Gogs is a self-hosted Git service that allows you to create and manage your own Git repositories. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps required to install Gogs on Debian latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
First, update the system package list and upgrade any outdated packages by running the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Gogs requires several dependencies to be installed on the system. Install the required dependencies by running the following command:
sudo apt install git build-essential libpam-dev
Download the latest stable version of Gogs from the official website.
wget https://dl.gogs.io/gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded Gogs archive to your desired directory. In this example, we'll use /opt/gogs as the installation directory.
sudo tar -xvf gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz -C /opt/
Next, create a new user for Gogs to run as on the system. This ensures that Gogs doesn't run as the root user, which can be a security risk.
sudo adduser --system --group --disabled-login gogs
Note: --disabled-login flag ensures that the newly created user cannot login to the system.
Navigate to the Gogs installation directory and edit the custom/conf/app.ini file to configure Gogs for your needs.
cd /opt/gogs/
sudo nano custom/conf/app.ini
Replace the following parameters with your own values:
Save your changes and exit the editor.
Start the Gogs service by running the following command:
sudo -u gogs ./gogs web
You can now access your Gogs installation by opening your web browser and navigating to the URL that you set in step 6.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gogs on Debian latest. Now you can create and manage your own Git repositories on your own server.
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