To host my code, I opted for a self-hosted Gitea instance. Here’s how I set it up:
1. Install Git and SQLite:
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apt install git
apt install sqlite3
2. Download and install Gitea:
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wget -O gitea https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/1.19.3/gitea-1.19.3-linux-arm64
chmod +x gitea
3. Add Gitea user:
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adduser --system --shell /bin/bash --gecos 'Git Version Control' --group --disabled-password --home /home/git git
4. Create directory structure:
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mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,log}
chown -R git:git /var/lib/gitea/
chmod -R 750 /var/lib/gitea/
mkdir /etc/gitea
chown root:git /etc/gitea
chmod 770 /etc/gitea
5. Copy Gitea binary and download service template:
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cp gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea
6. Enable and start Gitea service:
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sudo systemctl enable gitea
sudo systemctl start gitea
With the setup complete, I connected to my Gitea instance at http://kracken:3000.
How to set up Nginx
First, I configured my auto SSH with the following configuration:
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[Unit]
Description=AutoSSH tunnel for proxying my keycloak
After=network.target
Before=keycloak.service
[Service]
Environment="AUTOSSH_GATETIME=0"
ExecStart=/usr/bin/autossh -M 0 -q -N -o "ServerAliveInterval 60" -o "ServerAliveCountMax 3" -R 8080:localhost:8080 -R 3000:localhost:3000 root@mono
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Please note that I added port 3000.
On the remote host mono, I used the default Nginx configuration template as follows:
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# Virtual Host configuration for Kracken
#
server {
server_name git.endeios.net;
root /var/www/example.com;
index /;
client_header_timeout 120s;
client_body_timeout 120s;
client_max_body_size 200m;
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
}
}
Please note the configuration of client_max_body_size 200m to allow for file uploads and built packages.
I linked the file as /etc/nginx/sites-available/git.endeios.net.
Finally, I went to my domain provider and registered git.endeios.net to mono’s IP.
To secure the connection, I used Certbot to install an SSL certificate:
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certbot -d git.endeios.net
And that’s it! My Gitea instance is now securely accessible at https://git.endeios.net.
Links
- https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-install-gitea-on-ubuntu-20-04/
- https://docs.gitea.com/next/installation/install-from-binary
- https://docs.gitea.com/next/installation/linux-service
- https://docs.gitea.com/next/installation/install-from-binary
- https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/contrib/systemd/gitea.service