Commit 4e811d1b authored by Kamil Trzciński's avatar Kamil Trzciński

Update docs

parent 6a66c829
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<code>4 mins 2 sec</code>, <code>2h42min</code>.
= link_to icon('question-circle'), help_page_path('user/admin_area/settings/continuous_integration', anchor: 'default-artifacts-expiration')
.form-group
= f.label :archive_builds_in_human_readable, 'Archive jobs in', class: 'label-bold'
= f.label :archive_builds_in_human_readable, 'Archive jobs', class: 'label-bold'
= f.text_field :archive_builds_in_human_readable, class: 'form-control', placeholder: 'never'
.form-text.text-muted
Set the duration when job gonna be considered old. Archived jobs cannot be retried.
Make it empty to never expire jobs. It has to be no less than 1 day.
For example: <code>15 days</code>, <code>1 month</code>, <code>2 years</code>.
Set the duration for which the jobs will be considered as old and expired.
Once that time passes, the jobs will be archived and no longer able to be
retried. Make it empty to never expire jobs. It has to be no less than 1 day,
for example: <code>15 days</code>, <code>1 month</code>, <code>2 years</code>.
= f.submit 'Save changes', class: "btn btn-success"
......@@ -50,19 +50,18 @@ This setting is set per job and can be overridden in
[`.gitlab-ci.yml`](../../../ci/yaml/README.md#artifacts-expire_in).
To disable the expiration, set it to `0`. The default unit is in seconds.
## Archive jobs in **[CORE ONLY]**
## Archive jobs **[CORE ONLY]**
Set this setting to enable when job gonna be considered old.
The purpose of that feature is to reduce the CI footprint on system
removing some of the capabilities of the jobs (metadata needed to run the build),
but persisting the traces and artifacts to retain for auditing purposes.
Archiving jobs is useful for reducing the CI/CD footprint on the system by
removing some of the capabilities of the jobs (metadata needed to run the job),
but persisting the traces and artifacts for auditing purposes.
The archived jobs cannot be retried. Making this field empty does never expire jobs.
The value has to be no less than 1 day. The example:
`15 days`, `1 month`, `2 years`.
To set the duration for which the jobs will be considered as old and expired:
To change it:
1. Go to **Admin area > Settings > Continuous Integration and Deployment**.
1. Change the value of archive jobs in.
1. Go to **Admin area > Settings > CI/CD > Continuous Integration and Deployment**.
1. Change the value of "Archive jobs".
1. Hit **Save changes** for the changes to take effect.
Once that time passes, the jobs will be archived and no longer able to be
retried. Make it empty to never expire jobs. It has to be no less than 1 day,
for example: <code>15 days</code>, <code>1 month</code>, <code>2 years</code>.
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