I am new to using Eclipse Che. After trying (and failing, see error at the end) to install it on a local kubernetes cluster according to this article, I ended up running it locally using docker according to documentation on: https://www.eclipse.org/che/docs/che-6/docker-single-user.html. Even thought this is the documentation for version 6 it seems to start version 7 just fine.
It starts up normally (warnings don't matter AFAIK):
WARN: Bound 'eclipse/che' to 'eclipse/che:7.0.0-beta-5.0'
INFO: Proxy: HTTP_PROXY=gateway.docker.internal:3128, HTTPS_PROXY=gateway.docker.internal:3129, NO_PROXY=
WARN: Potential networking issue discovered!
WARN: We have identified that http and https proxies are set but no_proxy is not. This may cause fatal networking errors. Set no_proxy for your Docker daemon!
INFO: (che cli): 7.0.0-beta-5.0 - using docker 18.06.1-ce / docker4mac
WARN: Newer version 'rc' available
INFO: (che init): Installing configuration and bootstrap variables:
INFO: (che init): CHE_HOST=192.168.65.3
INFO: (che init): CHE_VERSION=7.0.0-beta-5.0
INFO: (che init): CHE_CONFIG=~/che
INFO: (che init): CHE_INSTANCE=~/che/instance
INFO: (che config): Generating che configuration...
INFO: (che config): Customizing docker-compose for running in a container
INFO: (che start): Preflight checks
mem (1.5 GiB): [OK]
disk (100 MB): [OK]
port 8080 (http): [AVAILABLE]
conn (browser => ws): [OK]
conn (server => ws): [OK]
INFO: (che start): Starting containers...
INFO: (che start): Services booting...
INFO: (che start): Server logs at "docker logs -f che"
INFO: (che start): Booted and reachable
INFO: (che start): Ver: 7.0.0-beta-5.0
INFO: (che start): Use: http://localhost:8080
INFO: (che start): API: http://localhost:8080/swagger
I get the workspace set up screen and select the node.js stack. The stack is created just fine and the workspace is running. However, then, I am stuck. Cannot create any new project or import project. If I go to the workspace configuration, the top bar shows the following error:
The IDE shows "There are no projects", even though they are shown when listing projects from the workspace overview:
I tried looking in the documentation, but since the link points to the docs for version 6, it does not mention anything about updating the workspace definition. I also tried deleting and re-creating the workspace and I tried creating a project from a template (nodejs-hello-world and web-nodejs-simple).
Is there anyone who has the same problem or has already solved it? There should be a way to use old workspace definitions. I guess my next step is to downgrade to version 6 or to follow the installation steps for version 7, which is using chectl.
PS: for completeness sake, here is the error I ran into when following the manual on installing eclipse che 6 using docker for Mac:
helm upgrade --install che --namespace che --set cheImage=eclipse/che-server:6.19.5 --set global.cheWorkspacesNamespace="che" --set
global.ingressDomain=${CHE_DOMAIN}.nip.io ./
Release "che" does not exist. Installing it now.
Error: validation failed: error validating "": error validating data:
[unknown object type "nil" in ConfigMap.data.CHE_LOGGER_CONFIG, unknown
object type "nil" in ConfigMap.data.CHE_OAUTH_GITHUB_CLIENTID, unknown object
type "nil" in ConfigMap.data.CHE_OAUTH_GITHUB_CLIENTSECRET, unknown object
type "nil" in ConfigMap.data.CHE_WORKSPACE_HTTPS__PROXY, unknown object type
"nil" in ConfigMap.data.CHE_WORKSPACE_HTTP__PROXY, unknown object type "nil"
in ConfigMap.data.CHE_WORKSPACE_NO__PROXY]
UPDATE 1: Added screenshots of projects and project view. Also tried downgrading to 6.19.0, with same result. Of course I also checked the documentation for Che 7, but it also does not mention updating workspace definitions.
UPDATE 2: Using chectl according to the quick-starts guide did not help, since I ran into an issue when starting up the pods. I reported the issue to the chectl team and hope to be able to help them resolve it.
