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`
Daemonless	daemonless/woodpecker
Source	woodpecker-ci/woodpecker
Website	woodpecker-ci.org

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users — recommended.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI AppJail Ansible

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

# .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

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_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 \
  -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 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

- 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

Interactive Configuration

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)

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).

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