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+title: "Install and Use Gitea"
+date: 2023-02-12T11:11:29+05:30
+lastmod: 2023-02-12T11:11:29+05:30
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+keywords: [gitea git repository repo]
+description: ""
+tags: [gitea git]
+categories: [linux server]
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+---
+Here I document my steps to get Gitea up and running on a Debian server.
+<!--more-->
+
+Gitea is a self-hosted service to host and accept contributions to your git repositories on the web.
+
+## Prerequisites
+- git
+- curl/wget to obtain the binary
+- MySQL/PostgreSQL/MSSQL/SQLite3/TiDB
+
+## Getting Gitea
+Go to Gitea's official website for [installation instructions](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-binary/). 
+
+It usually boils down to 
+1. Obtaining and verifying the binary
+2. Creating a user 
+3. Creating directory structure
+4. Creating a service file
+5. Setting up a databse
+6. Configuring Gitea
+
+## Create user
+Create a user to run Gitea. Here we name it 'gitea' for the sake of our convenience.
+```bash
+adduer \
+--system \
+--shell /bin/bash \
+--gecos 'Gitea' \
+--group \
+--disabled-password \
+--home /home/gitea \
+gitea
+
+```
+
+## Create directory structure
+```bash 
+mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data.log}
+chown -R gitea:gitea /var/lib/gitea
+chmod -R 750 /var/lib/gitea
+mkdir /etc/gitea
+chown root:gitea /etc/gitea
+chmod 770 /etc/gitea
+```
+
+## Copy Gitea binary to global location
+```
+cp gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea
+```
+
+## Create a service file
+Copy the sample [gitea.service](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/contrib/systemd/gitea.service) to `/etc/systemd/system/gitea.service`, then edit the file with a text editor.
+
+Replace the lines starting with `---` to `+++`.
+```
+--- #Wants=postgresql.service
+--- #After=postgresql.service
++++ Wants=postgresql.service
++++ After=postgresql.service
+
+--- User=git
+--- Group=git
++++ User=gitea
++++ Group=gitea 
+```
+
+## Set up a database
+As user `postgres`, run the following
+```
+createuser gitea
+createdb gitea
+psql
+alter user gites with encrypted password 'super-secure-password';
+grant all privileges on database gitea to gitea;
+\q
+```
+
+## Set up a web server
+Put the following configuration in `/etc/caddy/Caddyfile`
+```
+gitea.adityakumar.com {
+  reverse_proxy localhost:3000
+
+}
+```
+Now reload caddy
+```bash
+systemctl reload caddy 
+```
+
+## Configure Gitea
+Enable and start Gitea
+```bash
+systemctl enable --now gitea.service 
+```
+
+Head to the website, or go to `localhost:3000` if you have physical access to the server. Alternatively you can use port forwarding to configure Gitea using your local machine.
+
+On the page, 
+- enter database username, password and database name.
+- change Site Title to whatever you prefer. 
+- enter `gitea` in Run As Username field.
+- change Gitea Base URL to the site's URL
+
+Rest of the options should be left as is unless you have other requirements.
+
+Click on Install Gitea. It should write the configuration to `/etc/gitea/app.ini` and ready for use.
+
+Now change permissions on `/etc/gitea` to make it read-only.
+```bash
+chmod 750 /etc/gitea
+chmod 640 /etc/gitea/app.ini
+```
+