Host Your Own GitHub Alternative with Gitea
9#Gitea #Git #Linux
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0521.html
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What is Gitea
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Gitea is a community managed lightweight code hosting solution written in Go. - https://gitea.io/
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Installing Gitea
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01. Log into the Linux device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal:
# update software repositories
sudo apt update
# install software updates
sudo apt upgrade -y
# install preprequisites
sudo apt install git mariadb-server -y
# create gitea user
sudo adduser --system --shell /bin/bash --gecos 'Git Version Control' --group --disabled-password --home /home/gitea gitea
# configure the MySQL database
sudo su
mysql_secure_installation
03. Press Enter to login as root
04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
11. Run the following commands to create the Gitea database and database user
CREATE DATABASE gitea CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
CREATE USER 'gitea_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'G1te@!';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON gitea.* TO 'gitea_rw'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
12. Continue with the following commands:
# download the Gitea binary
wget -O ./gitea https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v1.14.2/gitea-1.14.2-linux-amd64
# make gitea executable
sudo chmod +x gitea
# move gitea to /usr/local/bin
sudo mv ./gitea /usr/local/bin/
# verify gitea can be found
gitea --version
# create required directory structures
sudo mkdir -p /etc/gitea /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,indexers,public,log}
sudo chown gitea:gitea /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
sudo chmod 750 /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
sudo chown root:gitea /etc/gitea
sudo chmod 770 /etc/gitea
# create gitea service
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gitea.service
13. Paste the following into gitea.service
[Unit]
Description=Gitea
After=syslog.target
After=network.target
After=mysql.service
[Service]
LimitMEMLOCK=infinity
LimitNOFILE=65535
RestartSec=2s
Type=simple
User=gitea
Group=gitea
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/gitea/
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea web -c /etc/gitea/app.ini
Restart=always
Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/gitea GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to gitea.service
15. Continue with the following commands:
# reload services
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
# enable gitea to run on boot and start now
sudo systemctl enable --now gitea
16. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3000
17. Complete the database settings on the Initial Configuration screen ≫ Click the Install Gitea button
18. Click the Register Now link
19. Enter a username, email and password ≫ Click the Register Account button
20. Welcome to Gitea
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