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title = "Zola website deployment with Drone CI"
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date = 2022-09-28
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categories = ["Linux"]
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[extra]
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author = "Emil Miler"
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NOTE: This article is outdated and superseded by [native Gitea Actions](@/posts/zola-deployment-with-gitea-actions-and-rsync/index.md).
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Zola is my SSG of choice, as it it fast, powerful and packed in a single statically linked binary. Here is how I use with in conjunction with Drone CI for automatic building and deployment to my webserver.
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I have written a [bachelor's thesis](https://git.microlab.space/em/bakalarka) on static site generators and implementing a sample website with Zola in particular. Where my thesis lacks, though, is in the automatic deployment, where I glued together some Git hooks and shell scripts. It works fairly well, but it does not provide much feedback or code validity checks.
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## Pipeline
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We start with a simple header in which we define the basics.
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```yaml
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kind: pipeline
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name: default
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steps:
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```
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The Drone pipeline has two main parts -- build and deployment. Best way of building the source is by pulling the [official Zola container from ghcr](https://github.com/getzola/zola/pkgs/container/zola). Since the container does not have a shell, we need to use `entrypoint` and `command` options, instead of a set of shell commands.
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```yaml
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- name: build
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image: ghcr.io/getzola/zola:v0.16.1
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entrypoint: [ "/bin/zola" ]
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command: [ "build" ]
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```
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Deployment is done using [drone-rsync](https://plugins.drone.io/plugins/rsync) plugin, which handles connection to a remove webserver and can work with private keys via Drone secrets, which we configure later.
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```yaml
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- name: deploy
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image: drillster/drone-rsync
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settings:
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hosts: [ "0x45.cz" ]
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user: drone
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source: public/*
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target: /srv/www/em.0x45.cz
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recursive: true
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delete: true
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environment:
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RSYNC_KEY:
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from_secret: rsync_key
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```
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## Webserver configuration
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The server needs a new user with write access to the website root directory.
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```sh
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useradd drone
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mkdir -p /srv/www/em.0x45.cz
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chown drone:drone /srv/www/em.0x45.cz
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```
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## SSH keys
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Create a keypair for SSH connection from Drone to our deployment server.
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```sh
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ssh-keygen -t ed25519
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```
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Public key has to be added to `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` of *drone* user on our webserver. The private key has to be inserted to Drone as a secret. This can be easily done trough the web UI, or [by using commands](https://docs.drone.io/cli/secret/drone-secret-add/). The secret name has to match `from_secret` option, so in our case: `rsync_key`. Drone can then easily authenticate and push content to our webroot.
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