Chapter 1. About Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces
Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces is a web-based integrated development environment (IDE). CodeReady Workspaces runs in OpenShift and is well-suited for container-based development.
CodeReady Workspaces provides:
- an enterprise-level cloud developer workspace server
- a browser-based IDE
- ready-to-use developer stacks for popular programming languages, frameworks, and Red Hat technologies
Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces 2.13 is based on Eclipse Che 7.38.
1.1. Supported deployment environments
This section describes the availability and the supported installation methods of CodeReady Workspaces 2.13 on OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 4.8, 3.11, and OpenShift Dedicated.
Table 1.1. Supported deployment environments for CodeReady Workspaces 2.13 on OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Dedicated
| Platform | Architecture | Deployment method |
| OpenShift Container Platform 3.11 | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) |
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| OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) |
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| OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 | IBM Z (s390x) |
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| OpenShift Container Platform 4.8 | IBM Power Systems (ppc64le) |
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| OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) |
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| OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 | IBM Z (s390x) |
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| OpenShift Container Platform 4.9 | IBM Power Systems (ppc64le) |
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| OpenShift Dedicated 4.9 | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) |
Deploying CodeReady Workspaces on OpenShift Container Platform on IBM Z (s390x) is currently available as a Technology Preview feature. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs) and might not be functionally complete. Red Hat does not suggest using these features in production. Technology Previews provide early access to upcoming product features and enable customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process. For details about the level of support for Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.
1.2. Support policy
For Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces 2.13, Red Hat will provide support for deployment, configuration, and use of the product.
CodeReady Workspaces 2.13 has been tested on Chrome version 94.0.4606.81 (Official Build) (64-bit).
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1.3. Differences between Eclipse Che and Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces
The main differences between CodeReady Workspaces and Eclipse Che are:
- CodeReady Workspaces is built on RHEL8 to ensure the latest security fixes are included, compared to Alpine distributions that take a longer time to update.
- CodeReady Workspaces uses Red Hat Single Sign-On (RH-SSO) rather than the upstream project Keycloak.
- CodeReady Workspaces provides a smaller supported subset of plug-ins compared to Che.
- CodeReady Workspaces provides devfiles for working with other Red Hat technologies such as EAP and Fuse.
- CodeReady Workspaces is supported on OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Dedicated; Eclipse Che can run on other Kubernetes clusters.
Red Hat provides licensing, packaging, and support. Therefore, CodeReady Workspaces is considered a more stable product than the upstream Eclipse Che project.
