Limit the number of workspaces that a user can keep

Limit the number of workspaces a user can keep in the dashboard to reduce demand on the cluster. By default, users can keep an unlimited number of workspaces.

Before you begin

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Procedure

Get the name of the OpenShift Dev Spaces namespace. The default is openshift-devspaces.
```
$ oc get checluster --all-namespaces \
  -o=jsonpath="{.items[*].metadata.namespace}"
```
Configure the maxNumberOfWorkspacesPerUser in the CheCluster Custom Resource:
```
spec:
  devEnvironments:
    maxNumberOfWorkspacesPerUser: <kept_workspaces_limit>
```
where:

<kept_workspaces_limit>

The maximum number of workspaces per user. The default value, -1, allows users to keep an unlimited number of workspaces. Use a positive integer to set the maximum number of workspaces per user.

Apply the change:

$ oc patch checluster/devspaces -n openshift-devspaces \
--type='merge' -p \
'{"spec":{"devEnvironments":{"maxNumberOfWorkspacesPerUser": <kept_workspaces_limit>}}}'

where:

-n: The OpenShift Dev Spaces namespace that you got in step 1.

Results

Verify the maxNumberOfWorkspacesPerUser value in the CheCluster Custom Resource:

$ oc get checluster devspaces -n openshift-devspaces -o jsonpath='{.spec.devEnvironments.maxNumberOfWorkspacesPerUser}'