Architecture

This section provides details on the overall BuildStream architecture.

• Overview of modules
• Overview of program flow
• Data model
  • Project
  • Element
  • Source
  • Context
  • Workspaces
• Dependency model
  • Scope
• Scheduler
  • Jobs
  • Resources
  • Queues
  • Queue internals
  • Scheduler
• Cache keys
  • Structure
  • Cache key types
  • Strict build plan
  • Non-strict build plan
• Caches
  • Content Addressable Storage (CAS)
  • Artifact caches
  • Source caches
• Sandboxing
  • Introduction
  • What elements can and can’t do in the sandbox
  • Platform notes
• Remote execution
  • Sandbox extension
  • Artifact caches and other storage
  • Use of sandboxes outside builds