GarageHQ is a free and open-source software for managing Git repositories. It provides a simple and user-friendly interface to manage your Git projects, such as creating new repositories, uploading and downloading files, and managing your Git commits. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GarageHQ on EndeavourOS Latest.
Before you start, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before we start installing GarageHQ, we need to make sure our system is up to date. To do this, open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will update all the packages on your system to their latest versions.
GarageHQ has some dependencies that need to be installed before we can install the software. To install the dependencies, use the following command in your terminal:
sudo pacman -S git python python-pip python-virtualenv nginx uwsgi uwsgi-plugin-python
This will install all the dependencies required by GarageHQ.
Next, we need to clone the GarageHQ repository to your local system. To do this, use the following command:
git clone https://github.com/DeuxFleurs/GarageHQ.git
This will clone the repository to a directory called GarageHQ in your current working directory.
Now that we have all the dependencies and the GarageHQ repository, we can proceed with the installation. To install GarageHQ, we need to create a virtual environment for Python and install the required Python packages. To do this, follow the steps below:
Navigate to the GarageHQ directory:
cd GarageHQ
Create a virtual environment for Python:
virtualenv venv
Activate the virtual environment:
source venv/bin/activate
Install the required Python packages:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Run the following command to start the web server:
./manage.py runserver
You should see output similar to the following:
Performing system checks...
System check identified no issues (0 silenced).
April 06, 2021 - 14:06:40
Django version 3.1.7, using settings 'GarageHQ.settings'
Starting development server at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.
Keep the web server running and open a new terminal window.
GarageHQ uses uWSGI to serve the web application and Nginx to act as a reverse proxy. We need to configure both of these to run GarageHQ. To do this, follow the steps below:
Create a new file called garagehq.ini in the GarageHQ directory and add the following content:
[uwsgi]
; The full path to the GarageHQ directory
chdir=/path/to/GarageHQ
; The path to the virtual environment
virtualenv=/path/to/GarageHQ/venv
; The location of the GarageHQ WSGI module
module=GarageHQ.wsgi:application
processes=4
threads=2
; The socket file used to communicate with uWSGI
socket=127.0.0.1:8080
; Set the appropriate permissions for the socket file
chmod-socket=660
; Enable master process management
master=true
; Enable threads
enable-threads=true
; Use the Django framework
env=DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=GarageHQ.settings
Create a new file called garagehq in the /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ directory with the following content:
server {
listen 80;
server_name garagehq.example.com;
location / {
uwsgi_pass 127.0.0.1:8080;
include uwsgi_params;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
}
}
Replace garagehq.example.com with your own domain name, and make sure that the server name matches the domain name that you want to use for GarageHQ.
Restart both Nginx and uWSGI with the following commands:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
uwsgi --ini garagehq.ini
Finally, visit http://garagehq.example.com in your web browser to access GarageHQ. You should see the GarageHQ login page. You can now log in with your GitLab or GitHub account to start using GarageHQ.
Congratulations! You have installed GarageHQ on EndeavourOS Latest.
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