Improve repository documentation with comprehensive guides and workflow explanations #18
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Pull Request Overview
This PR significantly enhances the repository documentation by adding comprehensive guides and workflow explanations to improve project accessibility and maintainability. The changes transform a minimal repository into a well-documented project with clear contribution guidelines and detailed setup instructions.
- Comprehensive repository documentation with quick start guide, project structure explanation, and detailed GitHub Actions workflow documentation
- Enhanced template documentation with better organization, configuration details, and troubleshooting guides
- New contributing guidelines with complete development setup, testing procedures, and pull request processes
Reviewed Changes
Copilot reviewed 3 out of 3 changed files in this pull request and generated 5 comments.
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| README.md | Adds main repository documentation covering project overview, structure, GitHub Actions workflow, and dependency management |
| template-kubernetes/README.md | Enhances template documentation with features overview, configuration parameters, troubleshooting guide, and improved organization |
| CONTRIBUTING.md | Creates comprehensive contribution guidelines with development setup, testing procedures, and development tips |
| #### Required Secrets | ||
| - `CODER_SESSION_TOKEN`: Authentication token for your Coder instance | ||
| - Generate via: `coder tokens create --lifetime 87600h` | ||
| - Add to repository secrets in GitHub |
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Consider adding a note about token security best practices, such as using tokens with minimal required permissions and setting appropriate expiration times.
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| - Add to repository secrets in GitHub | |
| - **Security best practices:** Use tokens with the minimal required permissions, set appropriate expiration times (prefer shorter lifetimes), and rotate tokens regularly. Avoid using long-lived or overly permissive tokens in automation. |
| - **Default**: 2 cores | ||
| - **Mutable**: Yes (can be changed after workspace creation) | ||
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| ### Memory Allocation |
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| The workspace includes several built-in monitoring metrics: | ||
| - CPU usage (workspace and host) | ||
| - Memory usage (workspace and host) |
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| - Memory usage (workspace and host) |
| The template supports several parameters that can be configured when creating workspaces: | ||
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| - **CPU**: 2, 4, 6, or 8 cores | ||
| - **Memory**: 2, 4, 6, or 8 GB RAM |
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| - **Memory**: 2, 4, 6, or 8 GB RAM | |
| - **Memory**: 2, 4, 6, or 8 GB RAM |
| The workflow deploys test workspaces with these parameters: | ||
| - `namespace`: `coder-workspace` | ||
| - `cpu`: `2` | ||
| - `memory`: `2` |
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| - `memory`: `2` |
This PR significantly enhances the repository documentation to provide a complete understanding of the Coder Kubernetes template project, addressing the need for better project description, contribution guidelines, and workflow explanations.
What's Added
📖 Main Repository README
🤝 Contributing Guidelines
✨ Enhanced Template Documentation
Impact
This documentation improvement makes the repository significantly more accessible to:
The documentation now covers all aspects of the project from initial setup to advanced customization, with a total of 607 lines of well-structured content across three comprehensive files.
Fixes #17.
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