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
      - 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

AppJail Director

.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
volumes:
  woodpecker:
    device: '/path/to/containers/woodpecker'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

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

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

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"
    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
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)

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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