Start a stopped workspace from the command line

Start a stopped workspace from the command line by setting the spec.started field in the DevWorkspace custom resource to true. .Prerequisites

About this task

You have an active oc session on the cluster. See This page is not included, but the link has been rewritten to point to the nearest parent document.Getting started with the CLI.
You have the workspace name. Run oc get devworkspaces to list workspace names.
You have the relevant OpenShift Dev Spaces user namespace on the cluster. Visit https://<openshift_dev_spaces_fqdn>/api/kubernetes/namespace to get your OpenShift Dev Spaces user namespace as name.
You are in the OpenShift Dev Spaces user namespace on the cluster. On OpenShift, use oc to display your current namespace or switch to a namespace.

Procedure

Run the following command to start a stopped workspace:

$ oc patch devworkspace <workspace_name> \
-p '{"spec":{"started":true}}' \
--type=merge -n <user_namespace> && \
oc wait --for=jsonpath='{.status.phase}'=Running \
dw/<workspace_name> -n <user_namespace>