Che server

To understand how Che manages user namespaces and integrates with Git providers, review the Che server component functions.

The Che server main functions are:

  • Creating user namespaces.

  • Provisioning user namespaces with required secrets and config maps.

  • Integrating with Git services providers, to fetch and validate devfiles and authentication.

The Che server is a Java web service exposing an HTTP REST API and needs access to:

  • Git service providers

  • Kubernetes API

Che server interactions with other components
Figure 1. Che server interactions with other components
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