Install OpenShift Local and OpenShift Dev Spaces

Go To: https://developers.redhat.com/products/openshift/overview
Select Install Red Hat OpenShift on your laptop

This will take you to a login page. If you don’t have a Red Hat developer account you will register for one here. It’s free and you’ll get access to a lot of ebooks, guides, and tools.
From the landing page after you log in, you will need to download two things:
1. Download the OpenShift Local installation package for your OS and architecture
2. Download your pull secret. This will give you access to all of the Operators in the Red Hat operator catalog.
Install OpenShift Local with the installation package that you downloaded.
Open a terminal and prepare your workstation to run the cluster:
```
crc setup
```
Note: This will take a while. OpenShift Local will first download the latest cluster bundle, decompress it, and set up your system to run the cluster.
Configure your OpenShift Local cluster: Note: You need at least 16GB of RAM on your workstation, 32GB is better.

Adjust the settings below based on your workstation config.

If you only have 16GB of RAM, change memory 16384 to memory 12288.

If you only have 2 CPU cores, (4 threads), then change cpus 6 to cpus 4

   crc config set cpus 6
   crc config set memory 12288
   crc config set disk-size 100
   crc config set kubeadmin-password crc-admin

Start OpenShift Local:

crc start

After the cluster starts, you should see output similar to:

INFO All operators are available. Ensuring stability... 
INFO Operators are stable (2/3)...                
INFO Operators are stable (3/3)...                
INFO Adding crc-admin and crc-developer contexts to kubeconfig... 
Started the OpenShift cluster.

The server is accessible via web console at:
  https://console-openshift-console.apps-crc.testing

Log in as administrator:
  Username: kubeadmin
  Password: crc-admin

Log in as user:
  Username: developer
  Password: developer

Use the 'oc' command line interface:
  $ eval $(crc oc-env)
  $ oc login -u developer https://api.crc.testing:6443

Install the OpenShift Dev Spaces Operator

Launch the OpenShift console in your browser:
```
crc console
```
Log in with user: kubeadmin, password: crc-admin
Navigate to the Operator Hub
Type dev spaces into the search, and select Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces:
Click Install:
Click Install:

The Operator should begin installing:
Observe the installed Operators, by clicking on Installed Operators underneath Operator Hub in the left nav menu bar:

Create the OpenShift Dev Spaces CheCluster Instance

Open a terminal and login to the OpenShift Local instance with the CLI:

oc login -u kubeadmin -p crc-admin https://api.crc.testing:6443

cat << EOF | oc apply -f -
apiVersion: v1
kind: Namespace
metadata:
  name: openshift-devspaces
---
apiVersion: org.eclipse.che/v2
kind: CheCluster
metadata:
  name: devspaces
  namespace: openshift-devspaces
spec:
  components:
    cheServer:
      debug: false
      logLevel: INFO
    metrics:
      enable: true
    pluginRegistry:
      openVSXURL: https://open-vsx.org
  containerRegistry: {}
  devEnvironments:
    startTimeoutSeconds: 300
    secondsOfRunBeforeIdling: -1
    maxNumberOfWorkspacesPerUser: -1
    maxNumberOfRunningWorkspacesPerUser: 5
    containerBuildConfiguration:
      openShiftSecurityContextConstraint: container-build
    disableContainerBuildCapabilities: false
    defaultEditor: che-incubator/che-code/latest
    defaultNamespace:
      autoProvision: true
      template: <username>-devspaces
    secondsOfInactivityBeforeIdling: 1800
    storage:
      pvcStrategy: per-workspace
  gitServices: {}
  networking: {}
EOF

Wait for the Dev Spaces cluster to complete its rollout:

In the console, select from the left hand nav menu Workloads -> Pods, Then select the Project: openshift-devspaces from the drop down in the top left.

When the rollout is complete, the list of running pods should look somethings like:

You can now proceed with creating a Dev Spaces Workspace.

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Install the OpenShift Dev Spaces Operator

Create the OpenShift Dev Spaces CheCluster Instance