There is no CHE_DASHBOARD_URL or PLUGIN_REGISTRY_URL in the dev container

[benoitf]

Describe the bug

it seems that dashboard is only adding the URLs links to the editor devWorkspaceTemplate but not to all containers

Che version

next (development version)

Steps to reproduce

Open a terminal in a container that is not the editor container
check that *_URL env variables are not defined

Expected behavior

_URL env variables should be set in all containers

Runtime

OpenShift

Screenshots

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Installation method

chectl/next

Environment

other (please specify in additional context)

Eclipse Che Logs

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Additional context

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[amisevsk]

Since these URLs are static per-Che installation, another option (rather than injecting them into containers and thus the DevWorkspace) is to use automount functionality in the DevWorkspace Operator. For example, a configmap like

apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: che-devworkspace-env
  labels:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-to-devworkspace: "true"
    controller.devfile.io/watch-configmap: 'true'
  annotations:
    controller.devfile.io/mount-as: env
data:
  CHE_DASHBOARD_URL: "https://my-che-gateway/dashboard/"
  PLUGIN_REGISTRY_URL: "https://my-che-gateway/plugins/v3/"

could be added to the namespace provisioning process and it should result in those env vars being mounted to all containers automatically with no further modifications to DevWorkspaces being required.