How to Install Kallithea on Debian Latest

Kallithea is a free and open-source software that provides support for version control systems (VCS) like Git and Mercurial. Kallithea is easy to use, scalable, and customizable.

This tutorial will explain how to install Kallithea on Debian latest.

Step 1: Update the Packages

Before proceeding with the installation, it's a good practice to update the packages on your system:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Kallithea depends on several packages to run correctly. Use the following command to install the necessary dependencies:

sudo apt-get install -y python-pip python-dev libpq-dev postgresql-client mercurial git sqlite3

Step 3: Install Kallithea

1. Install Kallithea's dependencies:

sudo pip install psycopg2 pygments babel

2. Install Kallithea:

sudo pip install kallithea

Step 4: Configure Kallithea

1. Create a new PostgreSQL database:

sudo su - postgres
createdb kallithea

2. Create a new PostgreSQL user for Kallithea:

createuser -P kallithea

3. Edit Kallithea's configuration file /etc/kallithea/kallithea.ini. Set the following parameters:

sqlalchemy.url = postgresql://kallithea:password@localhost/kallithea
[server:main]
use = egg:gunicorn
host = 0.0.0.0
port = 5000
workers = 4

Replace password with the one you set during user creation.

4. Create a systemd service file /etc/systemd/system/kallithea.service:

[Unit]
Description=Kallithea Code Review System

[Service]
User=root
Group=root
WorkingDirectory=/opt/kallithea
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/gunicorn_paster /etc/kallithea/kallithea.ini
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

5. Reload systemd configuration:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

6. Start Kallithea and enable it to start on boot:

sudo systemctl start kallithea
sudo systemctl enable kallithea

Step 5: Access Kallithea

Now that Kallithea is running, you can access it in your web browser by navigating to http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:5000/ .

You should now see the Kallithea login page, which means that you've successfully installed Kallithea on Debian latest.

Conclusion

You now have a fully functional installation of Kallithea on your Debian latest server. You can start using it to manage your version control systems.

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