In this tutorial, I'll show you how to install Gogs, a self-hosted Git service, on your Kali Linux machine. Gogs is an alternative to popular Git hosting services such as GitHub and GitLab.
Before we begin the installation, make sure that you have the latest version of Kali Linux installed on your machine. Additionally, you'll need a non-root user with sudo privileges to carry out the installation.
First, before we can proceed with the installation of Gogs, we need to install Git. To do so, open up your terminal and type the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install git
This will install the Git package on your machine.
Next, we need to download the latest release of Gogs. Head over to the Gogs website and navigate to the downloads page. Select the Linux AMD64 (64-bit) version and copy the download link.
Now, open up your terminal and use the wget command to download the Gogs release package. Replace the URL below with the link you copied earlier.
wget https://dl.gogs.io/0.12.3/gogs_0.12.3_linux_amd64.tar.gz
Once you have downloaded the release package, we need to extract it and install Gogs. Use the following commands to extract the archive and move the Gogs files to the /opt/gogs directory:
sudo tar -xvf gogs_*.tar.gz
sudo mv gogs /opt/
Now, we need to create a new system user to run Gogs. Use the following command to create a new user named gogs:
sudo useradd -r -s /bin/false gogs
We are now ready to configure Gogs. Open up your terminal and navigate to the /opt/gogs directory:
cd /opt/gogs
Next, we need to copy the sample configuration file and make some changes. Use the following commands to create a copy and open it for editing:
sudo cp custom/conf/app.ini.sample custom/conf/app.ini
sudo nano custom/conf/app.ini
Inside the app.ini file, make the following changes:
APP_NAME = Gogs
RUN_USER = gogs
RUN_MODE = prod
Save and close the file.
We are now ready to start Gogs. Use the following command to start the Gogs service:
sudo ./gogs web
This will start the Gogs service on your machine. You can access it by opening up your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:3000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Gogs on your Kali Linux machine. You can now use Gogs as a self-hosted Git service to store and manage your source code.
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