Host Your Own GitHub Alternative with Gitea

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

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