Use this method to re-use images to start remote a plug-in endpoint without modifications.

Procedure

Modify the plug-in meta.yaml file properties command and args:

  • command - Eclipse Che uses to override Dockerfile#ENTRYPOINT.

  • args - Eclipse Che uses to override Dockerfile#CMD.

  • Example of a YAML file with the command and args properties modified:

    apiVersion: v2
category: Language
description: "Typescript language features"
displayName: Typescript
firstPublicationDate: "2019-10-28"
icon: "https://www.eclipse.org/che/images/logo-eclipseche.svg"
name: typescript
publisher: che-incubator
repository: "https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode"
title: "Typescript language features"
type: "VS Code extension"
version: remote-bin-with-override-entrypoint
spec:
  containers:
    - image: "example/fedora-for-ts-remote-plugin-without-endpoint:latest"
      memoryLimit: 512Mi
      name: vscode-typescript
      command:
        - sh
        - -c
      args:
        - ${PLUGIN_REMOTE_ENDPOINT_EXECUTABLE}
  extensions:
    - "https://github.com/che-incubator/ms-code.typescript/releases/download/v1.35.1/che-typescript-language-1.35.1.vsix"

  • Modify args instead of command to use an image with a wrapper script pattern and to keep a call of the entrypoint.sh script:

    apiVersion: v2
category: Language
description: "Typescript language features"
displayName: Typescript
firstPublicationDate: "2019-10-28"
icon: "https://www.eclipse.org/che/images/logo-eclipseche.svg"
name: typescript
publisher: che-incubator
repository: "https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode"
title: "Typescript language features"
type: "VS Code extension"
version: remote-bin-with-override-entrypoint
spec:
  containers:
    - image: "example/fedora-for-ts-remote-plugin-without-endpoint:latest"
      memoryLimit: 512Mi
      name: vscode-typescript
      args:
        - sh
        - -c
        - ${PLUGIN_REMOTE_ENDPOINT_EXECUTABLE}
  extensions:
    - "https://github.com/che-incubator/ms-code.typescript/releases/download/v1.35.1/che-typescript-language-1.35.1.vsix"

    Eclipse Che calls the entrypoint.sh wrapper script defined in the ENTRYPOINT command of the Dockerfile. The script executes [ ‘sh’, ‘-c”, ‘ ${PLUGIN_REMOTE_ENDPOINT_EXECUTABLE}’ ] using the exec “$@” command.

To execute a service when starting the container and also to start a remote plug-in endpoint, use meta.yaml with modified command and args properties. Start the service, detach the process, and start the remote plug-in endpoint, and they then work in parallel.