nfpm/www/docs/configuration.md

Configuration

Reference

A commented out nfpm.yaml config file example:

# Name. (required)
name: foo

# Architecture. (required)
arch: amd64

# Platform.
# Defaults to `linux`.
platform: linux

# Version. (required)
version: v1.2.3

# Version Epoch.
# Default is extracted from `version` if it is semver compatible.
epoch: 2

# Version Prerelease.
# Default is extracted from `version` if it is semver compatible.
prerelease: beta1

# Version Metadata (previously deb.metadata).
# Default is extracted from `version` if it is semver compatible.
# Setting metadata might interfere with version comparisons depending on the packager.
version_metadata: git

# Version Release.
release: 1

# Section.
section: default

# Priority.
priority: extra

# Maintaner.
maintainer: Carlos Alexandro Becker <root@carlosbecker.com>

# Description.
# Defaults to `no description given`.
description: Sample package

# Vendor.
vendor: GoReleaser

# Package's homepage.
homepage: https://nfpm.goreleaser.com

# License.
license: MIT

# Changelog YAML file, see: https://github.com/goreleaser/chglog
changelog: "changelog.yaml"

# Packages it replaces. (overridable)
replaces:
  - foobar

# Packages it provides. (overridable)
provides:
  - bar

# Dependencies. (overridable)
depends:
  - git

# Recommended packages. (overridable)
recommends:
  - golang

# Suggested packages. (overridable)
suggests:
  - bzr

# Packages it conflicts with. (overridable)
conflicts:
  - mercurial

# Files to add to the package. (overridable)
# This can be binaries or any other files.
#
# Key is the local file/glob, value is the path inside the package.
files:
  path/to/local/foo: /usr/local/bin/foo
  some/glob/**/*: /usr/share/foo/

# Config files are dealt with differently when upgrading and uninstalling the
# package. (overridable)
#
# Key is the local file/glob, value is the path inside the package
config_files:
  path/to/local/foo.conf: /etc/foo.conf
  some/glob/**/*: /etc/foo/

# Empty folders your package may need created. (overridable)
empty_folders:
  - /var/log/foo

# Symlinks mapping from symlink name inside package to target inside package (overridable)
symlinks:
  /sbin/foo: /usr/local/bin/foo

# Scripts to run at specific stages. (overridable)
scripts:
  preinstall: ./scripts/preinstall.sh
  postinstall: ./scripts/postinstall.sh
  preremove: ./scripts/preremove.sh
  postremove: ./scripts/postremove.sh

# All fields above marked as `overridable` can be overriden for a given package format in this section.
overrides:
  # The depends override can for example be used to provide version constraints for dependencies where
  # different package formats use different versions or for dependencies that are named differently.
  deb:
    depends:
      - baz (>= 1.2.3-0)
      - some-lib-dev
    # ...
  rpm:
    depends:
      - baz >= 1.2.3-0
      - some-lib-devel
    # ...
  apk:
    # ...

# Custon configuration applied only to the RPM packager.
rpm:
  # The package group. This option is deprecated by most distros
  # but required by old distros like CentOS 5 / EL 5 and earlier.
  group: Unspecified

  # Compression algorithm.
  compression: lzma

  # These config files will not be replaced by new versions if they were
  # changed by the user. Corresponds to %config(noreplace).
  config_noreplace_files:
    path/to/local/bar.con: /etc/bar.conf

  # The package is signed if a key_file is set
  signature:
    # PGP secret key (can also be ASCII-armored), the passphrase is taken
    # from the environment variable $NFPM_RPM_PASSPHRASE with a fallback
    # to #NFPM_PASSPHRASE.
    key_file: key.gpg

# Custon configuration applied only to the Deb packager.
deb:
  # Custom deb rules script.
  scripts:
    rules: foo.sh

  # Custom deb triggers
  triggers:
    # register interrest on a trigger activated by another package
    # (also available: interest_await, interest_noawait)
    interest:
      - some-trigger-name
    # activate a trigger for another package
    # (also available: activate_await, activate_noawait)
    activate:
      - another-trigger-name

  # Packages which would break if this package would be installed.
  # The installation of this package is blocked if `some-package`
  # is already installed.
  breaks:
    - some-package

  # The package is signed if a key_file is set
  signature:
    # PGP secret key (can also be ASCII-armored). The passphrase is taken
    # from the environment variable $NFPM_DEB_PASSPHRASE with a fallback
    # to #NFPM_PASSPHRASE.
    key_file: key.gpg
    # The type describes the signers role, possible values are "origin",
    # "maint" and "archive". If unset, the type defaults to "origin".
    type: origin

apk:
  # The package is signed if a key_file is set
  signature:
    # RSA private key in the PEM format. The passphrase is taken from
    # the environment variable $NFPM_APK_PASSPHRASE with a fallback
    # to #NFPM_PASSPHRASE.
    key_file: key.gpg
    # The name of the signing key. When verifying a package, the signature
    # is matched to the public key store in /etc/apk/keys/<key_name>.rsa.pub.
    # If unset, it defaults to the maintainer email address.
    key_name: origin

Templating

Templating is not and will not be supported.

If you really need it, you can build on top of NFPM, use envsubst, jsonnet or apply some other templating on top of it.