Che server and expects a devfile in return, when the user is creating a workspace from a remote devfile.

  2. Reads the devfile describing the workspace.

  3. Collects the additional metadata from the plug-in registry.

  4. Converts the information into a DevWorkspace Custom Resource.

  5. Creates the DevWorkspace Custom Resource in the user namespace using the Kubernetes API.

  6. Watches the DevWorkspace Custom Resource status.

  7. Redirects the user to the running workspace IDE.

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