| Eclipse Che Documentation

Prerequisites

A running instance of Eclipse Che. To install an instance of Eclipse Che, see Che 'quick-starts'.
An existing workspace defined on this instance of Eclipse Che Creating a workspace from user dashboard.

Procedure

To add a VS Code extension using the workspace configuration:

Click the Workspaces tab on the Dashboard and select the workspace in which you want to add the plug-in. The Workspace <workspace-name> window is opened showing the details of the workspace.
Click the devfile tab.
Locate the components section, and add a new entry with the following structure:
```
 - type: chePlugin
   id:              (1)
```
1 Link to the meta.yaml file in your registry, for example, https://my-plug-in-registry/v3/plugins/<publisher>/<plug-inName>/<plug-inVersion>/meta.yaml

Che automatically adds the other fields to the new component.

Alternatively, you can link to a meta.yaml file hosted on GitHub, using the dedicated reference field.
```
 - type: chePlugin
   reference:              (1)
```
1 https://raw.githubusercontent.com/<username>/<registryRepository>/v3/plugins/<publisher>/<plug-inName>/<plug-inVersion>/meta.yaml
Restart the workspace for the changes to take effect.