Hosted Che is Eclipse Che hosted by Red Hat. A Che server is running on OpenShift Dedicated, and the user base is spread across multiple OpenShift Online clusters where workspaces are created.

Terms of service

Hosted Che has the following usage limits and terms of service:

  • Storage: 1 GB

  • RAM: 3 GB

  • CPU: 6 Cores

  • Concurrent workspaces: 1

  • Number of workspaces: Unlimited

  • Number of projects per workspace: Unlimited

  • Usage time limit: None

  • Maximum account inactivity period: 30 days

    Hosted Che automatically deprovisions accounts that have been inactive for more than 30 days. All existing workspaces in a deprovisioned account are lost. To start using Hosted Che again, a user must re-register.

  • Workspace idling time: 15 minutes

    A started workspace can be used for an unlimited period of time. When there are no interactions with the IDE, the workspace is stopped after 15 minutes.

  • Ephemeral mode: Defaults to Active

    In ephemeral mode, workspaces have no persistent storage attached. All content changes are lost when the workspace is stopped unless they are pushed to a source-code repository first. This is done to improve the performance of workspace starts and file-system operations in the IDE.

It is possible to disable ephemeral mode while creating a workspace from the user dashboard. For more information about ephemeral mode, including how to disable it after workspace creation, see Using developer environments - workspaces.