diff --git a/dashboard/.devfile b/dashboard/.devfile
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+specVersion: 0.0.1
+name: dashboard-in-che
+projects:
+  - name: che
+    source:
+      type: git
+      location: 'https://github.com/eclipse/che.git'
+tools:
+  - name: theia-editor
+    type: cheEditor
+    id: org.eclipse.che.editor.theia:master
+  - name: exec-plugin
+    type: chePlugin
+    id: che-machine-exec-plugin:0.0.1
+  - name: dash-dev
+    type: dockerimage
+    image: 'eclipse/che-dashboard-dev:nightly'
+    endpoints:
+      - name: dashboard-dev-server
+        port: 3000
+        attributes:
+          path: /
+          protocol: http
+          public: "true"
+    mountSources: true
+    memoryLimit: 3Gi
+commands:
+  - name: dashboard_build
+    actions:
+      - type: exec
+        tool: dash-dev
+        command: cd /projects/che/dashboard && yarn
+        workdir: /projects/che/dashboard
+  - name: dashboard_test
+    actions:
+      - type: exec
+        tool: dash-dev
+        command: cd /projects/che/dashboard && yarn test
+        workdir: /projects/che/dashboard
+  - name: dashboard_dev_server
+    actions:
+      - type: exec
+        tool: dash-dev
+        command: cd /projects/che/dashboard && node_modules/.bin/gulp serve --server=${CHE_API_EXTERNAL%????}
+        workdir: /projects/che/dashboard
diff --git a/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/Dockerfile
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+# Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made
+# available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+# which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+
+FROM node:8.15.0
+
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y git \
+    && apt-get -y clean \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
+
+WORKDIR "/projects"
+
+ADD src/entrypoint.sh /entrypoint.sh
+ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
+CMD tail -f /dev/null
diff --git a/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/README.md b/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/README.md
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+++ b/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/README.md
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+# Docker file for dashboard dev file
diff --git a/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/build.sh b/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/build.sh
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+++ b/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/build.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made
+# available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+# which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+#
+
+base_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)
+. "${base_dir}"/../build.include
+
+init --name:dashboard-dev "$@"
+build
diff --git a/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/src/entrypoint.sh b/dockerfiles/dashboard-dev/src/entrypoint.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made
+# available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
+# which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
+#
+
+export USER_ID=$(id -u)
+export GROUP_ID=$(id -g)
+if ! grep -Fq "${USER_ID}" /etc/passwd; then
+    # current user is an arbitrary
+    # user (its uid is not in the
+    # container /etc/passwd). Let's fix that
+    cat ${HOME}/.passwd.template | \
+    sed "s/\${USER_ID}/${USER_ID}/g" | \
+    sed "s/\${GROUP_ID}/${GROUP_ID}/g" > /etc/passwd
+
+    cat ${HOME}/.group.template | \
+    sed "s/\${USER_ID}/${USER_ID}/g" | \
+    sed "s/\${GROUP_ID}/${GROUP_ID}/g" > /etc/group
+fi
+
+exec "$@"