diff --git a/doc/ci/caching/img/clear_runners_cache.png b/doc/ci/caching/img/clear_runners_cache.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e5db4a47b3eaac4633d77d596833458aa8f005aa Binary files /dev/null and b/doc/ci/caching/img/clear_runners_cache.png differ diff --git a/doc/ci/caching/index.md b/doc/ci/caching/index.md index c4b2a25d4a88355110773a66fe05711001c5c8a5..c159198d16babef4a857b12cea147c48e00ce0ef 100644 --- a/doc/ci/caching/index.md +++ b/doc/ci/caching/index.md @@ -454,17 +454,19 @@ next run of the pipeline, the cache will be stored in a different location. > [Introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/41249) in GitLab 10.4. If you want to avoid editing `.gitlab-ci.yml`, you can easily clear the cache -via GitLab's UI. This will have an impact on all caches of your project as -name of the cache directory will be renamed by appending an integer to it -(`-1`, `-2`, etc.): +via GitLab's UI: -1. Navigate to your project's **CI/CD > Pipelines** page. -1. Click on the **Clear Runner caches** to clean up the cache. -1. On the next push, your CI/CD job will use a new cache. +1. Navigate to your project's **CI/CD > Pipelines** page +1. Click on the **Clear Runner caches** button to clean up the cache + + ![Clear Runners cache](img/clear_runners_cache.png) + +1. On the next push, your CI/CD job will use a new cache Behind the scenes, this works by increasing a counter in the database, and the -value of that counter is used to create the key for the cache. After a push, a -new key is generated and the old cache is not valid anymore. +value of that counter is used to create the key for the cache by appending an +integer to it: `-1`, `-2`, etc. After a push, a new key is generated and the +old cache is not valid anymore. ## Cache vs artifacts