Can Laravel Forge be integrated with other CI/CD pipelines

- Forge Deployment Triggers: Forge provides a "Deployment Trigger URL" that you can use to trigger deployments from external CI/CD platforms. This allows you to integrate Forge with tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Travis CI, and others. [4]

- Forge CLI: Forge offers a command-line interface (CLI) tool that you can use to deploy your applications from within your CI/CD pipeline. This allows you to execute the `forge deploy` command as part of your build and deployment process. [4]

- Environment Variables: To authenticate with Forge from your CI/CD platform, you need to set the `FORGE_API_TOKEN` environment variable. This allows your pipeline to access Forge and trigger deployments. [4]

- SSH Access: Your CI/CD platform also needs to have SSH access to your Forge server in order to deploy the application code. You can set the `SSH_PRIVATE_KEY` environment variable for this. [4]

- Example Integration: The documentation provides an example of integrating Forge with GitHub Actions, where you set up the necessary environment variables and then use the `forge deploy` command in your deployment pipeline. [4]

- Third-Party Integrations: There are also third-party tools like Chipper CI that provide a streamlined way to set up CI/CD pipelines for Laravel applications, including integration with Forge. [1][2]

In summary, while Forge itself is focused on server management and deployment, it provides the necessary integration points to allow it to be used as part of a broader CI/CD workflow alongside other popular tools. The key is setting up the required authentication and access, which the Forge documentation explains in detail.