rummanz / webhook-ci-cd

webhook-ci-cd

1. Install webhook

sudo apt install webhook

2. Create a systemd unit to run webhook in the background.

sudo nano /lib/systemd/system/gitwebhook.service

Paste the following:

[Unit]
Description=Automatically deploy upon push to github repository
After=syslog.target network.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=YOUR_USERNAME_HERE
WorkingDirectory=/root/project
ExecStart=/usr/bin/webhook -hooks /root/webhooks/hooks.json -ip "0.0.0.0"

Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

3. Enable the gitwebhook.service

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start gitwebhook
sudo systemctl enable gitwebhook

4. Open port 9000

sudo ufw allow 9000

5. Generate ssh-keys using ssh-keygen and append public key to your github repository as deploy key.

Do not use a passphrase while generating ssh-keys. Keep it blank.

6. Create a webhook on your github repository

Enter this as URL: https://127.0.0.1:9000/webhooks/github_repository

• Replace 127.0.0.1 with external IP address of your server.
• Replace github_repository with your github repository.
• Enter Secret Key same as on hooks.json file
• Set content type application/json