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