Excellent!
Changing Build Record Root Directory in the system settings was exactly
what I was hoping for.
I never noticed that was there, assuming the setting has been there all
along..
My jobs folder is now a very managable size, containing pretty much just
the config.xml files, next build number, and a few symbolic links.
Thanks!
On Friday, March 10, 2017 at 10:24:05 PM UTC-5, Christopher Orr wrote:
>
> On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, at 22:37, Gastro Man wrote:
> > Is it possible to configure Jenkins so the jobs' build history is not
> > contained in the same directory as the config.xml?
> >
> > Ideally, I would prefer all the configs to be together in an area
> > ("job_config" folder) that I can put in source control, backup, quickly
> > search and compare, and manage.
> >
> > And then the gigabytes of data stored in histories could be in another
> > location ("job_history" folder) where I don't care about source control,
> > don't need to include when searching across configs, etc.
> > Possibly even store this on a separate storage device..
> >
> > I find it frustrating to have the mixing of "control" and "data" inside
> > every single job subfolder, but I haven't found a way around this so
> far.
>
> You could mark the "builds" subdirectories as ignored in source control?
>
> Or if you go to Manage Jenkins > Configure System and click "Advanced"
> at the top of the page, you'll be able to alter where build data is
> stored ("Build Record Root Directory").
>
> If you change this to "${JENKINS_HOME}/builds/${ITEM_FULLNAME}", for
> example, then all of the build data will be stored there.
>
> At this point, the only thing left in ${JENKINS_HOME}/jobs/<name> (i.e.
> ${ITEM_ROOTDIR}) will be the job config.xml, and the metadata about
> build numbers and last success/failure symlinks etc..
>
> Note that changing this value will not automagically migrate all of your
> existing data to the new location you've specified.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
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