Maven dependencies are download each time the workspace is getting restarted

[slemeur]

Description

Start a workspace, wait for dependencies to be loaded, stop the workspace and restart it.

• Dependencies are reloaded by the Java LS

Reproduction Steps

Start a workspace, wait for dependencies to be loaded, stop the workspace and restart it.

• Dependencies are reloaded by the Java LS

OS and version:
Che 7 RC 2

[sleshchenko]

If you type mvn clean install in maven container - then dependencies will be downloaded after each restart of workspace, and it iis caused by lack of user information in /etc/passwd, to fix it it is needed to build custom image and make maven container - openshift compatible where /etc/passwd will be writable and entrypoint will fill in user name if needed. More see #13561

As about Java LS - it may be caused by the same issue OR volume for storing resolved dependencies may be missed @tolusha Can you comment?

[tsmaeder]

The devfile here does not contain a persistent volume for ~/.m2. Need to mount the "m2" volume to the java plugin home dir.

[tsmaeder]

Let's also check all other devfiles and fix as appropriate.

[amisevsk]

@tsmaeder Is this something that should be fixed in the devfiles or in the plugin meta.yaml itself?

[tsmaeder]

Blocked by #14634

[tsmaeder]

I think it makes sense to mount the volume in the plugin meta.yml, becuase we want this for all java tooling sidecars.