Build garbage collection — Custom GC policies in BuildKit
Custom GC policies let you fine-tune how BuildKit manages its cache, and gives you full control over cache retention based on criteria such as cache type, duration, or disk space thresholds.
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Custom GC policies let you fine-tune how BuildKit manages its cache, and gives you full control over cache retention based on criteria such as cache type, duration, or disk space thresholds. If you need full control over the cache thresholds and how cache records should be prioritized, defining custom GC policies is the way to go.
To define a custom GC policy, use the [[worker.oci.gcpolicy]] configuration block in buildkitd.toml. Each policy define the thresholds that will be used for that policy. The global values for reservedSpace, maxUsedSpace, and minFreeSpace do not apply if you use custom policies.
Here’s an example configuration
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