Host Your Own GitHub Alternative with Gitea

#Gitea #Git #Linux

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0521.html

What is Gitea

Gitea is a community managed lightweight code hosting solution written in Go. - https://gitea.io/

Installing Gitea

   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   Source:  https://about.gitlab.com/  

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