Architecture
VM snapshot
Quick answer
A VM snapshot captures the complete state of a virtual machine so it can be restored later.
A VM snapshot captures the complete state of a virtual machine so it can be restored later.
Why it matters
Restoring a snapshot after dependency installation removes the install step from CI entirely, rather than merely making it faster.
Your next build could be twice as fast, at half the price
Start free. Migrating away is the same one line, and we publish that diff too.
Related
Control planeThe control plane is the part of a system that makes scheduling and configuration decisions, as distinct from the data plane that executes the work.Data planeThe data plane is the part of a system that executes the actual workload — in CI, the runners that check out code and run your steps.Ephemeral storageEphemeral storage is disk attached to a runner for the duration of a job and wiped when the job ends.Runner poolA runner pool is a set of runner instances kept ready so queued jobs can start without waiting for a machine to boot.