Automate builds of self-hosted Gitpod for preview environments

[jldec]

For validating features like self-hosted admin and auth integrations, it would be useful if developers could build and deploy dedicated preview environments with a self-hosted Gitpod installation, the same way we currently do for SaaS.

Maybe this could be controlled with a label or /command in the PR description, to override the default preview build and deployment.

Typical use-case

• Create a PR with new self-hosted admin dashboard feature to configure auth integration.
• This triggers werft jobs to build and deploy a self-hosted instance in a preview environment.
• On commit, re-run the build and redeploy self-hosted to the same preview environment.

cc: @svenefftinge

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[lucasvaltl]

Should be (indirectly) enabled via #7316.

[lucasvaltl]

This is something being discussed together with Team Platform :) We want to do this.

[corneliusludmann]

See also (internal)

[lucasvaltl]

Team platform is writing an RFC about this by end of this week. Then we can refine this ticket.