I also couldn't get the buildDiscarder working, nothing seems to be happening. In our case we create a lot of long lasting branches which filled up our Jenins server disk space pretty quickly. I wrote a quick Groovy script to delete old builds across all branches but I'd prefer a more integrated solution:
https://gist.github.com/kevin-brotcke/8f65f07e7314ae811df242abc70b2ef2 On Friday, May 5, 2017 at 1:06:04 PM UTC-7, Mark Stosberg wrote: > > On Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at 4:08:53 AM UTC-5, Baptiste Mathus wrote: >>> >>> I don't think there's something per branch, but you probably want to >>> either search JIRA and/or file a new feature request about it. >>> >>> You shouldn't need a special plugin, this is a standard feature. Here's >>> the way to do it with Declarative Pipeline: >>> >>> pipeline { >>> options { >>> buildDiscarder(logRotator(numToKeepStr: '20')) >>> } >>> ... >>> } >>> >>> Or with scripted Pipeline: >>> https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/master/Jenkinsfile#L17-L19 >>> >> > > I'm stil not seeing any signs that the buildDiscarder plugin is working > for me. At the top of my Jenkinsfile, I have this: > > properties([[ > $class: 'jenkins.model.BuildDiscarderProperty', > strategy: [$class: 'LogRotator', numToKeepStr: '50', > artifactNumToKeepStr: '50'] > ]]) > > That's just above my "node {}" block. > > From reading related source code at: > > https://github.com/jenkinsci/jenkins/blob/08def67a18eee51de9f3f99bc2a792fee1c160e0/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/LogRotator.java > > I can see that this function should generate some logging, but I can't > find the log entries indicating this is running in either the web-based > Jenkins log page, or under /var/log/jenkins/* > > The effective-but-imperfect workaround I've found is to just manually > delete only builds: > > find "/var/lib/jenkins/jobs/My Pipeline/branches/" -mindepth 3 > -maxdepth 3 -type d -ctime +15 | xargs -d '\n' rm -rf > > That doesn't have the safety nets of preserving any builds that are > last-successful, promoted, etc. > > Some questions: > > * Should the logging I see in the source code *always* be happening or > there something I need to do activate that logging? > * Should properties() call work outside a node block? > * Are there any serious drawbacks to just manually deleting old build > myself? This built-in log rotation has proven especially time-consuming for > what seems like it should be a simple feature to setup. > > Thanks, > > Mark > > 2017-02-28 20:24 GMT+01:00 Mark Stosberg <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> For cleaning up old builds, the "Discard Old Builds" plugin is >>>> recommended: >>>> >>>> https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Discard+Old+Build+plugin >>>> >>>> However, the instructions for reference a "post build" step which >>>> doesn't exist in the Configure interface for Multibranch Pipeline >>>> projects. >>>> >>>> What's the recommended way to clean-up builds from multi-branch >>>> pipeline projects? Ideally I'd like different pruning policies for >>>> different branches. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Jenkins Users" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/1d9e0343-bbce-474f-a4fe-7623a4f39aaf%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/1d9e0343-bbce-474f-a4fe-7623a4f39aaf%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-users/b6dfc6d2-0d82-4bc3-a356-a710cfc01a6d%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
