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Gitlab runner deletes some files/folders on the server

I'm deploying a Django project on Centos 7 server using gitlab runner.

Each time I commit and push the project, gitlab runner tries to remove folders (such as the media folder) that are not in the gitlab repository(are on .gitignore).

I don't want gitlab runner to delete media files.

How can I ignore deleting some files and folders when gitlab runner starts its job?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • I found the answer.

    I've put the media folder inside the project in the root static/media, so every time gitlab runner deletes all the files and folders that are not in the project directory in the gitlab (also the media folder).

    Simply, I put that media folder outside of the project.

    former MEDIA_ROOT in settings.py:

    MEDIA_ROOT= os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static/media/')

    changed it to:

    MEDIA_ROOT = '/home/gitlab-runner/builds/path-to-some-folder-outside-of-the-project-root/media/'

    former nginx configuration:

    location /media/ {
    alias /home/gitlab-runner/builds/path-to-my-project/static/media/ ;
}

    changed to:

    location /media/ {
    alias /home/gitlab-runner/builds/path-to-some-folder-outside-of-the-project-root/media/ ;
}

    Hope it helps anybody that has this problem.