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how can I integrate memory profiling into my CI/CD pipeline


To integrate memory profiling into your CI/CD pipeline, you can follow these steps:

1. Enable Memory Profiling in Your Application:
- Modify your application code to capture memory profiles at specific points, as shown in the previous examples using the `runtime/pprof` package.
- Ensure that the memory profiles are saved to a known location in your application's file system.

2. Add Memory Profiling to Your Build/Test Steps:
- In your CI/CD pipeline configuration (e.g., GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins), add a step that runs your application and captures the memory profiles.
- You can use a script or a dedicated command to trigger the memory profiling and save the profiles to an artifact storage location.

Here's an example using GitHub Actions:

yaml
   name: CI

   on:
     push:
       branches: [ main ]
     pull_request:
       branches: [ main ]

   jobs:

     build:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       
       steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v2
         with:
           go-version: 1.16
       
       - name: Run application with memory profiling
         run: |
           go build -o myapp
           ./myapp
           go tool pprof -output=mem.pprof runtime/pprof/heap
       
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: memory-profile
           path: mem.pprof
   

3. Analyze the Memory Profiles:
- In your CI/CD pipeline, add a step that downloads the memory profile artifacts and analyzes them.
- You can use the `go tool pprof` command to visualize and inspect the memory profiles.
- Integrate the memory profile analysis into your existing testing or code review workflows.

Here's an example using GitHub Actions:

yaml
   name: Analyze Memory Profile

   on:
     workflow_dispatch:
     
   jobs:

     analyze:
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
       
       steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
         with:
           name: memory-profile
           
       - name: Analyze memory profile
         run: |
           go tool pprof -web mem.pprof
   

By integrating memory profiling into your CI/CD pipeline, you can:

- Automatically capture memory profiles during your build and test stages.
- Analyze the memory profiles as part of your code review and quality assurance processes.
- Detect and address memory-related issues early in the development lifecycle.
- Ensure that your application's memory usage remains within acceptable limits.

This approach helps you maintain a healthy memory footprint and catch potential memory leaks or inefficient memory usage before they are deployed to production.

Citations:
[1] https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/fundamentals/configuration/guide/12_2sr/cf_12_2sr_book/cf_system_memory.html
[2] https://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_3t/12_3t4/feature/guide/gt_memnt.html
[3] https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/routers/access/4400/troubleshooting/memorytroubleshooting/isr4000_mem.html
[4] https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/sys-mem-mgmt/configuration/15-s/sysmemmgmt-15-s-book.pdf
[5] https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/fundamentals/configuration/guide/15_0s/cf_15_0S_book/cf_mem-leak-detect.html