Deploy Drone.io on Your Own Server

Drone is a self-service Continuous Delivery platform for busy development teams

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What is Drone.io?

Drone is a self-service Continuous Delivery platform for busy development teams. It can be used with different GIT servers like gogs, gitea as well as services like gitlab and github. This installer is gitea focused and requires a running gitea instances (which you can install via one-click-apps in Senate). You must generate an OAuth2 application in Gitea (Settings->Applications->Create a new OAuth2 Application) with the "Redirect URI" https://<your drone server>/login. Make a note of the Client ID and the Client Secret and use them in the appropriate fields below. Enter your Drone for Gitea configuration parameters and click on next. The process will take about a minute to finish. Please make sure that after deployment you add HTTPS to your ${app_name} application or communication with the runner will fail.

Self-Host Drone.io

Follow these steps to deploy on your own server.

Install Docker

Skip this step if Docker is already installed on your server.

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

Configure

Customize the settings below. Defaults work for most cases.

Service Name*

General

DRONE_RUNNER_CAPACITY*

DRONE_SERVER_PROTO*

DRONE_TLS_AUTOCERT*

secret for linking drone and agent*

Deploy

Copy the configuration and run it on your server.

services:
  drone_gitea:
    image: drone/drone:1.9.0
    environment:
      DRONE_GITEA_CLIENT_ID: ""
      DRONE_GITEA_CLIENT_SECRET: ""
      DRONE_GITEA_SERVER: https://git.your.server
      DRONE_GIT_ALWAYS_AUTH: "false"
      DRONE_RPC_SECRET: ""
      DRONE_RUNNER_CAPACITY: "4"
      DRONE_SERVER_HOST: drone.yourhost.com
      DRONE_SERVER_PROTO: https
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
      - drone_gitea-server:/data
    depends_on:
      - drone_gitea-agent
  drone_gitea-agent:
    image: drone/drone-runner-docker:1.5.1
    environment:
      DRONE_RPC_HOST: drone_gitea:80
      DRONE_RPC_PROTO: http
      DRONE_RPC_SECRET: ""
      DRONE_RUNNER_CAPACITY: "4"
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
volumes:
  drone_gitea-server: {}

Then run:

docker compose up -d

Access

Once started, access your app at http://localhost:80

Why Self-Host Drone.io?

Full Data Ownership

Your data stays on your servers. No third-party access.

No Monthly Fees

Pay only for your server. No per-seat or usage charges.

Complete Control

Customize, backup, and scale on your own terms.

Privacy & Compliance

Meet GDPR, HIPAA, or internal security requirements.

Technical Details

Docker Image

drone/drone:${drone_version}

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