A Coder administrator adds a dev container-compatible template to Coder

(Envbuilder). This allows the template to prompt for the developer for their dev

container repository's URL as a

[parameter](../../extending-templates/parameters.md) when they create their

workspace. Envbuilder clones the repo and builds a container from the

`devcontainer.json` specified in the repo.

This guide shows platform administrators how to add an Envbuilder dev container template to Coder.

You can create template files through the Coder dashboard, CLI, or you can

choose a template from the

This allows the template to prompt for the developer for their dev container repository's URL as a

[parameter](../../extending-templates/parameters.md) when they create their workspace.

Envbuilder clones the repo and builds a container from the`devcontainer.json` specified in the repo.

For the Docker-based Dev Containers integration, follow the[Configure a template for dev containers](../../extending-templates/devcontainers.md) documentation instead.

You can create template files through the Coder dashboard, CLI, or you can choose a template from the

[Coder registry](https://registry.coder.com/templates):

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- [Choose an approach to Dev Containers](../../extending-templates/dev-containers-envbuilder.md)

- [Dev container security and caching](./devcontainer-security-caching.md)

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