How to Install Drone on Arch Linux

Drone is an open-source, container-native Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) platform that helps automate your software development workflows. It is designed to enable developers to build, test, and deploy their code automatically.

Here’s a step-by-step guide to installing Drone on Arch Linux.

Step 1: Install Docker

Before installing Drone, you need to install Docker on your system.

sudo pacman -S docker

Once Docker is installed, start the Docker daemon:

sudo systemctl start docker

Step 2: Install Drone

The easiest way to install Drone is via Docker Compose. You will need to install Docker Compose on your system. If you don’t have it installed, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S docker-compose

Once Docker Compose is installed, create a Docker Compose file named docker-compose.yml with the following content:

version: '3'

services:
  drone-server:
    image: drone/drone:latest
    ports:
      - "8080:80"
      - "8443:443"
    volumes:
      - "/var/lib/drone:/data"
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
    restart: always
    environment:
      - DRONE_SERVER_HOST=your-server-ip or hostname
      - DRONE_SERVER_PROTO=http
      - DRONE_RPC_SECRET=changeme
      - DRONE_USER_CREATE=username:your-github-username,admin:true
      - DRONE_GITHUB=true
      - DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=your-github-oauth-client-id
      - DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=your-github-oauth-client-secret

  drone-agent:
    image: drone/drone-runner-docker:latest
    volumes:
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
    restart: always
    depends_on:
      - drone-server
    environment:
      - DRONE_RPC_SERVER=http://drone-server
      - DRONE_RPC_SECRET=changeme
      - DRONE_RUNNER_CAPACITY=2

Then run the following command to start Drone:

docker-compose up -d

Step 3: Configure Drone

To configure Drone, open your web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip:8080. You will be prompted to sign in with your GitHub account.

Once you have signed in, you can create a new repository in Drone by clicking the New Repository button on your dashboard.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Drone on Arch Linux. You can now use it to automate your software development workflows.

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