AI-Ready Dev Spaces on OpenShift

Interactive demo5 minsRed Hat OpenShift

Published on May 10, 2026 by Evan Shortiss

This interactive demo helps developers streamline their cloud-native application development workflows. It provides a consistent, secure, and AI-assisted coding environment. It walks through the full development environment setup and application lifecycle from start to finish.

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What you'll learn in this interactive demo

• Reviewing the Red Hat OpenShift DevSpaces Operator installation and configuration in OpenShift
• Configuring Cloud Development Environment (CDE) properties like idle timeout, memory, and CPU allocation, including nested containerization with Podman
• Accessing an application's source code directly from the OpenShift Topology view to launch a CDE
• Utilizing the VS Code-like environment, including the file tree, curated plugins, and the pre-configured "Continue" AI coding assistant for code explanation
• Starting an application in development mode using Command Palette shortcuts and reviewing application logs in the built-in terminal
• Identifying security vulnerabilities in application dependencies using the Red Hat Dependency Analytics extension and viewing a comprehensive security report
• Managing multiple isolated CDEs and configuring development environment settings via devfiles, including custom images and additional containers like PostgreSQL

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