Sites like Github, Gitlab, and BitBucket have nice UIs that make looking at commit diffs and issue tracking easier. However, this requires an internet connection. What if we can mirror the content from these sites locally? Gitea comes to the rescue!
Installation
Download gitea and make it executable.
wget -O gitea https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.13.0/gitea-1.13.0-linux-amd64
chmod +x gitea
Create the stow directory
sudo mkdir /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0
Start by moving the executable to this directory
sudo mkdir /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0/bin
sudo mv gitea-1.13.0-linux-amd64 \
/usr/local/gitea-1.13.0/bin/
Add a git user that gitea will use.
sudo adduser \
--system \
--shell /bin/bash \
--gecos 'Git Version Control' \
--group \
--disabled-password \
--home /home/git \
git
Create directories gitea expects.
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0/var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,log}
sudo chown -R git:git /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0/var/lib/gitea
sudo chmod -R 750 /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0/var/lib/gitea
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0/etc/gitea
sudo chown root:git /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0/etc/gitea
sudo chmod 770 /usr/local/stow/gitea-1.13.0/etc/gitea
Stow gitea
cd /usr/local/stow
sudo stow gitea-1.13.0
Systemd Service
Edit /usr/lib/systemd/system/gitea.service.
[Unit]
Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
After=syslog.target
After=network.target
Requires=nginx.service
[Service]
Type=simple
User=git
Group=git
WorkingDirectory=/usr/local/var/lib/gitea
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea web --config /usr/local/etc/gitea/app.ini
Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git GITEA_WORK_DIR=/usr/local/var/lib/gitea
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Start and enable gitea.
sudo systemctl start gitea
sudo systemctl enable gitea
Gitea Setup
Go to http://localhost:3000/install
Check “Enable Local Mode” For security, check “Disable Self-Registration” and “Require Sign-In to View Pages” Setup the “Administrator Account Settings”
Nginx Setup
Edit /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitea.conf
location /gitea/ {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3000/;
proxy_http_version 1.1;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
}
Enable the site
sudo ln -s \
/etc/nginx/sites-available/gitea.conf \
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Apache HTTPD Setup
Edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/gitea.conf
<Location /gitea>
ProxyPass http://localhost:3000 retry=0 timeout=5
ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:3000
ProxyPreserveHost On
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Location>
Restart httpd
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Mirroring
To mirror a repo, first click on the plus sign and select “New Migration”, then make sure to check the “This repository will be a mirror”.
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