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Course Outline
Lightweight CI Sovereignty
- Understanding how cloud CI/CD services can lead to vendor lock-in and expose secrets.
- Woodpecker CI's design principles: simplicity, Docker-native architecture, and forge-agnostic operation.
- Comparison with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Drone, and Jenkins.
Server and Agent Deployment
- Setting up the Docker Compose stack comprising the server, agents, and database.
- Configuring environment variables and registering OAuth providers for Forge integration.
- Defining agent labels, planning capacity, and setting resource limits.
Pipeline Authoring
- Mastering the woodpecker.yml syntax: defining steps, services, and conditions.
- Selecting Docker images and mounting workspaces.
- Implementing parallel execution and managing dependency chains.
Forge Integration
- Configuring webhooks for Gitea and Forgejo.
- Managing branch filters, pull request triggers, and tag events.
- Reporting commit statuses and generating badges.
Secrets and Security
- Managing repository, organization, and global secret scopes.
- Injecting credentials for deployment stages.
- Ensuring network isolation and distinguishing between trusted and untrusted agents.
Matrix Builds and Caching
- Creating multi-language and multi-version test matrices.
- Utilizing cache plugins for dependency directories.
- Uploading artifacts to S3-compatible storage solutions.
Operations
- Monitoring server logs, agent telemetry, and queue status.
- Scaling agents horizontally using Docker Swarm or Kubernetes.
- Backing up and restoring pipeline history along with secrets.
Requirements
- Intermediate proficiency in Git and CI/CD pipeline management.
- Knowledge of Linux server administration and Docker.
- Familiarity with administering Gitea or Forgejo.
Audience
- DevOps teams requiring a lightweight, self-hosted CI solution for Gitea/Forgejo.
- Organizations seeking to avoid GitHub Actions or GitLab CI SaaS offerings.
- Small to medium-sized teams desiring pipeline sovereignty without unnecessary bloat.
14 Hours
Testimonials (3)
The pedagogy and exercises offered
Olivier LECLERCQ - Vibracoustic Nantes SAS
Course - Git and GitHub Fundamentals
Machine Translated
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.
