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diff --git a/doc/ci/pipelines/pipeline_efficiency.md b/doc/ci/pipelines/pipeline_efficiency.md index 5bb435dddf6..91560a0420f 100644 --- a/doc/ci/pipelines/pipeline_efficiency.md +++ b/doc/ci/pipelines/pipeline_efficiency.md @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ heavily influenced by the: - The ["critical path"](#directed-acyclic-graphs-dag-visualization), which represents the minimum and maximum pipeline duration. -Additional points to pay attention relate to [GitLab Runners](../runners/README.md): +Additional points to pay attention relate to [GitLab Runners](../runners/index.md): - Availability of the runners and the resources they are provisioned with. - Build dependencies and their installation time. @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ It's important to understand and document the pipeline workflows, and discuss po actions and changes. Refactoring pipelines may need careful interaction between teams in the DevSecOps lifecycle. -Pipeline analysis can help identify issues with cost efficiency. For example, [runners](../runners/README.md) +Pipeline analysis can help identify issues with cost efficiency. For example, [runners](../runners/index.md) hosted with a paid cloud service may be provisioned with: - More resources than needed for CI/CD pipelines, wasting money. @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ representation of pipeline health. Instance administrators have access to additional [performance metrics and self-monitoring](../../administration/monitoring/index.md). -You can fetch specific pipeline health metrics from the [API](../../api/README.md). +You can fetch specific pipeline health metrics from the [API](../../api/index.md). External monitoring tools can poll the API and verify pipeline health or collect metrics for long term SLA analytics. @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ with embedded metric charts and all valuable details to analyze the problem. Review the storage use of the following to help analyze costs and efficiency: -- [Job artifacts](job_artifacts.md) and their [`expire_in`](../yaml/README.md#artifactsexpire_in) +- [Job artifacts](job_artifacts.md) and their [`expire_in`](../yaml/index.md#artifactsexpire_in) configuration. If kept for too long, storage usage grows and could slow pipelines down. - [Container registry](../../user/packages/container_registry/index.md) usage. - [Package registry](../../user/packages/package_registry/index.md) usage. @@ -162,9 +162,9 @@ make pipelines run faster and more efficiently. Try to find which jobs don't need to run in all situations, and use pipeline configuration to stop them from running: -- Use the [`interruptible`](../yaml/README.md#interruptible) keyword to stop old pipelines +- Use the [`interruptible`](../yaml/index.md#interruptible) keyword to stop old pipelines when they are superseded by a newer pipeline. -- Use [`rules`](../yaml/README.md#rules) to skip tests that aren't needed. For example, +- Use [`rules`](../yaml/index.md#rules) to skip tests that aren't needed. For example, skip backend tests when only the frontend code is changed. - Run non-essential [scheduled pipelines](schedules.md) less frequently. @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ shouldn't run, saving pipeline resources. In a basic configuration, jobs always wait for all other jobs in earlier stages to complete before running. This is the simplest configuration, but it's also the slowest in most cases. [Directed Acyclic Graphs](../directed_acyclic_graph/index.md) and -[parent/child pipelines](../parent_child_pipelines.md) are more flexible and can +[parent/child pipelines](parent_child_pipelines.md) are more flexible and can be more efficient, but can also make pipelines harder to understand and analyze. ### Caching @@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ Another optimization method is to [cache](../caching/index.md) dependencies. If dependencies change rarely, like [NodeJS `/node_modules`](../caching/index.md#cache-nodejs-dependencies), caching can make pipeline execution much faster. -You can use [`cache:when`](../yaml/README.md#cachewhen) to cache downloaded dependencies +You can use [`cache:when`](../yaml/index.md#cachewhen) to cache downloaded dependencies even when a job fails. ### Docker Images |