How to Install Gogs on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Introduction

Gogs is a self-hosted Git service that allows you to create and manage your Git repositories. It is written in Go and can be installed on different platforms, including Linux, Windows, MacOS, and BSD.

Fedora CoreOS is a next-generation Linux-based operating system designed for containerized workloads with automatic updates and minimal maintenance. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gogs on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you can install Gogs on Fedora CoreOS Latest, you must meet the following requirements:

• A running instance of Fedora CoreOS Latest.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Git and SQLite

To install Gogs on Fedora CoreOS Latest, you need to install Git and SQLite. You can use the following command to install both packages:

sudo dnf install -y git sqlite

Step 2: Download and Install Gogs

To download and install Gogs, follow these steps:

1. Open your web browser and go to the Gogs website.

2. Click on the "Download" button on the homepage.

3. On the Download page, select the "Linux" operating system and choose the "amd64" architecture.

4. Download the tar.gz file and extract it to the /opt directory:

sudo tar -xvf gogs-*-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /opt/

5. Rename the extracted directory to "gogs":

sudo mv /opt/gogs-* /opt/gogs

6. Set the permissions on the "gogs" directory:

sudo chown -R ${USER}:${USER} /opt/gogs

7. Create a new systemd service file for Gogs:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gogs.service

8. Copy and paste the following content into the file:

[Unit]
Description=Gogs Service
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
User=${USER}
Group=${USER}
LimitNOFILE=65535
WorkingDirectory=/opt/gogs
ExecStart=/opt/gogs/gogs web
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

9. Save and close the file.

10. Reload the systemd daemon configuration:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Step 3: Configure Gogs

To configure Gogs, follow these steps:

1. Open your web browser and go to the IP address or domain name of your Fedora CoreOS server, followed by ":3000". For example, http://192.168.0.100:3000/.

2. You should see the "Gogs Setup" page. Fill in the required fields and create a new admin account.

3. Click on the "Install Gogs" button to save your settings.

4. You will be redirected to the Gogs login page. Log in with the admin account you just created.

5. You can now create and manage your Git repositories.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Gogs on your Fedora CoreOS Latest server. You can now use Gogs to manage your Git repositories on this platform.

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