Gitblit is a simple, self-hosted Git server that offers a web-based user interface. It is built with Java and can be installed on any operating system that supports Java. In this tutorial, we'll cover the steps required to install Gitblit on Arch Linux.
Gitblit requires Java 8 or later to be installed on your system. If Java is not already installed on your machine, you can install it by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk
You can download the latest version of Gitblit from the official Gitblit website. Once you have downloaded the package, extract it to your preferred installation directory. For example, if you want to install Gitblit in the /opt directory, run the following command:
sudo tar -xvfz gitblit-x.x.x.tar.gz -C /opt/
Replace x.x.x with the version number of the package you downloaded.
After extracting the package, navigate to the directory where Gitblit is installed. In the data directory, you will find a file named gitblit.properties. This file contains the configuration settings for Gitblit.
Open the file in a text editor and modify the settings as per your requirements. For example, you can set the server.httpPort property to the port number on which you want Gitblit to listen to HTTP requests.
server.httpPort = 8080
To start Gitblit, run the following command:
sudo /opt/gitblit/gitblit.sh start
This will start Gitblit and it will be available at http://localhost:8080 in your web browser. You can stop Gitblit using the following command:
sudo /opt/gitblit/gitblit.sh stop
If you want to access Gitblit from a remote system, you need to modify the server.httpBindInterface property in the gitblit.properties file to the IP address of your machine.
server.httpBindInterface = 192.168.0.100
Replace 192.168.0.100 with the IP address of your machine. Once you have made this change, restart Gitblit using the following command:
sudo /opt/gitblit/gitblit.sh restart
You can now access Gitblit from a remote system using the IP address and port number you specified in the gitblit.properties file.
In this tutorial, we covered the steps required to install Gitblit on Arch Linux. With Gitblit, you can easily set up a self-hosted Git server with a web-based user interface. Happy coding!
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