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Drone server handles pipeline orchestration and API

Agents execute steps as Docker containers

Steps run in ephemeral containers with defined images

Secrets and environment variables injected securely

Pipeline triggered via SCM events, cron, or manual triggers

.drone.yml -> Parse -> Steps -> Services -> Agents execute -> Logs/Notifications

Steps run in ephemeral containers

Secrets injected securely at runtime

Supports sequential and parallel execution

Artifacts stored or deployed externally

Single repository pipeline

Multi-branch pipelines

Parallel step execution

Parameterized pipelines for multiple environments

Integration with Kubernetes and cloud-native deployments

Microservices CI/CD pipelines

Docker/Kubernetes deployments

Event-driven deployment workflows

Multi-branch feature/release pipelines

Cloud-native containerized applications

Pipeline as code

Container-native execution

Event-driven triggers

Lightweight and scalable

Version-controlled reproducibility

Deploy multiple agents for parallel workloads

Use lightweight containers

Cache dependencies between builds

Implement multi-branch pipelines

Monitor and scale Drone server resources

Convert scripts to `.drone.yml` steps

Refactor existing pipelines to containerized steps

Add secrets and service containers

Test pipelines in staging

Optimize parallel execution