drone Installation Guide Installation Guide

drone is a free and open-source container-native continuous integration platform. Drone provides automated software build and test pipelines using Docker containers, serving as an alternative to Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 2+ cores recommended

RAM: 2GB minimum

Storage: 10GB for builds

Network: Git repository access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 80/443 (default drone port)

Port 9000 for gRPC

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install drone
sudo dnf install -y drone

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now drone

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/443/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install drone
sudo apt install -y drone

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now drone

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 80/443

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Install drone
sudo pacman -S drone

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now drone

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Install drone
apk add --no-cache drone

# Enable and start service
rc-update add drone default
rc-service drone start

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Install drone
sudo zypper install -y drone

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now drone

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/443/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install drone

# Start service
brew services start drone

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install drone

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'drone_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service drone start

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install drone

# Or using Scoop
scoop install drone

# Verify installation
drone --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/drone

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
drone --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable drone

# Start service
sudo systemctl start drone

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop drone

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart drone

# Check status
sudo systemctl status drone

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u drone -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add drone default

# Start service
rc-service drone start

# Stop service
rc-service drone stop

# Restart service
rc-service drone restart

# Check status
rc-service drone status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'drone_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service drone start

# Stop service
service drone stop

# Restart service
service drone restart

# Check status
service drone status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start drone
brew services stop drone
brew services restart drone

# Check status
brew services list | grep drone

powershell

# Start service
net start drone

# Stop service
net stop drone

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service drone
Stop-Service drone
Restart-Service drone

# Check status
Get-Service drone

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream drone_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:80/443;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name drone.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name drone.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/drone.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/drone.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://drone_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName drone.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://drone.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName drone.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/drone.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/drone.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:80/443/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:80/443/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend drone_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/drone.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend drone_backend

backend drone_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server drone1 127.0.0.1:80/443 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R drone:drone /etc/drone
sudo chmod 750 /etc/drone

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=80/443/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status drone

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u drone -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep drone)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/drone"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/drone-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/drone /var/lib/drone

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/drone-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop drone

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/drone/drone-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start drone

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u drone -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/drone/drone.log

# Check configuration
drone --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/drone

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 80/443

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 80/443

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep drone)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep drone)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 80/443

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  drone:
    image: drone:latest
    ports:
      - "80/443:80/443"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/drone
      - ./data:/var/lib/drone
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update drone

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade drone

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu drone

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade drone

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update drone

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade drone

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/drone-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/drone

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart drone

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/drone

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/drone -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/drone

Official Documentation: https://docs.drone.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/drone/drone

Community Forum: https://forum.drone.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.drone.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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