GitBucket is a free and open-source Git platform that allows users to host their own Git repositories within their organization. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the process of installing GitBucket on MX Linux.
Before we begin, you should have the following:
To ensure that your system is up-to-date, run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
You need to have Java installed on your machine to run GitBucket. You can check if Java is already installed by running the following command:
java -version
If Java is not installed, you can install it by running the following command:
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre-headless
You can download GitBucket from the official website, or you can use the following command to download the latest version:
wget https://github.com/gitbucket/gitbucket/releases/download/4.38.0/gitbucket.war
To ensure that GitBucket starts automatically in the background when your system boots up, we need to create a Systemd service file. Run the following command to create a new file for GitBucket:
sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gitbucket.service
Then, copy and paste the following content into the file:
[Unit]
Description=GitBucket
[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/gitbucket
ExecStart=/usr/bin/java -jar /opt/gitbucket/gitbucket.war
User=gitbucket
Restart=always
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
SyslogIdentifier=gitbucket
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
Save and close the file.
You should not run GitBucket as a root user. Instead, we need to create a separate user for GitBucket. Run the following command to create a new user called "gitbucket":
sudo useradd -r -m -U -d /opt/gitbucket -s /bin/bash gitbucket
Then, set a password for the GitBucket user by running the following command:
sudo passwd gitbucket
Ensure that the GitBucket directory and its contents are owned by the GitBucket user we just created, by running the following commands:
sudo chown -R gitbucket:gitbucket /opt/gitbucket
Run the following command to start GitBucket:
sudo systemctl start gitbucket
You can now access GitBucket via a web browser by typing in your server's IP address followed by ":8080" (i.e. http://your-server-ip-address:8080). You should see the GitBucket login prompt.
You have successfully installed GitBucket on your MX Linux machine. You should now be able to host your own Git repositories on your server. Enjoy!
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