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Course Outline
Lightweight CI Sovereignty
- Understanding how cloud CI/CD services can lead to vendor lock-in and expose sensitive data.
- Key design principles of Woodpecker CI: simplicity, Docker-native architecture, and forge independence.
- Comparison with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Drone, and Jenkins.
Server and Agent Deployment
- Setting up the Docker Compose stack, including the server, agents, and database.
- Configuring environment variables and registering Forge OAuth credentials.
- Managing agent labels, capacity planning, and resource constraints.
Pipeline Authoring
- Mastering woodpecker.yml syntax for steps, services, and conditional logic.
- Selecting Docker images and mounting workspace directories.
- Implementing parallel execution and managing dependency chains.
Forge Integration
- Configuring webhooks for Gitea and Forgejo platforms.
- Setting up branch filtering, pull request triggers, and tag events.
- Reporting commit statuses and generating status badges.
Secrets and Security
- Managing secret scopes at the repository, organization, and global levels.
- Injecting credentials during deployment stages.
- Ensuring network isolation and distinguishing between trusted and untrusted agents.
Matrix Builds and Caching
- Running multi-language and multi-version test matrices.
- Utilizing cache plugins for dependency directories to speed up builds.
- Uploading artifacts to S3-compatible storage solutions.
Operations
- Monitoring server logs, agent telemetry, and queue statuses.
- Scaling agents horizontally using Docker Swarm or Kubernetes.
- Backing up and restoring pipeline history and secrets.
Requirements
- Intermediate knowledge of Git and CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with Linux server administration and Docker.
- Experience managing Gitea or Forgejo environments.
Target Audience
- DevOps teams seeking a lightweight self-hosted CI solution for Gitea/Forgejo.
- Organizations looking to avoid SaaS dependencies like GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
- Small to medium-sized teams desiring full pipeline control without unnecessary complexity.
14 Hours
Testimonials (2)
I like that I've got immediately answer to my questions.
Szabolcs Kriston - Ericsson
Course - Advanced GitLab
I liked the easy communication between trainer and us, care given to our problems, insights and additional knowledge provided in anwers to our questions. I liked the pace, it didn't feel rushed at any point, even with technical problems. Each subject was taken care of properly.
