Chapter 2. Installing and deploying CodeReady Workspaces
For OpenShift 3.11, see the Installing CodeReady Workspaces chapter of the Administrator Guide.
For OpenShift 4.5, see the Installing CodeReady Workspaces from Operator Hub chapter of the Installation Guide.
2.1. Supported deployment environments
This section describes the availability and the supported installation methods of CodeReady Workspaces 2.4 on OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Dedicated.
The minimal OpenShift Container Platform version supporting Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces is OpenShift Container Platform 3.11.
Table 2.1. Supported deployment environments for CodeReady Workspaces 2.4 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 4.4 | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) | OperatorHub |
| OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 | IBM Z (s390x) | OperatorHub |
| OpenShift Container Platform 4.5 | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) | OperatorHub |
| OpenShift Dedicated 4.3 | AMD64 and Intel 64 (x86_64) | Add-On |
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On OpenShift Container Platform 4.4 and 4.5, when the OperatorHub installation method is not available, consider using
crwctlas an unofficial backup installation method.
2.2. Support policy
For Red Hat CodeReady Workspaces 2.4, Red Hat will provide support for deployment, configuration, and use of the product.
CodeReady Workspaces 2.4 has been tested on Chrome version 83.0.4103.97 (Official Build) (64-bit).
For more information, see CodeReady Workspaces life-cycle and support policy.
2.3. Difference 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, vs. Alpine distributions that take a longer time to update.
- CodeReady Workspaces uses Red Hat Single Sign-On (SSO) instead of 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; Che can also run on other Kubernetes clusters.
Red Hat also provides licensing, packaging, and support, so CodeReady Workspaces is considered a more stable product than the upstream Eclipse Che project.
