fix(forgejo-runner-prune): actually reach buildx cache, bring under gitops management
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docker system prune --volumes can never touch the buildx builder's
cache volume - it's attached to a running container, and 'volumes'
prune only removes *unattached* ones. This CronJob ran every 30
minutes for 59 days reporting 'Total reclaimed space: 0B' every
single time while each runner's buildx cache silently grew to
57-98GB (discovered chasing a disk-pressure report on nxtgauge-2/3/4).

Fix: attach the real named builder ('nxtgauge-builder', matching
what CI actually uses) first, then call 'docker buildx prune'
directly, capped at --keep-storage 20GB so it doesn't just regrow
unbounded. Verified live: manually pruned gwsh7 (80%->16% node disk)
and ktst5 (84%->47%), then confirmed the patched CronJob is a true
no-op on an already-clean cache.

Also found and cleaned up (host-level, not gitops - out of band from
k8s): 18 orphaned buildx_buildkit_* containers on nxtgauge-1 from 2
months of ad-hoc 'docker buildx create' calls with no --name reuse,
totally invisible to buildx CLI and unrelated to CI (39.63GB, node
went 76%->50%). Added a daily cron job on that host
(~/.local/bin/docker-cleanup.sh) to keep it from reaccumulating,
since that's the host's standalone Docker daemon, outside k8s/gitops
entirely.

This CronJob + its RBAC (docker-prune-sa/-role/-binding) previously
existed only as manually-applied live objects, not tracked in git -
same pattern as nxtgauge-containerd-cleanup. Adding manifests and
wiring into clusters/production so Flux manages it going forward.
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sync-test 2026-08-16 04:11:21 +05:30
parent c9fd51d5bc
commit bc13ea25d1
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- ../../apps/litellm/base
- ../../ops/openobserve-alerts
- ../../ops/nxtgauge-containerd-cleanup
- ../../ops/nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune
- flux-system/traceworks2026-image-automation.yaml
- ../../apps/traceworks2026/overlays/prod

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apiVersion: batch/v1
kind: CronJob
metadata:
name: nxtgauge-forgejo-runner-prune
namespace: forgejo
labels:
app: forgejo-runner
tier: ops
spec:
schedule: "*/30 * * * *"
concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
startingDeadlineSeconds: 300
successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
jobTemplate:
spec:
activeDeadlineSeconds: 300
backoffLimit: 1
template:
metadata:
labels:
app: forgejo-runner-prune
spec:
serviceAccountName: docker-prune-sa
restartPolicy: OnFailure
containers:
- name: prune
image: ci.nxtgauge.com/admin/bitnami-kubectl:latest
imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
resources:
requests:
cpu: 50m
memory: 32Mi
limits:
cpu: 200m
memory: 128Mi
command:
- /bin/sh
- -ec
- |
echo "Pruning Docker + buildx cache on each forgejo-runner pod..."
# docker system prune alone can NEVER reach the buildx builder's
# cache - it lives in a named volume attached to a running
# container, which "system prune --volumes" only removes when
# *unattached*. This ran every 30 minutes for 59 days reporting
# "Total reclaimed space: 0B" while the builder cache silently
# grew to 60-98GB per runner (fixed 2026-08-16). Attaching the
# real named builder first and calling `buildx prune` directly
# is what actually reaches it; `system prune` after that still
# helps with unrelated dangling images/containers.
for pod in $(kubectl get pods -n forgejo -l app=forgejo-runner -o name); do
echo "Pruning $pod..."
kubectl exec -n forgejo "$pod" -c dind -- sh -c '
docker buildx create --use --name nxtgauge-builder >/dev/null 2>&1 || docker buildx use nxtgauge-builder >/dev/null 2>&1
echo " buildx cache before:"; docker buildx du 2>/dev/null | tail -1
docker buildx prune -af --keep-storage 20GB 2>&1 | tail -3
docker system prune -af 2>&1 | tail -2
' 2>/dev/null || true
done
echo "Done."

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apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
kind: Kustomization
resources:
- rbac.yaml
- cronjob.yaml

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apiVersion: v1
kind: ServiceAccount
metadata:
name: docker-prune-sa
namespace: forgejo
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: ClusterRole
metadata:
name: docker-prune-role
rules:
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods/exec"]
verbs: ["create"]
- apiGroups: [""]
resources: ["pods"]
verbs: ["get", "list"]
---
apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
kind: RoleBinding
metadata:
name: docker-prune-binding
namespace: forgejo
roleRef:
apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
kind: ClusterRole
name: docker-prune-role
subjects:
- kind: ServiceAccount
name: docker-prune-sa
namespace: forgejo