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 Release.
# Default is extracted from `version` if it is semver compatible.
release: 1

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

# 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, value is the path inside the package.
files:
  path/to/local/foo: /usr/local/bin/foo

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

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

# Custon configuration applied only to the RPM packager.
# All fields described bellow, plus all fields above marked as `overridable`
# can be specified here.
rpm:
  # Group.
  group: root

  # Compression algorithm.
  compression: lzma

# Custon configuration applied only to the Deb packager.
# All fields described bellow, plus all fields above marked as `overridable`
# can be specified here.
deb:
  # Custom version metadata.
  # Default is extracted from `version` if it is semver compatible.
  metadata: xyz2

  # Custom deb rules script.
  scripts:
    rules: foo.sh

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.