Resuming a Dev Environment

The /projects directory of a Dev Environment stores the files that are pulled from the source repository and the devfile that is used to configure the Dev Environment. The /home directory, which is empty upon Dev Environment creation, stores the files you create while using your Dev Environment. Everything in the /projects and /home directories of a Dev Environment is stored persistently, so you can stop working in a Dev Environment if you need to switch to another Dev Environment, repository, or project and resume working in your Dev Environment at a later time.

A Dev Environment will automatically stop if it is idle for the amount of time that was selected in the Timeout fields during Dev Environment creation. You must close the AWS Cloud9 browser tab for the Dev Environment to be idle.

Note

The Dev Environment is still available and running even if you delete the branch with which you created the Dev Environment. If you want to resume working in a Dev Environment for which you deleted the branch, create a new branch and push your changes to it.

To resume a Dev Environment from the overview page

1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

2. Navigate to the project where you want to resume a Dev Environment, and navigate to the My Dev Environments section.

3. Choose Resume in (IDE).

   • For JetBrains IDEs, choose JetBrains Gateway-EAP when prompted to Choose an application to open the JetBrains-gateway link. Choose Open Link to confirm when prompted.

   • For the VS Code IDE, choose VS Code when prompted to Choose an application to open the VS Code link. Choose Open Link to confirm.

To resume a Dev Environment from the source repository

1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

2. Navigate to the project where you want to resume a Dev Environment.

3. In the navigation pane, choose Code.

4. Choose Source Repositories.

5. Choose the source repository that contains the Dev Environment you want to resume.

6. Choose the branch name to view a drop-down menu of your branches, then choose your branch.

7. Choose Resume Dev Environment.

   • For JetBrains IDEs, choose Open Link to confirm when prompted to Allow this site to open the JetBrains-gateway link with JetBrains Gateway?.

   • For the VS Code IDE, choose Open Link to confirm when prompted to Allow this site to open the VS Code link with Visual Studio Code?.

To resume a Dev Environment from the Dev Environments page

1. Open the CodeCatalyst console at https://codecatalyst.aws/.

2. Navigate to the project where you want to resume a Dev Environment.

3. In the navigation pane, choose Code.

4. Choose Dev Environments.

5. From the IDE column, choose Resume in (IDE) for the Dev Environment.

   • For JetBrains IDEs, choose Open Link to confirm when prompted to Allow this site to open the JetBrains-gateway link with JetBrains Gateway?.

   • For the VS Code IDE, choose Open Link to confirm when prompted to Allow this site to open the VS Code link with Visual Studio Code?.

Note

Resuming a Dev Environment may take a few minutes.