Adding a name to a devfile

Adding a name to a devfile is mandatory. Both name and generateName are optional attributes, but at least one of them must be defined.

Prerequisites

Adding schema version to a devfile

Procedure

To specify a static name for the workspace, define the name attribute.
Adding a static name to a devfile
```
schemaVersion: 2.1.0
metadata:
  name: devfile-sample
  version: 2.0.0
```
To specify a prefix for automatically generated workspace names, define the generateName attribute and don’t define the name attribute. The workspace name will be in the <generateName>YYYYY format (for example, devfile-sample-2y7kp). Y is random [a-z0-9] character.
Adding a generated name to a devfile
```
schemaVersion: 2.1.0
metadata:
  generateName: devfile-sample
  version: 2.0.0
```

For workspaces created using a factory, defining name or generateName has the same effect. The defined value is used as the name prefix: <name>YYYYY or <generateName>YYYYY. When both generateName and name are defined, generateName takes precedence.

Additional resources

API Reference