Eclipse Che Plugin Registry

This repository holds ready-to-use plugins for different languages and technologies.

Current build from the main branch is available at https://eclipse-che.github.io/che-plugin-registry/main/.

Building and publishing third party VSIX extensions for plugin registry

See: https://github.com/redhat-developer/codeready-workspaces/blob/master/devdoc/building/build-vsix-extension.adoc

Prerequisites

• nodejs 12.x and yarn v1

Build registry container image

This repository contains a build.sh script at its root that can be used to build the registry:

Usage: ./build.sh [OPTIONS]
Options:
    --help
        Print this message.
    --tag, -t [TAG]
        Docker image tag to be used for image; default: 'next'
    --registry, -r [REGISTRY]
        Docker registry to be used for image; default 'quay.io'
    --organization, -o [ORGANIZATION]
        Docker image organization to be used for image; default: 'eclipse'
    --offline
        Build offline version of registry, with all artifacts included
        cached in the registry; disabled by default.
    --rhel
        Build using the rhel.Dockerfile (UBI images) instead of Alpine
    --skip-oci-image
        Build artifacts but do not create the image        

This script listens to the BUILDER variable, and will use the tool specified there to build the image. For example:

BUILDER=buildah ./build.sh

will force the build to use buildah. If BUILDER is not specified, the script will try to use podman by default. If podman is not installed, then buildah will be chosen. If neither podman nor buildah are installed, the script will finally try to build with docker.

Offline and airgapped registry images

Using the --offline option in build.sh will build the registry to contain all referenced extension artifacts (i.e. all .theia and .vsix archives). The offline version of the plugin registry is useful in network-limited scenarios, as it avoids the need to download plugin extensions from the outside internet.

Deploy the registry to OpenShift

You can deploy the registry to Openshift as follows:

  oc new-app -f deploy/openshift/che-plugin-registry.yml \
             -p IMAGE="quay.io/eclipse/che-plugin-registry" \
             -p IMAGE_TAG="next" \
             -p PULL_POLICY="Always"

Run Eclipse Che plugin registry on Kubernetes

You can deploy Che plugin registry on Kubernetes using helm. For example if you want to deploy it in the namespace kube-che and you are using minikube you can use the following command.

NAMESPACE="kube-che"
DOMAIN="$(minikube ip).nip.io"
helm upgrade --install che-plugin-registry \
    --debug \
    --namespace ${NAMESPACE} \
    --set global.ingressDomain=${DOMAIN} \
    deploy/kubernetes/che-plugin-registry/

You can use the following command to uninstall it.

helm delete --purge che-plugin-registry

Run the registry

docker run -it  --rm  -p 8080:8080 quay.io/eclipse/che-plugin-registry:next

Plugin meta YAML structure

Here is an overview of all fields that can be present in plugin meta YAML files. This document represents the current v3 version.

apiVersion:            # plugin meta.yaml API version -- v2; v1 supported for backwards compatability
publisher:             # publisher name; must match [-a-z0-9]+
name:                  # plugin name; must match [-a-z0-9]+
version:               # plugin version; must match [-.a-z0-9]+
type:                  # plugin type; e.g. "Theia plugin", "Che Editor"
displayName:           # name shown in user dashboard
title:                 # plugin title
description:           # short description of plugin's purpose
icon:                  # link to SVG or PNG icon
repository:            # URL for plugin (e.g. Github repo)
category:              # see [1]
firstPublicationDate:  # optional; see [2]
latestUpdateDate:      # optional; see [3]
deprecate:             # optional; section for deprecating plugins in favor of others
  autoMigrate:         # boolean
  migrateTo:           # new org/plugin-id/version, e.g. redhat/vscode-apache-camel/latest
spec:                  # spec (used to be che-plugin.yaml)
  endpoints:           # optional; plugin endpoints -- see https://www.eclipse.org/che/docs/che-6/servers.html for more details
    - name:
      public:            # if true, endpoint is exposed publicly
      targetPort:
      attributes:
        protocol:        # protocol used for communicating over endpoint, e.g. 'ws' or 'http'
        secure:          # use secure version of protocol above; convert 'ws' -> 'wss', 'http' -> 'https'
        discoverable:    # if false, no k8s service is created for this endpoint
        cookiesAuthEnabled: # if true, endpoint is exposed through JWTProxy
        type:
        path:
  containers:          # optional; sidecar containers for plugin
    - image:
      name:              # name used for sidecar container
      memoryLimit:       # Kubernetes/OpenShift-spec memory limit string (e.g. "512Mi"). Refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/#meaning-of-memory for details.
      memoryRequest:     # Kubernetes/OpenShift-spec memory request string (e.g. "256Mi"). Refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/#meaning-of-memory for details.
      cpuLimit:          # Kubernetes/OpenShift-spec CPU limit string (e.g. "500m", 0.5"). Refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/#meaning-of-cpu for details.
      cpuRequest:        # Kubernetes/OpenShift-spec CPU request string (e.g. "125m", "0.125"). Refer to https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/manage-compute-resources-container/#meaning-of-cpu for details.
      env:               # list of env vars to set in sidecar
        - name:
          value:
      command:           # optional; definition of root process command inside container
        - /bin/sh
      args:              # optional; list arguments for root process command inside container
        - -c
        - ./entrypoint.sh
      volumes:           # volumes required by plugin
        - mountPath:
          name:
          ephemeral: # boolean; if true volume will be ephemeral, otherwise volume will be persisted
      ports:             # ports exposed by plugin (on the container)
        - exposedPort:
      commands:          # development commands available to plugin container
        - name:
          workingDir:
          command:       # list of commands + arguments, e.g.:
            - rm
            - -rf
            - /cache/.m2/repository
      mountSources:      # boolean
      lifecycle:         # container lifecycle hooks -- see https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/containers/container-lifecycle-hooks/
        postStart:       # the postStart event immediately after a Container is started -- see https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/attach-handler-lifecycle-event/
          exec:          # Executes a specific command, resources consumed by the command are counted against the Container
            command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "/bin/post-start.sh"]  # Command is the command line to execute inside the container, the working directory for the command is root ('/')
                                                              # in the container's filesystem. The command is simply exec'd, it is not run inside a shell, so traditional shell
                                                              # instructions ('|', etc) won't work. To use a shell, you need to explicitly call out to that shell. Exit status
                                                              # of 0 is treated as live/healthy and non-zero is unhealthy
                                                              # -- see https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.18/#execaction-v1-core
        preStop:         # the preStop event immediately before the Container is terminated -- see https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/configure-pod-container/attach-handler-lifecycle-event/
          exec:          # Executes a specific command, resources consumed by the command are counted against the Container
            command: ["/bin/sh","-c","/bin/pre-stop.sh"]      # Command is the command line to execute inside the container, the working directory for the command is root ('/')
                                                              # in the container's filesystem. The command is simply exec'd, it is not run inside a shell, so traditional shell
                                                              # instructions ('|', etc) won't work. To use a shell, you need to explicitly call out to that shell. Exit status
                                                              # of 0 is treated as live/healthy and non-zero is unhealthy
                                                              # -- see https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/generated/kubernetes-api/v1.18/#execaction-v1-core
  initContainers:      # optional; init containers for sidecar plugin
    - image:
      name:              # name used for sidecar container
      memorylimit:       # Kubernetes/OpenShift-spec memory limit string (e.g. "512Mi")
      env:               # list of env vars to set in sidecar
        - name:
          value:
      command:           # optional; definition of root process command inside container
        - /bin/sh
      args:              # optional; list arguments for root process command inside container
        - -c
        - ./entrypoint.sh
      volumes:           # volumes required by plugin
        - mountPath:
          name:
          ephemeral: # boolean; if true volume will be ephemeral, otherwise volume will be persisted
      ports:             # ports exposed by plugin (on the container)
        - exposedPort:
      commands:          # development commands available to plugin container
        - name:
          workingDir:
          command:       # list of commands + arguments, e.g.:
            - rm
            - -rf
            - /cache/.m2/repository
      mountSources:      # boolean
  workspaceEnv:        # optional; env vars for the workspace
    - name:
      value:
  extensions:            # optional; required for VS Code/Theia plugins; list of urls to plugin artifacts (.vsix/.theia files) -- examples follow
    - https://github.com/Azure/vscode-kubernetes-tools/releases/download/0.1.17/vscode-kubernetes-tools-0.1.17.vsix # example
    - vscode:extension/redhat.vscode-xml # example
    - https://github.com/redhat-developer/omnisharp-theia-plugin/releases/download/v0.0.1/omnisharp_theia_plugin.theia # example
    - relative:extension/resources/java-0.46.0-1549.vsix # example; see [4]

1 - Category must be equal to one of the following: "Editor", "Debugger", "Formatter", "Language", "Linter", "Snippet", "Theme", "Other"

2 - firstPublicationDate is not required to be present in YAML, as if not present, it will be generated during Plugin Registry dockerimage build

3 - latestUpdateDate is not required to be present in YAML, as it will be generated during Plugin Registry dockerimage build

4 - extensions starting with relative:extension are resolved relative to the path of index.json -- e.g. v3. This is primarily to support an offline or airgapped instance of the plugin registry. See Offline and airgapped registry images for details.

Note that the spec section above comes from the older che-plugin.yaml spec. The endpoints, containers, and workspaceEnv are passed back to Che server and are used to define the sidecar that is added to the workspace.

At the moment, some of these fields (that are related to plugin viewer) are validated during the Plugin Registry dockerimage build.

Get index list of all plugins

Example:

curl  "http://localhost:8080/v3/plugins/index.json"

or

curl  "http://localhost:8080/v3/plugins/"

Response:

[
  {
    "id": "eclipse/che-theia/latest",
    "displayName": "theia-ide",
    "version": "latest",
    "type": "Che Editor",
    "name": "che-theia",
    "description": "Eclipse Theia",
    "publisher": "eclipse",
    "links": {
      "self": "/v3/plugins/eclipse/che-theia/latest"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "eclipse/che-theia/next",
    "displayName": "theia-ide",
    "version": "next",
    "type": "Che Editor",
    "name": "che-theia",
    "description": "Eclipse Theia, get the latest release each day.",
    "publisher": "eclipse",
    "links": {
      "self": "/v3/plugins/eclipse/che-theia/next"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "eclipse/x-lang-ls/2019.08.20",
    "displayName": "x lang support",
    "version": "2019.08.20",
    "type": "VS Code extension",
    "name": "x-lang-ls",
    "description": "Provides support for language x",
    "publisher": "eclipse",
    "deprecate": {
      "automigrate": true,
      "migrateTo": "eclipse/x-lang-ls/2019.11.05"
    },
     "links": {
      "self": "/v3/plugins/eclipse/x-lang-ls/2019.08.20"
    }
  },
  {
    "id": "eclipse/x-lang-ls/2019.11.05",
    "displayName": "x lang support",
    "version": "2019.11.05",
    "type": "VS Code extension",
    "name": "x-lang-ls",
    "description": "Provides support for language x",
    "publisher": "eclipse",
    "links": {
      "self": "/v3/plugins/eclipse/x-lang-ls/2019.11.05"
    }
  }
]

Get meta.yaml of a plugin

Example:

curl  "http://localhost:8080/v3/plugins/eclipse/che-theia/next/meta.yaml"

or

curl  "http://localhost:8080/v3/plugins/eclipse/che-theia/latest/meta.yaml"

Response:

apiVersion: v2
publisher: eclipse
name: che-theia
version: next
type: Che Editor
displayName: theia-ide
title: Eclipse Theia development version.
description: Eclipse Theia, get the latest release each day.
icon: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/theia-ide/theia/master/logo/theia-logo-no-text-black.svg?sanitize=true
category: Editor
repository: https://github.com/eclipse/che-theia
firstPublicationDate: "2019-03-07"
spec:
  endpoints:
  - name: theia
    public: true
    targetPort: 3100
    attributes:
      protocol: http
      type: ide
      secure: true
      cookiesAuthEnabled: true
      discoverable: false
  - name: theia-dev
    public: true
    targetPort: 3130
    attributes:
      protocol: http
      type: ide-dev
      discoverable: false
  - name: theia-redirect-1
    public: true
    targetPort: 13131
    attributes:
      protocol: http
      discoverable: false
  - name: theia-redirect-2
    public: true
    targetPort: 13132
    attributes:
      protocol: http
      discoverable: false
  - name: theia-redirect-3
    public: true
    targetPort: 13133
    attributes:
      protocol: http
      discoverable: false
  containers:
  - name: theia-ide
    image: eclipse/che-theia:next
    env:
    - name: THEIA_PLUGINS
      value: local-dir:///plugins
    - name: HOSTED_PLUGIN_HOSTNAME
      value: 0.0.0.0
    - name: HOSTED_PLUGIN_PORT
      value: "3130"
    volumes:
    - mountPath: /plugins
      name: plugins
    mountSources: true
    ports:
    - exposedPort: 3100
    - exposedPort: 3130
    - exposedPort: 13131
    - exposedPort: 13132
    - exposedPort: 13133
    memoryLimit: 512M
latestUpdateDate: "2019-07-05"

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License

Che is open sourced under the Eclipse Public License 2.0.