4x build machine

[Hemant Chigadani]

Bitbucket can provide us 4x or 8x machine at extract cost? If so what is the pricing please share.

[Mark C · Accepted solution]

Hi @Hemant Chigadani,

Welcome to the community.

If you'd like to run your builds on Bitbucket Cloud Pipelines infrastructure, you can only use up to 8 GB memory (size: 2x).
However, if you're using Bitbucket Cloud Pipelines self-hosted runners, you can configure your build to use up to 32 GB (size: 8x) without additional cost, given the self-hosted machine has the memory capacity.

Regards,
Mark C

[Hemant Chigadani]

Thank you @Mark C  for the reply.

I had previously tried self-hosted runners, in this approach an instance of runners always be running irrespective its used or not. 

Is there way I could spine up the runner as and then required based on the pipeline triggers/events?

Thank you.

[Mark C]

Hi @Hemant Chigadani

Would you be able to confirm if you're referring to autoscaling runners?

Regards,
Mark C

[Hemant Chigadani]

Yes @Mark C 

Thats correct autoscaling runners 
https://bitbucket.org/bitbucketpipelines/runners-autoscaler/src/2.2.3/

Or
any other mean where bitbucket can support runner scalability zero to many based on bitbucket events,

thanks

[Mark C]

Hi @Hemant Chigadani,

Unfortunately, we don't officially support auto-scaling in Pipelines runners at the moment.
We do have an existing feature request for it that can be located through this link. - https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BCLOUD-21343
You can upvote and watch it for now so that you'll be notified of any updates from our team when the feature becomes available on Bitbucket Cloud.

As a workaround, you can use the runners-autoscaler script which only autoscale runners according to the current workload in the build.
Sadly, there's no option to autoscale runners based on triggers or events.

Regards,
Mark C

[Al Karama Technical]

Thank you for the information, Mark.

I appreciate the clarification on the current limitations regarding auto-scaling in Pipelines runners. As someone who manages both a web development business and an appliance repair service (Al Karama Washer Repair Services), efficient automation is crucial for maintaining smooth operations across various tasks. I’ll look into the runners-autoscaler script as a temporary solution. Meanwhile, I’ve upvoted and will keep an eye on the feature request.

Best regards,
Al Karama

[smith jon]

It sounds like you are trying to figure out whether Bitbucket supports a larger 4x build machine, and from what I’ve seen, Bitbucket Cloud currently caps at 2x, so anyone needing more power usually switches to self hosted runners where you can choose your own hardware and scale the machine based on your build requirements. This gives you the flexibility to handle heavier workloads without waiting on Cloud limits, and some teams even use lightweight autoscaling tools so large machines only run when needed. are your builds running into memory limits or just taking too long to complete? Also, heres a small reference I have seen mentioned in similar discussions: 5thaxis which can be helpful when comparing different setup approaches.