Installing Woodpecker on Fedora Server

Woodpecker is a continuous integration tool that helps automate software testing and deployment processes. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Woodpecker on Fedora Server latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A Fedora Server latest version installed on your system.
• A user with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Java

Woodpecker requires Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to run. Run the following commands to install Java:

sudo dnf update
sudo dnf install java-1.8.0-openjdk

Verify the Java installation by running the following command:

java -version

If Java is installed properly, it should display the Java version information.

Step 2: Install MySQL

Woodpecker requires a database to store its configuration and history data. MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that works well with Woodpecker. Run the following command to install MySQL:

sudo dnf install mysql-server

Start MySQL and enable it to automatically start at boot time:

sudo systemctl start mysqld
sudo systemctl enable mysqld

Run the MySQL secure installation script to secure your MySQL installation:

sudo mysql_secure_installation

Follow the prompts to complete the MySQL installation.

Step 3: Configure MySQL

After MySQL is installed, you need to create a database and a user for Woodpecker. Run the following commands to log in to the MySQL shell:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE woodpecker;

Create a new user and grant it privileges on the new database:

CREATE USER 'woodpeckeruser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'yourpassword';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON woodpecker.* TO 'woodpeckeruser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Replace 'yourpassword' with a strong password.

Step 4: Install Woodpecker

Download the latest version of Woodpecker from the official website. You can choose the version that suits your needs, such as the zip or tarball file. In this tutorial, we will use the zip file.

wget https://woodpecker-ci.org/download/release/latest/woodpecker.zip

Unzip the file:

unzip woodpecker.zip

Move the Woodpecker folder to the /opt directory:

sudo mv woodpecker /opt/

Step 5: Configure Woodpecker

Now that Woodpecker is installed, you need to configure it to connect to the MySQL database you created earlier. Open the config file:

sudo nano /opt/woodpecker/etc/configs/woodpecker.properties

Update the following lines to match your MySQL database configuration:

database.jdbcUrl=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/woodpecker?autoReconnect=true
database.username=woodpeckeruser
database.password=yourpassword

Save and close the file.

Step 6: Start Woodpecker

To start Woodpecker, run the following command:

sudo /opt/woodpecker/bin/woodpecker start

Verify that Woodpecker is running by visiting the following URL in your web browser:

http://localhost:8080/woodpecker

You should see the Woodpecker login page.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Woodpecker on Fedora Server latest. You can now use Woodpecker to automate your software testing and deployment processes.