How to Install Drone on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Drone on FreeBSD latest version. Drone is a Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) platform that allows you to automate software testing and deployment processes. It supports a range of languages and technologies, making it a popular choice for developers and DevOps teams.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that your FreeBSD server has the following prerequisites installed:

• Docker
• Git

If you haven't installed these prerequisites, you can install them with the following commands:

pkg install docker git

Step 1: Install Drone CLI

To install Drone, we will be using the CLI (Command Line Interface). First, we need to install the CLI.

curl -L https://github.com/drone/drone-cli/releases/latest/download/drone_freebsd_amd64.tar.gz | tar zx
sudo install -t /usr/local/bin drone

Step 2: Configure Drone

Once you have installed the Drone CLI, you need to configure it. You will need to create a configuration file and set the Drone server URL and access token. You can create a configuration file using the following command:

mkdir -p ~/.drone 
touch ~/.drone/drone.yml

You can then edit the configuration file by adding the following lines:

kind: pipeline 
type: docker
name: default

steps:
  - name: build
    image: alpine:latest
    commands:
      - echo "Hello, World!"

Step 3: Start Drone server

The next step is to start the Drone server. You can start the server using the following command:

docker run \
  --volume=/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  --env=DRONE_GITHUB_SERVER=https://github.com \
  --env=DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=${DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID} \
  --env=DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=${DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET} \
  --env=DRONE_SERVER_HOST=${DRONE_SERVER_HOST} \
  --env=DRONE_SERVER_PROTO=${DRONE_SERVER_PROTO} \
  --publish=8080:80 \
  --publish=8443:443 \
  --restart=always \
  --detach=true \
  --name=drone \
  drone/drone:2

Step 4: Configure Drone UI

Visit your Drone server URL and you will be prompted to configure the Drone UI. Follow the instructions provided by the UI to complete the configuration.

Step 5: Create a Drone pipeline

Now that Drone is installed and configured, you can create a pipeline to test and deploy your application. You can create a pipeline by using the following command:

drone build create my-repo-here

You can replace "my-repo-here" with the name of your repository.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Drone on your FreeBSD latest server. Now you can use it to automate your CI/CD processes.