Create Release Artifact Workflow

Create a Release Artifact Workflow

How to set up a Forgejo Actions workflow that builds an artifact and publishes it to Forgejo generic packages. Uses the CV repo (forge.ops.eblu.me/eblume/cv) workflow as the reference implementation.

Prerequisites

• A Forgejo repo with a build pipeline (Dagger, script, etc.)
• The FORGE_TOKEN secret provisioned via the forgejo_actions_secrets Ansible role

1. Add the repo to Ansible secrets

In ansible/roles/forgejo_actions_secrets/defaults/main.yml, add an entry under forgejo_actions_secrets_repos:

forgejo_actions_secrets_repos:
  - repo: my-repo
    secrets:
      - name: FORGE_TOKEN
        value_var: forgejo_api_token

Then provision: mise run provision-indri -- --tags forgejo_actions_secrets

This is required because Forgejo’s built-in GITHUB_TOKEN does not have permissions for the packages API.

2. Create the workflow

Create .forgejo/workflows/<name>-release.yaml with workflow_dispatch and a version input. Use the semver bump pattern (see cv-release.yaml for the full upload flow, or build-blumeops.yaml for the version bump logic only — it uploads to Forgejo releases, not generic packages).

The upload step uses FORGE_TOKEN:

- name: Upload to Forgejo packages
  env:
    FORGE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FORGE_TOKEN }}
  run: |
    curl -fsSL \
      -X PUT \
      -H "Authorization: token $FORGE_TOKEN" \
      --upload-file "./$TARBALL" \
      "https://forge.ops.eblu.me/api/packages/eblume/generic/<package>/${VERSION}/${TARBALL}"

3. Link the package to the repo

After the first successful upload, the package appears under your user-level packages at https://forge.ops.eblu.me/eblume/-/packages but is not yet linked to the repo.

To link it:

1. Go to https://forge.ops.eblu.me/eblume/-/packages
2. Click the package name
3. Click Settings
4. Under Link this package to a repository, select the repo
5. Click Save

Once linked, the package shows up in the repo’s Packages tab and the repo links back to the package.

4. Create a deploy workflow (optional)

If the artifact is consumed by a k8s deployment, create a separate deploy workflow in blumeops (see cv-deploy.yaml). This keeps the build/release concern in the source repo and the deploy concern in blumeops.

Related

• deploy-k8s-service - Deploying the service that consumes the artifact
• add-ansible-role - Adding Ansible roles