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+kind: pipeline
+name: default
+steps:
+  # =============== RELEASE ===============
+  - name: release
+    image: plugins/gitea-release
+    settings:
+      api_key:
+        from_secret: gitea_api_key
+      base_url: https://code.garrettmills.dev
+      title: ${DRONE_TAG}
+    when:
+      event: tag
+
+  # =============== DEPLOY TO DEV SITE ===============
+  - name: deploy repo to staging site
+    image: appleboy/drone-ssh
+    settings:
+      host:
+        from_secret: dev_site_host
+      username:
+        from_secret: dev_site_user
+      key:
+        from_secret: dev_site_key
+      port: 22
+      script:
+        - cd /etc/glmdev/noded/backend
+        - git checkout master
+        - git pull
+        - git checkout ${DRONE_COMMIT}
+        - yarn i
+        - systemctl restart noded-dev
+    when:
+      event: promote
+      target: staging
+
+  # =============== NOTIFICATIONS ===============
+  - name: send success notifications
+    image: plugins/webhook
+    settings:
+      urls:
+        from_secret: notify_webhook_url
+      content_type: application/json
+      template: |
+        {
+          "title": "Drone-CI [noded-backend]",
+          "message": "Build ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} completed successfully.",
+          "priority": 4
+        }
+    when:
+      status: success
+  - name: send error notifications
+    image: plugins/webhook
+    settings:
+      urls:
+        from_secret: notify_webhook_url
+      content_type: application/json
+      template: |
+        {
+          "title": "Drone-CI [noded-backend]",
+          "message": "Build ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} failed!",
+          "priority": 6
+        }
+    when:
+      status: failure
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