nextcloud / nextcloud/cookbook
Use of tmpfs for the build in the CI
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Description
Currently, the CI uses the hard drive to store the CI intermediate files. This can be reworked to use tmpfs instead. This should speed up the integration testing especially when the DB is located in tmpfs.
For reference: https://vladmihalcea.com/how-to-run-integration-tests-at-warp-speed-with-docker-and-tmpfs/
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the repository's CI configuration and the integration-test storage setup. Confirm how intermediate files and the database are currently stored, then verify that the CI job uses tmpfs and that the integration tests complete successfully.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- ci-cd, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100