DevPod - Protected Development Environment (PoC)

Proof of concept showing how to spin up a protected DevPod with preinstalled tools (features) and personal dotfiles.

Overview

What this PoC demonstrates:

• Isolated containerized dev environment
• Preinstalled tools via features
• Dotfiles setup (ZSH + utilities)

Structure

devpod/
├── features                        # Place additional features here (optional)
│   └── kubectl-helm-minikube
├── local-feature                   # Custom feature: installs dotfiles for example
│   ├── devcontainer-feature.json
│   └── install.sh
└── README.md

Quickstart

Prerequisite: DevPod CLI installed

curl -L -o devpod "https://github.com/loft-sh/devpod/releases/latest/download/devpod-linux-amd64" && sudo install -c -m 0755 devpod /usr/local/bin && rm -f devpod

Clone the this repo

git clone https://github.com/tonytech83/devpod.git
cd devpod

Run the DevPod:

devpod up . --ide none

List, SSH, and delete:

devpod list
devpod ssh <workspace-name>
devpod delete <workspace-name>

Using the local feature (check ./devcontainer/devcontainer.jason)

"postCreateCommand": "bash ./local-feature/install.sh"

This runs local-feature/install.sh, which installs ZSH, fzf, zoxide, lsd, sets up Oh-My-Posh, and applies dotfiles.

Notes

• This repo intentionally avoids app code; it only showcases a feature-based setup.
• Extend by adding more features under features/ or customizing local-feature/install.sh.

Troubleshooting

devpod logs <workspace-name>
devpod ssh <workspace-name>

Resources: https://devpod.sh/docs, https://containers.dev/features