Gitea ubuntu 24.04

Install Gitea on ubuntu 24.04

this instalation will be with a myslql lite database

• first update the system

apt update && apt install git -y

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Download gitea

• use this link to download

• or get the latest version from thare website

wget -O gitea https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/1.21.4/gitea-1.21.4-linux-amd64
chmod +x gitea

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move the file

• this command will move the file to the bin folder

mv gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea

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Add permission

• make the file executable

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitea

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validate the installation

• run the command to validate the installation

gitea --version

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Create the user & group

• –system: Designates the user as a system user

• –group: Creates a corresponding group for user

• –disabled-password: Prevents password-based login for this user, enhancing security

• –home /etc/gitea: Sets the user’s home director

adduser --system --group --disabled-password --home /etc/gitea gitea

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Directory structure

• make 3 directories

• custom,data,log

• the location /var/lib/gitea

mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,log}

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User mnagement

• this is the 1 of 4 steps

chown -R gitea:gitea /var/lib/gitea/

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User mnagement

• this is the 2 of 4 steps

chmod -R 750 /var/lib/gitea/

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User mnagement

• this is the 3 of 4 steps

chown root:gitea /etc/gitea

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User mnagement

• • this is the 4 of 4 steps

chmod 770 /etc/gitea

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Add a Systemd Service

• open a text editor vim or nano i will use nano

• sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gitea.service

• past and save

[Unit]
Description=Gitea (Git with a cup of tea)
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
# Uncomment the next line if you have repos with lots of files and get a HTTP 500 error because of that
# LimitNOFILE=524288:524288
RestartSec=2s
Type=notify
User=gitea
Group=gitea
#The mount point we added to the container
WorkingDirectory=/var/lib/gitea
#Create directory in /run
RuntimeDirectory=gitea
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gitea web --config /etc/gitea/app.ini
Restart=always
Environment=USER=gitea HOME=/var/lib/gitea/data GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea
WatchdogSec=30s
#Capabilities to bind to low-numbered ports
CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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Restart the service

• to make the changes let us restart the service

systemctl daemon-reload

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Start gitea

• this will start gitea on port 3000

systemctl enable --now gitea

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Using gitea

• change the place-here with the machine ip

• you can use the ip of the machine or the domain name

http://place-here:3000

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