Increase Disk space for ctrlX Works App Build Environments

[stvihuynh]

Hello,

currently i am working many different applications which require more than 40 GB for building and testing. Therefore, i would like to ask if we can increase the available disk size for our build environment.

The ctrlX Works version i am using is 2.4.1.

Thank you

[nickH]

Hi @stvihuynh 

when creating a App build environment you can increase the maximum disk size in the launch.bat by editing this line (change 32 to the size you like): 

qemu-img create -b %IMG% -f qcow2 %QCOW2% -F qcow2 32G​

 This works before the first start of your App Build Environment. 

Best regards, 

Nick

[stvihuynh]

Great!!! Might i know where i can find the launch.bat file ?

I installed our ctrlX Works using default path 😊

[nickH]

Here you can find the storage location: 

[stvihuynh]

Hello,

i have tried to change the file according to your instructions. However, this method just seems to work if you create your build environment for the first time.

Is there a way that i can extend the disk space for my current build environment which i have created before ?

Sorry for this inconvenience, but the current setup for my build environment is pretty complicated so i would like to continue working on it as long as possible.

[nickH · Accepted solution]

Hi @stvihuynh 

there is actually a really easy solution how to increase the disk size of your App Build Environment. In case you want to increase the disk size of your App Build Environment, go to the sotrage location of your App Build Environment (see my previous post) and call 

    increase-virtual-size.bat

The virtual size is increased by 10GB. You can repeat this procedure if needed. Please do this, when the App Build Environment is not running. 

[stvihuynh]

Thank you for your help. This is exactly what I am looking for.