This article explains how to install Gitea on Ubuntu Linux.
Gitea is an open-source version control platform similar to GitHub. It’s probably the easiest, fastest, and painless way to set up a self-hosted Git service.
Gitea is a clone of Gogs and is 100% open-source and free of charge. All source codes are available under the MIT License on GitHub. It is robust, scalable, and a great alternative to git services.
Installing Gitea on Ubuntu Linux allows you to set up your own self-hosted Git service, which can be used for project version control and collaboration. This provides a cost-effective and flexible alternative to commercial Git services like GitHub.
Additionally, Ubuntu is a popular and reliable Linux distribution well-supported by the Gitea community, making it a great choice for running Gitea.
To install Gitea on Ubuntu, follow the steps below
Install Git and Create Git User
Before continuing below, run the command to install the git package on Ubuntu.
sudo apt update sudo apt install git
After installing Git, run the commands below to create a Git user to run Gitea services. To do that, run the commands below
sudo adduser --system --group --disabled-password --shell /bin/bash --home /home/git --gecos 'Git Version Control' git
You should see a similar message below:
Output: Adding system user `git' (UID 122) . Adding new group `git' (GID 127) . Adding new user `git' (UID 122) with group `git' . Creating home directory `/home/git' .
Next, continue below and install MariaDB
Install MariaDB
Gitea requires a database server to store its content. And MariaDB is a great place to start looking for an open-source database server.
To install MariaDB, run the commands below.
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing MariaDB, the commands below can stop, start, and enable the service to start when the server boots.
Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mysql.service sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service
Run these on Ubuntu 18.10 and 18.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
After that, run the commands below to secure the MariaDB server by creating a root password and disallowing remote root access.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
- Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
- Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
- New password: Enter password
- Re-enter new password: Repeat password
- Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
- Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
- Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
- Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Restart MariaDB server
Once you’ve installed all the packages required for Gitea to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank Gitea database and database user.
To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Change the GLOBAL innodeb_file_per_table to On.
SET GLOBAL innodb_file_per_table = ON;
Then, create a database called giteadb
CREATE DATABASE giteadb;
Create a database user called teaser with a new password
CREATE USER 'giteauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then, grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON giteadb.* TO 'giteauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Next, run the commands below to update the database character set.
ALTER DATABASE giteadb CHARACTER SET = utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Next, run the commands below to open the MariaDB default config file.
sudo nano /etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-server.cnf
Then add the lines below and save.
innodb_file_format = Barracuda innodb_large_prefix = 1 innodb_default_row_format = dynamic
Restart MariaDB after that.
sudo systemctl restart mariadb.service sudo systemctl restart mysql.service
Continue below to download the Gitea package.
Install Gitea Packages
After creating the user account, run the commands below to download Gitea’s latest package. You can find its latest version from the link below:
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
Run the commands below to download version 1.8.0. You can replace the version number with the latest if it becomes available.
cd /tmp
wget https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.8.0/gitea-1.8.0-linux-amd64
After downloading the file, move it into the /usr/local/bin directory and make it executable.
sudo mv gitea-1.8.0-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/gitea sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitea
Next, create this folder for Gitea to use, then update their permissions using the commands below.
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,indexers,public,log}
sudo chown git:git /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
sudo chmod 750 /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
sudo mkdir /etc/gitea
sudo chown root:git /etc/gitea
sudo chmod 770 /etc/gitea
After that, run the commands below to create the Gitea systemd script.
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gitea.service
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it.
[Unit] Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea) After=syslog.target After=network.target #After=mysqld.service #After=postgresql.service #After=memcached.service #After=redis.service [Service] # Modify these two values and uncomment them if you have # repos with lots of files and get an HTTP error 500 because # of that ### #LimitMEMLOCK=infinity #LimitNOFILE=65535 RestartSec=2s Type=simple User=git Group=git WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/gitea/ ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea web -c /etc/gitea/app.ini Restart=always Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea # If you want to bind Gitea to a port below 1024 uncomment # the two values below ### #CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE #AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target
After that, reload systemd and start the Gitea service
sudo systemctl daemon-reload sudo systemctl enable gitea sudo systemctl start gitea
To check gitea’s status, run the commands below:
sudo systemctl status gitea
You should see a similar message below
● gitea.service - Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/gitea.service; enabled; vendor preset: en
Active: active (running) since Fri 2019-04-26 10:52:32 CDT; 11s ago
Main PID: 7118 (gitea)
Tasks: 6 (limit: 4683)
CGroup: /system.slice/gitea.service
└─7118 /usr/local/bin/gitea web -c /etc/gitea/app.ini
Apr 26 10:52:32 ubuntu1804 gitea[7118]: 2019/04/26 10:52:32 [T] Log path: /var/l
Apr 26 10:52:32 ubuntu1804 gitea[7118]: 2019/04/26 10:52:32 [I] Gitea v1.8.0 bui
Next, open your browser and browse to the server hostname or IP address followed by port 3000
http://localhost:3000/install
Type in the database connection info and continue with the setup.
Set up the backend admin account as well.
Login and enjoy!
After the installation, you should be able to log on and use Gitea as a git service.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured the Gitea git server on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 systems.
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