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authorAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2016-08-04 12:57:07 +0300
committerAchilleas Pipinellis <axilleas@axilleas.me>2016-08-04 13:06:26 +0300
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Refactor build artifacts documentation
- Split user and admin documentation - Use new location paths - Add new Continuous Integration guide for the Admin area - Link to new guide from the Admin area
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diff --git a/doc/administration/build_artifacts.md b/doc/administration/build_artifacts.md
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+# Build artifacts administration
+
+>**Notes:**
+>- Introduced in GitLab 8.2 and GitLab Runner 0.7.0.
+>- Starting from GitLab 8.4 and GitLab Runner 1.0, the artifacts archive format
+ changed to `ZIP`.
+>- This is the administration documentation. For the user guide see
+ [user/project/builds/artifacts.md](../user/project/builds/artifacts.md).
+
+Artifacts is a list of files and directories which are attached to a build
+after it completes successfully. This feature is enabled by default in all
+GitLab installations. Keep reading if you want to know how to disable it.
+
+## Disabling build artifacts
+
+To disable artifacts site-wide, follow the steps below.
+
+---
+
+**In Omnibus installations:**
+
+1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following line:
+
+ ```ruby
+ gitlab_rails['artifacts_enabled'] = false
+ ```
+
+1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
+
+---
+
+**In installations from source:**
+
+1. Edit `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` and add or amend the following lines:
+
+ ```yaml
+ artifacts:
+ enabled: false
+ ```
+
+1. Save the file and [restart GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
+
+## Storing build artifacts
+
+After a successful build, GitLab Runner uploads an archive containing the build
+artifacts to GitLab.
+
+To change the location where the artifacts are stored, follow the steps below.
+
+---
+
+**In Omnibus installations:**
+
+_The artifacts are stored by default in
+`/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared/artifacts`._
+
+1. To change the storage path for example to `/mnt/storage/artifacts`, edit
+ `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following line:
+
+ ```ruby
+ gitlab_rails['artifacts_path'] = "/mnt/storage/artifacts"
+ ```
+
+1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
+
+---
+
+**In installations from source:**
+
+_The artifacts are stored by default in
+`/home/git/gitlab/shared/artifacts`._
+
+1. To change the storage path for example to `/mnt/storage/artifacts`, edit
+ `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` and add or amend the following lines:
+
+ ```yaml
+ artifacts:
+ enabled: true
+ path: /mnt/storage/artifacts
+ ```
+
+1. Save the file and [restart GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
+
+## Set the maximum file size of the artifacts
+
+Provided the artifacts are enabled, you can change the maximum file size of the
+artifacts through the [Admin area settings](../user/admin_area/settings/continuous_integration#maximum-artifacts-size).
+
+[reconfigure gitlab]: restart_gitlab.md "How to restart GitLab"
+[restart gitlab]: restart_gitlab.md "How to restart GitLab"
diff --git a/doc/ci/README.md b/doc/ci/README.md
index 0833027f91d..10ce4ac8940 100644
--- a/doc/ci/README.md
+++ b/doc/ci/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
- [Use variables in your `.gitlab-ci.yml`](variables/README.md)
- [Use SSH keys in your build environment](ssh_keys/README.md)
- [Trigger builds through the API](triggers/README.md)
-- [Build artifacts](build_artifacts/README.md)
+- [Build artifacts](../user/project/builds/artifacts.md)
- [User permissions](../user/permissions.md#gitlab-ci)
- [API](../api/ci/README.md)
- [CI services (linked docker containers)](services/README.md)
diff --git a/doc/ci/build_artifacts/README.md b/doc/ci/build_artifacts/README.md
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--- a/doc/ci/build_artifacts/README.md
+++ b/doc/ci/build_artifacts/README.md
@@ -1,175 +1,4 @@
-# Introduction to build artifacts
+This document was moved to:
-Artifacts is a list of files and directories which are attached to a build
-after it completes successfully. This feature is enabled by default in all GitLab installations.
-
-_If you are searching for ways to use artifacts, jump to
-[Defining artifacts in `.gitlab-ci.yml`](#defining-artifacts-in-gitlab-ciyml)._
-
-Since GitLab 8.2 and [GitLab Runner] 0.7.0, build artifacts that are created by
-GitLab Runner are uploaded to GitLab and are downloadable as a single archive
-(`tar.gz`) using the GitLab UI.
-
-Starting from GitLab 8.4 and GitLab Runner 1.0, the artifacts archive format
-changed to `ZIP`, and it is now possible to browse its contents, with the added
-ability of downloading the files separately.
-
-**Note:**
-The artifacts browser will be available only for new artifacts that are sent
-to GitLab using GitLab Runner version 1.0 and up. It will not be possible to
-browse old artifacts already uploaded to GitLab.
-
-## Disabling build artifacts
-
-To disable artifacts site-wide, follow the steps below.
-
----
-
-**In Omnibus installations:**
-
-1. Edit `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following line:
-
- ```ruby
- gitlab_rails['artifacts_enabled'] = false
- ```
-
-1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
-
----
-
-**In installations from source:**
-
-1. Edit `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` and add or amend the following lines:
-
- ```yaml
- artifacts:
- enabled: false
- ```
-
-1. Save the file and [restart GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
-
-## Defining artifacts in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
-
-A simple example of using the artifacts definition in `.gitlab-ci.yml` would be
-the following:
-
-```yaml
-pdf:
- script: xelatex mycv.tex
- artifacts:
- paths:
- - mycv.pdf
-```
-
-A job named `pdf` calls the `xelatex` command in order to build a pdf file from
-the latex source file `mycv.tex`. We then define the `artifacts` paths which in
-turn are defined with the `paths` keyword. All paths to files and directories
-are relative to the repository that was cloned during the build.
-
-For more examples on artifacts, follow the
-[separate artifacts yaml documentation](../yaml/README.md#artifacts).
-
-## Storing build artifacts
-
-After a successful build, GitLab Runner uploads an archive containing the build
-artifacts to GitLab.
-
-To change the location where the artifacts are stored, follow the steps below.
-
----
-
-**In Omnibus installations:**
-
-_The artifacts are stored by default in
-`/var/opt/gitlab/gitlab-rails/shared/artifacts`._
-
-1. To change the storage path for example to `/mnt/storage/artifacts`, edit
- `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb` and add the following line:
-
- ```ruby
- gitlab_rails['artifacts_path'] = "/mnt/storage/artifacts"
- ```
-
-1. Save the file and [reconfigure GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
-
----
-
-**In installations from source:**
-
-_The artifacts are stored by default in
-`/home/git/gitlab/shared/artifacts`._
-
-1. To change the storage path for example to `/mnt/storage/artifacts`, edit
- `/home/git/gitlab/config/gitlab.yml` and add or amend the following lines:
-
- ```yaml
- artifacts:
- enabled: true
- path: /mnt/storage/artifacts
- ```
-
-1. Save the file and [restart GitLab][] for the changes to take effect.
-
-## Browsing build artifacts
-
-When GitLab receives an artifacts archive, an archive metadata file is also
-generated. This metadata file describes all the entries that are located in the
-artifacts archive itself. The metadata file is in a binary format, with
-additional GZIP compression.
-
-GitLab does not extract the artifacts archive in order to save space, memory
-and disk I/O. It instead inspects the metadata file which contains all the
-relevant information. This is especially important when there is a lot of
-artifacts, or an archive is a very large file.
-
----
-
-After a successful build, if you visit the build's specific page, you can see
-that there are two buttons.
-
-One is for downloading the artifacts archive and the other for browsing its
-contents.
-
-![Build artifacts browser button](img/build_artifacts_browser_button.png)
-
----
-
-The archive browser shows the name and the actual file size of each file in the
-archive. If your artifacts contained directories, then you are also able to
-browse inside them.
-
-Below you can see an image of three different file formats, as well as two
-directories.
-
-![Build artifacts browser](img/build_artifacts_browser.png)
-
----
-
-## Downloading build artifacts
-
-If you need to download the whole archive, there are buttons in various places
-inside GitLab that make that possible.
-
-1. While on the builds page, you can see the download icon for each build's
- artifacts archive in the right corner
-
-1. While inside a specific build, you are presented with a download button
- along with the one that browses the archive
-
-1. And finally, when browsing an archive you can see the download button at
- the top right corner
-
----
-
-Note that GitLab does not extract the entire artifacts archive to send just a
-single file to the user.
-
-When clicking on a specific file, [GitLab Workhorse] extracts it from the
-archive and the download begins.
-
-This implementation saves space, memory and disk I/O.
-
-[gitlab runner]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ci-multi-runner "GitLab Runner repository"
-[reconfigure gitlab]: ../../administration/restart_gitlab.md "How to restart GitLab documentation"
-[restart gitlab]: ../../administration/restart_gitlab.md "How to restart GitLab documentation"
-[gitlab workhorse]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-workhorse "GitLab Workhorse repository"
+- [user/project/builds/artifacts.md](../user/project/builds/artifacts.md) - user guide
+- [administration/build_artifacts.md](../administration/build_artifacts.md) - administrator guide
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+# Continuous integration Admin settings
+
+## Maximum artifacts size
+
+The maximum size of the [build artifacts][art-yml] can be set in the Admin area
+of your GitLab instance. The value is in MB and the default is 100MB. Note that
+this setting is set for each build.
+
+1. Go to **Admin area > Settings** (`/admin/application_settings`).
+
+ ![Admin area settings button](img/admin_area_settings_button.png)
+
+1. Change the value of the maximum artifacts size (in MB):
+
+ ![Admin area maximum artifacts size](img/admin_area_maximum_artifacts_size.png)
+
+1. Hit **Save** for the changes to take effect.
+
+
+[art-yml]: ../../../administration/build_artifacts.md
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+# Introduction to build artifacts
+
+>**Notes:**
+>- Since GitLab 8.2 and GitLab Runner 0.7.0, build artifacts that are created by
+ GitLab Runner are uploaded to GitLab and are downloadable as a single archive
+ (`tar.gz`) using the GitLab UI.
+>- Starting from GitLab 8.4 and GitLab Runner 1.0, the artifacts archive format
+ changed to `ZIP`, and it is now possible to browse its contents, with the added
+ ability of downloading the files separately.
+>- The artifacts browser will be available only for new artifacts that are sent
+ to GitLab using GitLab Runner version 1.0 and up. It will not be possible to
+ browse old artifacts already uploaded to GitLab.
+>- This is the user documentation. For the administration guide see
+ [administration/build_artifacts.md](../../../administration/build_artifacts.md).
+
+Artifacts is a list of files and directories which are attached to a build
+after it completes successfully. This feature is enabled by default in all GitLab installations.
+
+## Defining artifacts in `.gitlab-ci.yml`
+
+A simple example of using the artifacts definition in `.gitlab-ci.yml` would be
+the following:
+
+```yaml
+pdf:
+ script: xelatex mycv.tex
+ artifacts:
+ paths:
+ - mycv.pdf
+```
+
+A job named `pdf` calls the `xelatex` command in order to build a pdf file from
+the latex source file `mycv.tex`. We then define the `artifacts` paths which in
+turn are defined with the `paths` keyword. All paths to files and directories
+are relative to the repository that was cloned during the build.
+
+For more examples on artifacts, follow the artifacts reference in
+[`.gitlab-ci.yml` documentation](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifacts).
+
+## Browsing build artifacts
+
+When GitLab receives an artifacts archive, an archive metadata file is also
+generated. This metadata file describes all the entries that are located in the
+artifacts archive itself. The metadata file is in a binary format, with
+additional GZIP compression.
+
+GitLab does not extract the artifacts archive in order to save space, memory
+and disk I/O. It instead inspects the metadata file which contains all the
+relevant information. This is especially important when there is a lot of
+artifacts, or an archive is a very large file.
+
+---
+
+After a build finishes, if you visit the build's specific page, you can see
+that there are two buttons. One is for downloading the artifacts archive and
+the other for browsing its contents.
+
+![Build artifacts browser button](img/build_artifacts_browser_button.png)
+
+---
+
+The archive browser shows the name and the actual file size of each file in the
+archive. If your artifacts contained directories, then you are also able to
+browse inside them.
+
+Below you can see how browsing looks like. In this case we have browsed inside
+the archive and at this point there is one directory and one HTML file.
+
+![Build artifacts browser](img/build_artifacts_browser.png)
+
+---
+
+## Downloading build artifacts
+
+>**Note:**
+GitLab does not extract the entire artifacts archive to send just a single file
+to the user. When clicking on a specific file, [GitLab Workhorse] extracts it
+from the archive and the download begins. This implementation saves space,
+memory and disk I/O.
+
+If you need to download the whole archive, there are buttons in various places
+inside GitLab that make that possible.
+
+1. While on the pipelines page, you can see the download icon for each build's
+ artifacts archive in the right corner:
+
+ ![Build artifacts in Pipelines page](img/build_artifacts_pipelines_page.png)
+
+1. While on the builds page, you can see the download icon for each build's
+ artifacts archive in the right corner:
+
+ ![Build artifacts in Builds page](img/build_artifacts_builds_page.png)
+
+1. While inside a specific build, you are presented with a download button
+ along with the one that browses the archive:
+
+ ![Build artifacts browser button](img/build_artifacts_browser_button.png)
+
+1. And finally, when browsing an archive you can see the download button at
+ the top right corner:
+
+ ![Build artifacts browser](img/build_artifacts_browser.png)
+
+[gitlab workhorse]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-workhorse "GitLab Workhorse repository"
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