Job ID questions

[Dan Conway]

Hello,

Is there a way to reset the job ID counter to 1? Furthermore, what would be the limitation of this value? 

Thanks.

[rac...@rundeck.com]

Hi Dan,

Jobs ID aren't auto-incremented id's values, are random string generated by UUID (unique universal identifier). Take a look a this.

To create a custom job ID: Create a new job, go to the "Other" tab, scroll down and define the custom ID on the "UUID" textbox, and save.

Regards!

[Dan Conway]

Thanks for your feedback, I used the wrong terminology in the original post. I meant the execution ID's. One location for reference would be the very right side of the row under the "Activity" tab.

Thank you.

[rac...@rundeck.com]

Hi Dan,

Rundeck doesn’t have that functionality. Alternatively, you can do it by manipulating the database backend but that’s not recommended. A good approach is to use a Rundeck instance for testing (for example, using the default H2 backend) and another one configured for production usage (against a real database backend).

Regarding the limitation of that value, that value is internally defined as long data type (so theoretically 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 executions, a lot of executions ;-).

Greetings.

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