How to Install Gerrit on FreeBSD Latest

Gerrit is a web-based code review tool that supports Git repositories. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Gerrit on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

• A FreeBSD Latest server with at least 2 CPU cores and 4GB RAM.
• A sudo user account.

Step 1 - Install MySQL

1. Connect to your FreeBSD Latest server using SSH.

2. Update your package manager:

sudo pkg update

3. Install MySQL:

sudo pkg install mysql57-server

4. Enable MySQL at boot:

sudo sysrc mysql_enable=YES

5. Start MySQL:

sudo service mysql-server start

6. Secure MySQL by running the installation security script:

sudo /usr/local/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Step 2 - Install Java

1. Install Java:

sudo pkg install openjdk8

2. Verify Java installation:

java -version

Step 3 - Install Git

1. Install Git:

sudo pkg install git

2. Verify Git installation:

git --version

Step 4 - Install Gerrit

1. Download Gerrit from https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download.html:

wget https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-<version>.war

Replace <version> with the latest version of Gerrit. For example, if the latest version is 3.4.0, the command should be:

wget https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-3.4.0.war

2. Create a directory for Gerrit:

sudo mkdir /var/gerrit

3. Move the Gerrit war file to the new directory:

sudo mv gerrit-<version>.war /var/gerrit/gerrit.war

4. Create a new user for Gerrit:

sudo pw user add gerrit -c "Gerrit Code Review" -d /var/gerrit -s /usr/sbin/nologin

5. Change the ownership of the Gerrit directory to the new user:

sudo chown -R gerrit:gerrit /var/gerrit

6. Create a new Gerrit site:

sudo su - gerrit -c "java -jar /var/gerrit/gerrit.war init --batch --no-auto-start"

7. Start Gerrit:

sudo su - gerrit -c "/var/gerrit/bin/gerrit.sh start"

Step 5 - Access Gerrit

1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip:8080

2. You will be prompted to create a new account.

3. Once you have created an account, login to Gerrit.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Gerrit on FreeBSD Latest!

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