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Working in the Dev Space Manager

You can create, delete, stop, and start dev spaces. You can also download dev space content, and import dev space content.

Accessing the Dev Space Manager

To open the Dev Space Manager, click the relevant link in the Quick Links section of the Get Started page.

You can also open the Dev Space Manager from the lobby.

  1. Click the Product Switch icon (Product Switch icon) on the upper-right corner of the lobby.

  2. Select the Dev Space Manager tile.

    Opening the Dev Space Manager

Create a Dev Space

You can generate a dev space to create and manage applications. You can select the application type that includes the extensions that you need to do a development task.

  1. Open SAP Business Application Studio and log in with your credentials.

  2. Click Create Dev Space.

  3. Enter a name for the dev space.

  4. Select the relevant application type.

  5. (Optional) Select the relevant additional extensions to enhance your space.

    You can also add or remove extensions later. See the Add Extensions to Your Dev Space section.

  6. Click Create Dev Space.

    Note:

    You can only click the button if you entered a dev space name.

Note:

Dev Space creation is influenced by the application plan you are using.

Note:

The maximum size limit of the dev space is 10 GB of disk space for productive accounts in the standard-edition plan. For trial accounts and accounts using the free plan, the maximum size limit of the dev space is 4 GB. Exceeding the maximum size limit can cause loss of data and other issues, including the inability to start the dev space. Note that additional restrictions apply to dev spaces in trial accounts.

Stop, Start, or Delete Your Dev Space

If you don't need to work with your dev space for a while, you can stop your dev space. When your dev space is running, it consumes memory, energy, and CPU. If you don't use your dev space and it sits idle for a while, the dev space is stopped.

When you restart your stopped dev space, all content in your dev space, including files and settings, are available. If you want to apply updates to extensions and bug fixes, you must stop your dev space and start it again.

You can also delete your dev space.

Note:

By creating a dev space, you create a project and file system for yourself. If you delete your dev space, you can't recover it. We recommend syncing, backing up, and saving your project to a Git repository. See Connect to Your Git Source Control System.

Add or Remove Extensions

You can change the extensions you selected for your dev space.

  1. From the Dev Space Manager, click Edit icon to edit the dev space.

    Note:

    To edit an extension, the dev space must be in the stopped state.

  2. Select the additional SAP extensions that you want to add, or clear the checkmark from extensions you want to remove.

  3. Click Save Changes.

Download Dev Space Content

You can download the dev space content in the following situations:

  • When your dev space is in the RUNNING state to save the dev space contents.
  • When your dev space is in the ERROR state to recover your data and move the contents to another dev space.

To download the content of your dev space, click Download icon and then Download.

If your dev space is in the ERROR state, after the download begins, the dev space state changes to STARTING. The dev space state then changes to SAFE MODE and then the tar file downloads.

After the dev space changes to SAFE MODE, it's not possible to return to the RUNNING state. You can only download the dev space content and delete the dev space.

When the export process is complete, the tar file, with the dev space content, is downloaded.

Note:

After exporting the dev space content, check the size of the dev space before uploading. Make sure that the size doesn't exceed 10 GB of disk space.

Import Dev Space Content

After downloading the dev space content, you can import the content to another dev space:

  1. Create a new dev space, start it, and open it.

  2. From the Explorer view, click Open Folder.

    The path to the user folder (/home/user/) is displayed in the command palette.

  3. Click OK to open the user folder.

  4. Right-click the projects folder and click Upload...

  5. From the Downloads folder, choose the file with the dev space content.

  6. Right-click the projects folder and click Open in Integrated Terminal.

  7. Enter the following command to uncompress the uploaded file:

    tar xvzf <Your.tar.gzFile>