how to persist a stack in eclipse che

Question

How do I create a stack in eclipse che so that it will persist? I have a LS-sidecar stack that I use, but every time I restart che, I need to re-make the stack. How do I make my stack permanent?

Answer 1

You need to build your own stack and create your workspace based on that stack. See e.g. this post how you can build your workspace from a stack based on Dockerfile recipe. Alternative way is to base your stack on a Docker Image (like in this post) or on a Docker Compose File. You can read Eclipse Che documentation (especially Workspace Administration) to see all options. Here is the docker documentation where you can find help on building docker images.

There is also an extended Red Hat Developer blog post about the cloud version of Eclipse Che (account required) that you may find useful as a step-by-step guide to building a stack from Docker Image, creating a workspace from it, importing a C++ github project and building it.