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How to install Gitolite on Fedora Server Latest

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

• You have administrative access to the server.
• Git and its dependencies are installed on the server.

Step 1: Install Gitolite

1. Open up the terminal on the Fedora Server.
2. Run the following command to update the system:

sudo dnf update -y

3. Run the command below to install the Gitolite server package:

sudo dnf install gitolite3 -y

Step 2: Configure Gitolite

1. Create a new user account to manage Gitolite by running the command below:

sudo adduser git

2. Switch to the 'git' user with the following command:

sudo su - git

3. Initialize the Gitolite repository by running the command below:

gitolite setup -pk YOUR-PUBLIC-KEY-FILE

Note: Replace YOUR-PUBLIC-KEY-FILE with the path to your public key file. 4. Edit the Gitolite configuration file with the command below:

nano ~/.gitolite.rc

5. Make the following changes to the file:

$REPO_UMASK = 0027
$GL_ADMIN = 'your_username'

Note: Replace your_username with your account username.

Step 3: Create and manage Git repositories

1. To create a new Git repository, run the following command:

gitolite create my-repo

Note: Replace my-repo with the desired name of the repository. 2. To add a new user to Gitolite, create a new public key file in the following format:

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDJEcIh...

3. Rename the file to new_user.pub and copy it to the ~/gl-admin/keydir directory.
4. Commit the changes by running the following command in the Gitolite repository directory:

git add .
git commit -m 'Add new user'
git push

Note: You need to have write access to the Gitolite repository to perform the above command.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Gitolite on Fedora Server Latest and created a Git repository.

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