How to change the build working directory on Bamboo Stock Image elastic agents
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Problem
Storage limits on some elastic agent instances might require that the build directory of the elastic agent be relocated.
Workaround
You can solve this problem by adding a startup script to your image in Bamboo that will mount an external storage location to a local folder and update the agent configuration.
In Bamboo server, go to Admin >> Elastic Instances >> Image Configurations
Select the Stock image you want to customize and click Edit
Go to Instance startup script field and add the following script:
Linux Stock image
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9mkdir /b chown bamboo:bamboo -R /b mkdir -p /mnt/bamboo-ebs/bamboo-agent/ cp /opt/bamboo-elastic-agent/ebs-resources/bamboo-agent.cfg.xml /mnt/bamboo-ebs/bamboo-agent/ chown bamboo:bamboo -R /mnt/bamboo-ebs sed -i 's:<buildWorkingDirectory>.*</buildWorkingDirectory>:<buildWorkingDirectory>/b</buildWorkingDirectory>:g' /mnt/bamboo-ebs/bamboo-agent/bamboo-agent.cfg.xml su - bamboo -c "/opt/bamboo-elastic-agent/ebs-resources/customiseInstance.sh"Windows Stock image
1 2 3 4mkdir C:\b icacls "C:\b" /grant Bamboo:(OI)(CI)F /T sed -i "s/<buildWorkingDirectory>.*</<buildWorkingDirectory>c:\\\b</" C:\Users\Bamboo\bamboo-agent-home\bamboo-agent.cfg.template.xml
Start your elastic instance
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