Container-native CI/CD — pipelines run in Docker
What is this?
Drone CI runs each pipeline step inside a Docker container on your own server.
Where to create or edit the main configuration — paths below match the setup steps.
.drone.ymlLocation: Repository root
Pipeline kind, steps, and Docker images for Drone
Step 01
1docker run -d --name drone -p 80:80 -p 443:443 \2 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \3 -e DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_ID=your_id \4 -e DRONE_GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET=your_secret \5 -e DRONE_RPC_SECRET=your_rpc_secret \6 -e DRONE_SERVER_HOST=drone.example.com \7 -e DRONE_SERVER_PROTO=https \8 drone/drone:2Step 02
Drone reads .drone.yml from the repository root on each push.
1cat > .drone.yml << 'EOF'2kind: pipeline3type: docker4name: default5steps:6 - name: test7 image: node:208 commands:9 - npm ci10 - npm test11EOF12git add .drone.yml && git commit -m "Add Drone CI" && git pushStep 03
1docker ps | grep drone