Woodpecker CI

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Woodpecker CI Host Port
Woodpecker CI /config Path

Woodpecker CI server and agent on FreeBSD.

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Downloads the 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 Podman CLI Ansible

services:
  woodpecker:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker:latest
    container_name: woodpecker
    environment:
      - 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
    volumes:
      - /path/to/containers/woodpecker:/config
    ports:
      - 8000:8000
      - 9000:9000
    restart: unless-stopped

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 \
  -v /path/to/containers/woodpecker:/config \ 
  ghcr.io/daemonless/woodpecker:latest

- 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"
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
      - "9000:9000"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/woodpecker:/config"

Access the Web UI at: http://localhost:8000

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`WOODPECKER_SERVER_ENABLE`	`true`	Enable Woodpecker Server (true/false)
`WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER`	`sqlite3`
`WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE`	`/config/woodpecker.sqlite`
`WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET`	`agent-secret`	Shared secret for server-agent communication
`PUID`	`1000`
`PGID`	`1000`
`TZ`	`UTC`

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Data directory (database, logs)

Ports

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

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.0).

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