Copy workspace in cloud9

Question

I have a workspace all set up with dependencies etc. installed. I would like to create a copy of this workspace for my coworkers to use so that they don't have to go through the whole process of setting everything up. (What I want is similar to the functionality that vagrant provides, but I want to do it on cloud nine.)

I saw that there was a way to clone workspaces which I thought was doing this, but it seems like that just means cloning from a GitHub etc. repository. I know that I can share the exact workspace so that we both type in the same editor but I don't want that.

Is there a way to do what I want?

Answer 1

Update

This answer was only valid for c9.io, which has reached end of life. For AWS Cloud9, check out their documentation.

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There isn't a clone Cloud9 workspace feature yet, but its something that we're working on. For now, the best way to do it would be via Git using the 'Clone from URL' feature that you already discovered.

Update: As of March 2016, Cloud9 supports workspace cloning.

To clone a workspace:

• Go to your dashboard
• Find the workspace you want to clone
• Click Clone
• Set a name for your workspace, choose public / private and you'll have an exact copy of the workspace you cloned.