In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing GitPrep on Elementary OS Latest. GitPrep is a Git repository management system that makes it easy to host and manage Git repositories from your own server. We will be installing GitPrep from its GitHub repository.
Before we begin the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
Before we start installing GitPrep, we need to install its dependencies on our system. Use the following command to install the required packages:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev perl
Next, we need to clone the GitPrep repository from GitHub. Use the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/yuki-kimoto/gitprep.git
After the cloning process is complete, you should have a gitprep directory in your current working directory.
Now, we need to configure GitPrep. Change to the gitprep directory and create a config.yaml file:
cd gitprep
cp config.yaml.sample config.yaml
Open the config.yaml file using your preferred text editor and update the following fields:
user: Set the username that will be used to login to GitPrep.password: Set the password that will be used to login to GitPrep.repository_root: Set the path to the directory where the Git repositories will be stored. For example, /home/<user>/repositories.Now we need to install and configure NGINX to serve GitPrep. Use the following command to install NGINX:
sudo apt-get install nginx
Once NGINX is installed, we need to configure it. Create a new configuration file for GitPrep:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitprep
Add the following code to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Change this to your domain name
root /var/www/gitprep;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.cgi?$args;
}
location ~ \.cgi$ {
gzip off;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/lib/cgi-bin/gitprep$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Replace example.com with your domain name. Save and close the file. Create a symbolic link from the configuration file to the sites-enabled directory:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitprep /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Now, test your NGINX configuration and make sure there are no errors:
sudo nginx -t
Finally, restart NGINX to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Now we can start GitPrep using the following command:
./gitprep-psgi.pl
If you want to start GitPrep as a background process, use the following command instead:
./gitprep-psgi.pl --daemon
Now you should be able to access GitPrep through your domain name or IP address. Open your web browser and navigate to http://<your-domain-name>. You should see the GitPrep login page.
Login using the username and password set in the config.yaml file. After logging in, you should see the GitPrep dashboard.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed GitPrep on Elementary OS Latest!
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