To make connections fast, a user can download the IDE backend into their workspace image. Can we support specifying the path of the backend to be used by the gateway to establish the connection?
We currently support specifying versions and downlod_url that downloads the given version from the internet if it does not exist on a default location.
Related upstream issue(s):
- https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-170135/Ability-to-add-an-already-installed-IDE-via-Gateway-UI
- https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-166728/API-for-gateway-to-predownload-client
- https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IJPL-170129/Background-Automated-Backend-Installation