feat(docs): add docs for external workspaces #19437
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matifali
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| ## Prerequisites | ||
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| - Access to external compute resources (VMs, bare-metal servers, Kubernetes nodes, etc.) that can run the Coder agent. |
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Should we define what can run a coder agent, or just drop this?
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| ## Use cases | ||
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| - Connecting an existing on-premises GPU server for ML development. | ||
| - Bringing a manually provisioned VM in a restricted network under Coder’s workspace management. | ||
| - Gradually migrating workloads to Coder without refactoring current infrastructure. | ||
| - Running agents in CI pipelines to provision short-lived, externally managed workspaces for testing or build automation. |
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Let's merge benefits and use cases into a single section. They are overlapping.
Co-authored-by: Atif Ali <atif@coder.com>
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| "title": "Workspace Scheduling", | |||
| "description": "Learn how to control how workspaces are started and stopped", | |||
| "path": "./admin/templates/managing-templates/schedule.md" | |||
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| "title": "Early Access External Workspaces", | |||
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We don't need to put "early access" in the title if we have it as state
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Good catch. I was getting confused where it is coming from.
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Description
This PR introduces documentation for recently merged feature: external workspaces.
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