| Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Backend storage migration of Jenkins instances |
P.S.: If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know or
comment on bug
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/helpdesk/-/issues/5054 where we
are also tracking this effort.
Regards,
Fred
On 26.09.24 22:10, Frederic Gurr wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As you might have noticed, we have been facing some backend storage
> issues that affect several services, most noticeable repo.eclipse.org
> and several Jenkins instances. In order to fix this, we need
> to migrate all Jenkins Home dirs to a different storage device.
>
> For most of the Jenkins instances that are rather small, this migration
> can be done quite quickly in half an hour or less.
> For a handful of Jenkins instances, the migration will take longer,
> depending on the used disk space and the number of files.
> During the migration, the Jenkins instances will be offline. After the
> migration, everything should work as before.
>
> During the next few weeks, smaller instances will be migrated, when it's
> their turn. If required, we will announce maintenance windows
> for larger instances.
>
> In order to speed up the migration, we would like to encourage all
> projects to clean up their Jenkins instances:
> * Get rid of old build jobs (especially if they are several years old)
> * Limit the number of builds to keep with artifacts (remember that
> Jenkins is not a file server)
> * Please make sure that Multibranch pipeline jobs have the following
> settings enabled:
> * Scan Repository Triggers -> Periodically if not otherwise run: 2 days
> * Orphaned Item Strategy -> Discard old items -> Max # of old items
> to keep: 5
>
> See also https://github.com/eclipse-cbi/jiro/wiki/CI-Best-Practices
>
> Your support in this effort is much appreciated.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Fred
>
>
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Frederic Gurr
Team Lead - Release Engineering | Eclipse Foundation Europe GmbH
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