Installing Gitlist on OpenBSD

Gitlist is a web-based interface for viewing Git repositories. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Gitlist on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to ensure that the following packages are installed on your OpenBSD system:

• Git
• Nginx
• PHP

To install these packages, use the following command:

pkg_add git nginx php

Installing Gitlist

1. Download the latest release of Gitlist from the official website https://gitlist.org.

2. Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:

   tar -xf gitlist-{version}.tar.gz -C /var/www/
   

   Replace {version} with the version number of the downloaded release.

3. Rename the extracted folder to gitlist:

   mv /var/www/gitlist-{version} /var/www/gitlist
   

4. Create a new configuration file for Gitlist:

   cp /var/www/gitlist/config.ini-example /var/www/gitlist/config.ini
   

5. Edit the configuration file and set the following parameters:

   [git]
   default_branch = "master"
   

   [app]
   project_root = "/var/www/gitlist"
   

   [theme]
   default = "default"
   

6. Change the ownership of the gitlist folder to the user that is running the webserver:

   chown -R www:www /var/www/gitlist
   

7. Configure Nginx to serve the Gitlist application. Edit the Nginx configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf and add the following configuration:

   server {
       listen       80;
       server_name  your.domain.com;
       root         /var/www/gitlist;
   
       location / {
           try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
       }
   
       location ~ \.php$ {
           fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
           fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
           include fastcgi_params;
       }
   }
   

8. Restart Nginx and PHP-FPM:

   rcctl restart nginx
   rcctl restart php70_fpm
   

9. Access Gitlist in your web browser by visiting your server's IP address or domain name. For example, http://your.domain.com/gitlist.

   You should see the Gitlist interface displaying the available Git repositories on your server.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Gitlist on OpenBSD!

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