Policies
Policies allow you to manage and configure functionality across your Gitpod organization.Manage a Policy
To update an Organizational policy:- Ensure you are a member with the “owner” role.
- Navigate to the Gitpod dashboard.
- Ensure you are in the context of the Organization you want to set the policy for.
- Navigate to the settings page.
- Update the relevant policy.
Workspace Sharing
Workspace sharing is enabled by default. Through this policy, Organization Owners can prevent Members from sharing workspaces that have been started within an Organization.- Prevents workspaces within an Organization from sharing access to a running workspace.
- Members can stop sharing a workspace at any time, regardless of the Organizational Policy.
- Any currently shared workspaces will not have sharing access removed.
Workspace timeouts
On the organization policy settings page, you can do the following to manage workspace timeouts:- Set the default workspace timeout for all workspaces in the organization. If users have defined their own workspace timeout in their preferences, it will be used instead.
- Enable or disable users’ ability to set their own workspace timeout. If disabled, the organization default timeout will be used for all workspaces, and users will not be able to use their own custom timeout or change it ad-hoc.