Drone Application Guide

Drone is a container-native, continuous delivery platform that uses a simple YAML configuration to define and execute pipelines.

Status: Available (Not Yet Tested)

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Quick Reference

Property	Value
Application ID	drone
Category	CI/CD
Default Image	drone/drone:2
Application Port	80
Default CPU	1024 (Fargate)
Default Memory	2048 MB (Fargate)
Default Instance	t3.small (EC2)
Health Check Path	/
Health Check Grace	300 seconds
Supports Fargate	Yes
Supports EC2	Yes
OIDC Support	No (use source control OAuth)
Database Required	No (embedded SQLite)

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Capabilities

• Pipeline as code (.drone.yml)
• Container-native builds
• GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket integration
• Multi-platform builds (Linux, Windows, ARM)
• Plugin ecosystem
• Secrets management
• Cron scheduling
• Parallelized steps
• Matrix builds

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Storage Configuration

Container (Fargate)

Property	Value
Data Path	/data
EFS Path	/drone
Volume Name	droneData
Container User	1000:1000
EFS Permissions	755

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Deployment Context Examples

Development

{
  "stackName": "Drone-Dev",
  "applicationId": "drone",
  "applicationName": "Drone CI",
  "description": "Drone CI development server",
  "environment": "development",

  "runtime": "fargate",
  "securityProfile": "dev",
  "topology": "application-service",

  "networkMode": "public-no-nat",
  "region": "us-east-1",

  "authMode": "none",

  "cpu": 1024,
  "memory": 2048,

  "enableMonitoring": true,
  "logRetentionDays": "7"
}

Cost estimate: ~$50/month

Production

{
  "stackName": "Drone-Production",
  "applicationId": "drone",
  "applicationName": "Drone CI",
  "description": "Production Drone CI",
  "environment": "production",

  "runtime": "ec2",
  "securityProfile": "production",
  "topology": "application-service",

  "domain": "example.com",
  "subdomain": "ci",
  "enableSsl": true,

  "networkMode": "private-with-nat",
  "region": "us-east-1",

  "authMode": "alb-oidc",
  "cognitoAutoProvision": true,
  "cognitoDomainPrefix": "drone-prod-yourcompany",
  "cognitoMfaEnabled": true,

  "instanceType": "t3.small",
  "minInstanceCapacity": 1,
  "maxInstanceCapacity": 2,

  "complianceFrameworks": "SOC2",
  "awsConfigEnabled": true,
  "wafEnabled": true,

  "enableMonitoring": true,
  "enableEncryption": true,
  "logRetentionDays": "730",
  "retainStorage": true
}

Cost estimate: ~$150/month

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Post-Deployment Tasks

1. Configure OAuth with GitHub/GitLab
2. Set environment variables for OAuth credentials
3. Activate repositories
4. Add .drone.yml to repositories

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Related Documentation

• Drone Documentation