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

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.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

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

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director 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

.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

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  woodpecker:
    name: woodpecker
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    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}'
    volumes:
      - WOODPECKER_CONFIG_PATH: /config
volumes:
  WOODPECKER_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/woodpecker'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

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

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 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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