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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
Lightweight CI Sovereignty
- Why cloud CI/CD services can lead to vendor lock-in and increased risks of secret exposure.
- Woodpecker CI design principles: simplicity, Docker-native architecture, and forge-agnosticism.
- Comparison with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Drone, and Jenkins.
Server and Agent Deployment
- Docker Compose stack setup: server, agents, and database.
- Configuration of environment variables and Forge OAuth registration.
- Agent labeling, capacity planning, and resource limit management.
Pipeline Authoring
- woodpecker.yml syntax: defining steps, services, and conditions.
- Selecting Docker images and mounting workspaces.
- Managing parallel execution and dependency chains.
Forge Integration
- Configuring webhooks for Gitea and Forgejo.
- Branch filtering, pull request triggers, and tag events.
- Commit status reporting and badge generation.
Secrets and Security
- Repository, organization, and global secret scopes.
- Injecting credentials into deployment stages.
- Network isolation and managing trusted vs untrusted agents.
Matrix Builds and Caching
- Creating multi-language and multi-version test matrices.
- Using the cache plugin for dependency directories.
- Uploading artifacts to S3-compatible storage.
Operations
- Monitoring server logs, agent telemetry, and queue status.
- Horizontally scaling agents with Docker Swarm or Kubernetes.
- Backing up and restoring pipeline history and secrets.
Requirements
- Intermediate experience with Git and CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of Linux server administration and Docker.
- Familiarity with Gitea or Forgejo administration.
Target Audience
- DevOps teams requiring lightweight self-hosted CI for Gitea/Forgejo.
- Organizations seeking to avoid GitHub Actions or GitLab CI SaaS.
- Small-to-medium teams aiming for pipeline sovereignty without unnecessary bloat.
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.
