Woodpecker CI

Lightweight CI/CD pipeline server with a built-in agent — integrates with Gitea, GitHub, and GitLab for automated builds and deployments.

Port	8000
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker
Source	https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker
Website	https://woodpecker-ci.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
latest	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  woodpecker:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker:latest"
    container_name: woodpecker
    environment:
      - WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE=true  # Enable Woodpecker Server (true/false)
      - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3  # Database driver (sqlite3 or postgres)
      - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE=/config/woodpecker.sqlite  # Database connection string or file path
      - WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET=agent-secret  # Shared secret for server-agent communication
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE=  # Enable Woodpecker Agent (true/false)
      - WOODPECKER_HOST=  # The external host address
      - WOODPECKER_GITEA=  # Enable Gitea authentication (true/false)
      - WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL=  # The URL of the Gitea server
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/woodpecker:/config"
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
      - "9000:9000"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=woodpecker
WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE=true
WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3
WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE=/config/woodpecker.sqlite
WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET=agent-secret
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE=
WOODPECKER_HOST=
WOODPECKER_GITEA=
WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL=

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  woodpecker:
    name: woodpecker
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '8000:8000 proto:tcp' \
      - expose: '9000:9000 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE}'
        - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER}'
        - WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE}'
        - WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET}'
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE}'
        - WOODPECKER_HOST: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_HOST}'
        - WOODPECKER_GITEA: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_GITEA}'
        - WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL: !ENV '${WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL}'
    volumes:
      - woodpecker: /config
volumes:
  woodpecker:
    device: '/path/to/containers/woodpecker'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker:${tag}

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name woodpecker \
  -p 8000:8000 \
  -p 9000:9000 \
  -e WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE=true \
  -e WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3 \
  -e WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE=/config/woodpecker.sqlite \
  -e WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET=agent-secret \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE= \
  -e WOODPECKER_HOST= \
  -e WOODPECKER_GITEA= \
  -e WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL= \
  -v /path/to/containers/woodpecker:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker:latest

AppJail

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8000:8000 proto:tcp" \
  -o expose="9000:9000 proto:tcp" \
  -e WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE=true \
  -e WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER=sqlite3 \
  -e WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE=/config/woodpecker.sqlite \
  -e WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET=agent-secret \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -e WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE= \
  -e WOODPECKER_HOST= \
  -e WOODPECKER_GITEA= \
  -e WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL= \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/woodpecker /config <pseudofs>" \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker:latest woodpecker

Note: Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the IPv4 address assigned by the virtual network.

Ansible

- name: Deploy woodpecker
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: woodpecker
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE: "true"
      WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER: "sqlite3"
      WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE: "/config/woodpecker.sqlite"
      WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET: "agent-secret"
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
      WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE: ""
      WOODPECKER_HOST: ""
      WOODPECKER_GITEA: ""
      WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL: ""
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
      - "9000:9000"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/woodpecker:/config"

Access at: http://localhost:8000

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE	true	Enable Woodpecker Server (true/false)
WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER	sqlite3	Database driver (sqlite3 or postgres)
WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE	/config/woodpecker.sqlite	Database connection string or file path
WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET	agent-secret	Shared secret for server-agent communication
PUID	1000
PGID	1000
TZ	UTC
WOODPECKER_AGENT_ENABLE	``	Enable Woodpecker Agent (true/false)
WOODPECKER_HOST	``	The external host address
WOODPECKER_GITEA	``	Enable Gitea authentication (true/false)
WOODPECKER_GITEA_URL	``	The URL of the Gitea server

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Data directory (database, logs)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
8000	TCP	Server Web UI/API
9000	TCP	GRPC (Server/Agent communication)

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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