Is it safe to delete files in xml-data/build-dir/

Jayasree Tadanki

Hi

I see we have folders/files from 2/23/17 in xml-data/build/dir

Is it OK to clean them up?

Thanks in advance

Jayasree

Steffen Opel [Utoolity]

Probably not, though this depends on your retention needs for the build and deployment artifacts etc. - please see section /xml-data/builds/ within Bamboo server home directory (also applies to Bamboo agent home directory) for details:

This is known as the Build Directory. This is where Bamboo stores build results (note that they will be deleted as described in Configuring global expiry). Its contents can be backed up as per Exporting data for backup.

xml-data/builds/<em>JOB_KEY</em>/results
Contains the build results for all the builds belonging to the JOB_KEY plan. Each build result is an individual XML file. Do not edit these files or the corresponding information in the database may become corrupt.

xml-data/builds/<em>JOB_KEY</em>/download-data
Contains the logs for each build belonging to the JOB_KEY plan.

As hinted upon in the first paragraph, rather than manually cleaning up those build directories, the recommended way to deal with old files is Configuring global expiry according to your business needs:

Global expiry allows you to manage the timing for when build and deployment artifacts should be deleted from your Bamboo system.

You may want to consider doing this for the following reasons:

• Build and deployment artifacts can be large, and so consume storage on your system. Your system may run out of disk space if artifacts no longer in active use are retained indefinitely.
• Large numbers of builds and deployments clutter the Bamboo user interface, and may reduce performance, making it slower to work with Bamboo.

See this Atlassian blog post for a discussion of using build expiry and labels.

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