In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Gitea on Alpine Linux Latest. Gitea is a self-hosted Git service that provides a lightweight interface for managing repositories, users, and permissions.
Before we begin, you need to make sure that you have the following requirements:
The first step is to update the system by running the following command:
sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade
This command will update all the packages installed in your system to their latest versions.
Before we can install Gitea, we need to install its dependencies. To do this, run the following command:
sudo apk add git sqlite openssh
Git is required for version control, SQLite is required for storing data, and OpenSSH is required for secure remote access.
We will now download the latest version of Gitea from its official website.
Visit the following link to find the latest stable version of Gitea:
https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/
Choose the appropriate version based on your system architecture and download it by running the following command:
sudo wget https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/{version}/gitea-{version}-linux-amd64
Replace {version} with the version number you want to download. For example:
sudo wget https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/v1.16.5/gitea-v1.16.5-linux-amd64
After downloading Gitea, we need to configure it. Create a new directory for storing Gitea's configuration files.
sudo mkdir /etc/gitea
Create a new user for Gitea.
sudo adduser --system --shell /bin/false --disabled-password --home /var/lib/gitea --gecos 'Git Version Control' gitea
Give read and write permissions to the Gitea user on the /etc/gitea directory.
sudo chown -R gitea:gitea /etc/gitea
Create a new directory to store the Git repositories.
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,indexers,public,log}
Give read and write permissions to the Gitea user on the /var/lib/gitea directory.
sudo chown -R gitea:gitea /var/lib/gitea
Move the Gitea binary to the usr/local/bin directory and give it execute permissions.
sudo mv gitea-v1.16.5-linux-amd64 /usr/local/bin/gitea
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitea
Finally, start Gitea by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start gitea
Gitea should now be running on your server. You can access it by visiting http://{server-ip-address}:3000 in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Gitea on Alpine Linux Latest. With Gitea, you can now host your own Git repositories, manage users and permissions, and collaborate with your team.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
