Version: 2.8.x

Migrations

Some versions need some changes to the server configuration or the pipeline configuration files.

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Deprecated gated repo settings option, use require-approval
Deprecated steps.[name].group in favor of steps.[name].depends_on (see workflow syntax to learn how to set dependencies)
Removed WOODPECKER_ROOT_PATH and WOODPECKER_ROOT_URL config variables. Use WOODPECKER_HOST with a path instead
Pipelines without a config file will now be skipped instead of failing
Deprecated includes and excludes support from event filter
Deprecated uppercasing all secret env vars, instead, the value of the secrets property is used. Read more
Deprecated alternative names for secrets, use environment with from_secret
Deprecated slice definition for env vars
Deprecated environment filter, use when.evaluate
Use WOODPECKER_EXPERT_FORGE_OAUTH_HOST instead of WOODPECKER_DEV_GITEA_OAUTH_URL or WOODPECKER_DEV_OAUTH_HOST
Deprecated WOODPECKER_WEBHOOK_HOST in favor of WOODPECKER_EXPERT_WEBHOOK_HOST

2.0.0

Dropped deprecated CI_BUILD_*, CI_PREV_BUILD_*, CI_JOB_*, *_LINK, CI_SYSTEM_ARCH, CI_REPO_REMOTE built-in environment variables
Deprecated platform: filter in favor of labels:, read more
Secrets event property was renamed to events and image to images as both are lists. The new property events / images has to be used in the api. The old properties event and image were removed.
The secrets plugin_only option was removed. Secrets with images are now always only available for plugins using listed by the images property. Existing secrets with a list of images will now only be available to the listed images if they are used as a plugin.
Removed build alias for pipeline command in CLI
Removed ssh backend. Use an agent directly on the SSH machine using the local backend.
Removed /hook and /stream API paths in favor of /api/(hook|stream). You may need to use the "Repair repository" button in the repo settings or "Repair all" in the admin settings to recreate the forge hook.
Removed WOODPECKER_DOCS config variable
Renamed link to url (including all API fields)
Deprecated CI_COMMIT_URL env var, use CI_PIPELINE_FORGE_URL

1.0.0

The signature used to verify extension calls (like those used for the config-extension) done by the Woodpecker server switched from using a shared-secret HMac to an ed25519 key-pair. Read more about it at the config-extensions documentation.
Refactored support for old agent filter labels and expressions. Learn how to use the new filter
Renamed step environment variable CI_SYSTEM_ARCH to CI_SYSTEM_PLATFORM. Same applies for the cli exec variable.
Renamed environment variables CI_BUILD_* and CI_PREV_BUILD_* to CI_PIPELINE_* and CI_PREV_PIPELINE_*, old ones are still available but deprecated
Renamed environment variables CI_JOB_* to CI_STEP_*, old ones are still available but deprecated
Renamed environment variable CI_REPO_REMOTE to CI_REPO_CLONE_URL, old is still available but deprecated
Renamed environment variable *_LINK to *_URL, old ones are still available but deprecated
Renamed API endpoints for pipelines (<owner>/<repo>/builds/<buildId> -> <owner>/<repo>/pipelines/<pipelineId>), old ones are still available but deprecated
Updated Prometheus gauge build_* to pipeline_*
Updated Prometheus gauge *_job_* to *_step_*
Renamed config env WOODPECKER_MAX_PROCS to WOODPECKER_MAX_WORKFLOWS (still available as fallback)
The pipelines are now also read from .yaml files, the new default order is .woodpecker/*.yml and .woodpecker/*.yaml (without any prioritization) -> .woodpecker.yml -> .woodpecker.yaml
Dropped support for Coding, Gogs and Bitbucket Server (Stash).
/api/queue/resume & /api/queue/pause endpoint methods were changed from GET to POST
rename pipeline: key in your workflow config to steps:
If you want to migrate old logs to the new format, watch the error messages on start. If there are none we are good to go, else you have to plan a migration that can take hours. Set WOODPECKER_MIGRATIONS_ALLOW_LONG to true and let it run.
Using repo-id in favor of owner/repo combination
- ⚠️ The api endpoints /api/repos/{owner}/{repo}/... were replaced by new endpoints using the repos id /api/repos/{repo-id}
- To find the id of a repo use the /api/repos/lookup/{repo-full-name-with-slashes} endpoint.
- The existing badge endpoint /api/badges/{owner}/{repo} will still work, but whenever possible try to use the new endpoint using the repo-id: /api/badges/{repo-id}.
- The UI urls for a repository changed from /repos/{owner}/{repo}/... to /repos/{repo-id}/.... You will be redirected automatically when using the old url.
- The woodpecker-go api-client is now using the repo-id instead of owner/repo for all functions
Using org-id in favour of owner name
- ⚠️ The api endpoints /api/orgs/{owner}/... were replaced by new endpoints using the orgs id /api/repos/{org-id}
- To find the id of orgs use the /api/orgs/lookup/{org_full_name} endpoint.
- The UI urls for a organization changed from /org/{owner}/... to /orgs/{org-id}/.... You will be redirected automatically when using the old url.
- The woodpecker-go api-client is now using the org-id instead of org name for all functions
The command: field has been removed from steps. If you were using it, please check if the entrypoint of the image you used is a shell.
- If it is a shell, simply rename command: to commands:.
- If it's not, you need to prepend the entrypoint before and also rename it (e.g., commands: <entrypoint> <cmd>).

0.15.0

Default value for custom pipeline path is now empty / un-set which results in following resolution:

.woodpecker/*.yml -> .woodpecker.yml -> .drone.yml

Only projects created after updating will have an empty value by default. Existing projects will stick to the current pipeline path which is .drone.yml in most cases.

Read more about it at the Project Settings
From version 0.15.0 ongoing there will be three types of docker images: latest, next and x.x.x with an alpine variant for each type like latest-alpine. If you used latest before to try pre-release features you should switch to next after this release.
Dropped support for DRONE_* environment variables. The according WOODPECKER_* variables must be used instead. Additionally some alternative namings have been removed to simplify maintenance:
- WOODPECKER_AGENT_SECRET replaces WOODPECKER_SECRET, DRONE_SECRET, WOODPECKER_PASSWORD, DRONE_PASSWORD and DRONE_AGENT_SECRET.
- WOODPECKER_HOST replaces DRONE_HOST and DRONE_SERVER_HOST.
- WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DRIVER replaces DRONE_DATABASE_DRIVER and DATABASE_DRIVER.
- WOODPECKER_DATABASE_DATASOURCE replaces DRONE_DATABASE_DATASOURCE and DATABASE_CONFIG.
Dropped support for DRONE_* environment variables in pipeline steps. Pipeline meta-data can be accessed with CI_* variables.
- CI_* prefix replaces DRONE_*
- CI value is now woodpecker
- DRONE=true has been removed
- Some variables got deprecated and will be removed in future versions. Please migrate to the new names. Same applies for DRONE_ of them.
  - CI_ARCH => use CI_SYSTEM_ARCH
  - CI_COMMIT => CI_COMMIT_SHA
  - CI_TAG => CI_COMMIT_TAG
  - CI_PULL_REQUEST => CI_COMMIT_PULL_REQUEST
  - CI_REMOTE_URL => use CI_REPO_REMOTE
  - CI_REPO_BRANCH => use CI_REPO_DEFAULT_BRANCH
  - CI_PARENT_BUILD_NUMBER => use CI_BUILD_PARENT
  - CI_BUILD_TARGET => use CI_BUILD_DEPLOY_TARGET
  - CI_DEPLOY_TO => use CI_BUILD_DEPLOY_TARGET
  - CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR_NAME => use CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR
  - CI_PREV_COMMIT_AUTHOR_NAME => use CI_PREV_COMMIT_AUTHOR
  - CI_SYSTEM => use CI_SYSTEM_NAME
  - CI_BRANCH => use CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
  - CI_SOURCE_BRANCH => use CI_COMMIT_SOURCE_BRANCH
  - CI_TARGET_BRANCH => use CI_COMMIT_TARGET_BRANCH
For all available variables and their descriptions have a look at built-in-environment-variables.
Prometheus metrics have been changed from drone_* to woodpecker_*
Base path has moved from /var/lib/drone to /var/lib/woodpecker
Default workspace base path has moved from /drone to /woodpecker
Default SQLite database location has changed:
- /var/lib/drone/drone.sqlite -> /var/lib/woodpecker/woodpecker.sqlite
- drone.sqlite -> woodpecker.sqlite

Plugin Settings moved into settings section:

 steps:
 something:
   image: my/plugin
-  setting1: foo
-  setting2: bar
+  settings:
+    setting1: foo
+    setting2: bar

WOODPECKER_DEBUG option for server and agent got removed in favor of WOODPECKER_LOG_LEVEL=debug
Remove unused server flags which can safely be removed from your server config: WOODPECKER_QUIC, WOODPECKER_GITHUB_SCOPE, WOODPECKER_GITHUB_GIT_USERNAME, WOODPECKER_GITHUB_GIT_PASSWORD, WOODPECKER_GITHUB_PRIVATE_MODE, WOODPECKER_GITEA_GIT_USERNAME, WOODPECKER_GITEA_GIT_PASSWORD, WOODPECKER_GITEA_PRIVATE_MODE, WOODPECKER_GITLAB_GIT_USERNAME, WOODPECKER_GITLAB_GIT_PASSWORD, WOODPECKER_GITLAB_PRIVATE_MODE
Dropped support for manually setting the agents platform with WOODPECKER_PLATFORM. The platform is now automatically detected.
Use WOODPECKER_STATUS_CONTEXT instead of the deprecated options WOODPECKER_GITHUB_CONTEXT and WOODPECKER_GITEA_CONTEXT.

0.14.0

No breaking changes

From Drone

warning

Migration from Drone is only possible if you were running Drone <= v0.8.

Make sure you are already running Drone v0.8
Upgrade to Woodpecker v0.14.4, migration will be done during startup
Upgrade to the latest Woodpecker version. Pay attention to the breaking changes listed above.

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