Choose how workspace data is persisted

Choose a storage strategy that controls whether workspace data persists after a restart. The selected storage strategy applies to all newly created workspaces by default. Users can opt for a non-default storage strategy for their workspace in their devfile or through the URL parameter.

Available storage strategies:

per-user: Use a single PVC for all workspaces created by a user.
per-workspace: Each workspace is given its own PVC.
ephemeral: Non-persistent storage; any local changes will be lost when the workspace is stopped.

The default storage strategy used in Che is per-user.

Prerequisites

An active kubectl session with administrative permissions to the destination Kubernetes cluster. See Overview of kubectl.

Procedure

Set the pvcStrategy field in the Che Cluster Custom Resource to per-user, per-workspace or ephemeral.

You can set this field at installation. See Using chectl to configure the CheCluster Custom Resource during installation.
You can update this field on the command line. See Edit the central configuration from the command line.

spec:
  devEnvironments:
    storage:
      pvc:
        pvcStrategy: 'per-user' (1)

1	The available storage strategies are `per-user`, `per-workspace` and `ephemeral`.