Common user roles and tasks

Che documentation is written for specific user roles. Each guide and procedure identifies its intended audience so that you can find the content relevant to your responsibilities.

Platform administrator

Platform administrators deploy, configure, secure, upgrade, and monitor Che on Kubernetes clusters. They manage the Operator, the CheCluster custom resource, and the platform infrastructure that developers use.

Common tasks include:

Deploy Che on a cluster. See Install Che.
Configure the CheCluster custom resource. See Understanding the CheCluster Custom Resource.
Set up OAuth for Git providers. See Configuring OAuth for Git providers.
Upgrade to the latest version. See Upgrade Che.
Monitor metrics and logs. See Configuring observability.

Developer

Developers create workspaces, write code, use IDE extensions, and integrate with Git repositories. They consume the cloud development environments that platform administrators provide.

Common tasks include:

Create a workspace from a Git repository. See Starting a workspace from a Git repository URL.
Authenticate to Git servers. See Using a Git-provider access token.
Configure IDE extensions. See Microsoft Visual Studio Code - Open Source IDE.