jaildk/.woodpecker/README.md

Running CI Tests with Woodpecker-CI on FreeBSD

By default the woodpecker intance on Codeberg doesn't support FreeBSD. Running FreeBSD inside a qemu VM in a linux docker image didn't work. Also, this particular tool needs to run outside a jail, since it is a jail management tool.

So, this is my setup:

I deployed a freebsd VM on Hetzner Cloud: ci-agent.daemon.de. It runs the woodpecker-agent build for freebsd. The agent runs as rool directly on the host. This is a security risk and the reason why we use a VM.

The VM does NOT run continuously. So in order to execute workflows, first unsuspend the VM:

hcloud server poweron ci-agent

When it's running, execute workflows (i.e. push).

Setup

Deploy a new FreeBSD VM using the latest freebsd-snapshot.

Upgrade to latest Release (or the one you want to run tests on).

Clone woodpecker-ci.

Execute:

make build-agent GOOS=freebsd

Clone plugin-git

Execute:

GOOS=freebsd go build

Copy the newly built binaries dist/woodpecker-agent into the VM to /usr/local/bin.

scp woodpecker-ci/dist/woodpecker-agent agent:/usr/local/bin/
scp plugin-git/plugin-git agent:/usr/local/bin/

Add the agent token to /etc/rc.conf:

woodpeckeragent_enable=YES
woodpeckeragent_token=*****

Create the rc-Script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/woodpeckeragent.

Install git-lfs: pkg install bash cpdup git git-lfs.

Start it: service woodpeckeragent start