Gitlab CI/CD configuration template

Read about it:

FPM - Read The Docs

Gitlab CI/CD

How to set up

Prerequesities

• Gitlab Runner - how to set up
• a pair of SSH keys
• Debian based target server

Steps

1. Create following Gitlab repo variables:
   • DEPLOY_SSH_KEY → private SSH key
   • DEPLOY_SSH_ID → known_hosts entry for your server; <ip> <pubkey>
   • DEPLOY_HOST → target server IP
2. Copy and run prep.sh on your target CI/CD server. Paste in your public SSH key when prompted, or leave empty and copy it manually.
3. Put contents of project directory into the root folder of your repo.
4. Configure variables and package installation paths in the Variables section of makedeb.sh: Should your package have several install paths, write commands to create these paths and copy files to them. If the pre/post install/upgrade scripts will refer to these paths, make sure to modify them accordingly:
5. Modify the fpm command, mainly the dependencies (-d) and which folders to install to (opt):
6. Modify or add package state change scripts (before-install, after-install, before-remove...)
7. Commit and push changes, which should automatically start a CI/CD pipeline.