How to Install Gogs on OpenBSD

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Gogs, a self-hosted Git service written in Go programming language, on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following:

Before installing Gogs, we need to install some dependencies. Open a terminal and run the following command to install Git, PostgreSQL, and Go:

$ doas pkg_add git postgresql go

Gogs requires a PostgreSQL database. Let's create a new database and user for Gogs:

Log in to the postgresql user account by running the following command:
```
$ doas su - _postgresql
```
Create a new database and user by running the following SQL commands:
```
$ createdb gogs
$ createuser --encrypted --pwprompt gogs
```
When prompted for a password, enter a secure password and remember it since we'll need it later.
Grant the newly created user access to the gogs database:
```
$ psql
# GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE gogs TO gogs;
# \q
```
This will grant full privileges to the user gogs on the gogs database.
Exit from the postgresql user account:
```
# exit
```

Download the latest version of Gogs from the official website by running the following command in the terminal:
```
$ wget https://cdn.gogs.io/gogs_v0.12.3_openbsd_amd64.tar.gz
```

Extract the downloaded file:

$ tar -xzf gogs_v0.12.3_openbsd_amd64.tar.gz

Move the extracted files to your preferred location. For example, let's move it to /home/gogs/:
```
$ mv gogs/ /home/gogs/
```
Change the directory to the gogs folder:
```
$ cd /home/gogs/gogs/
```
Create a new app.ini file to configure the Gogs settings:
```
$ cp conf/app.ini.sample conf/app.ini
```
Open the app.ini file using your favorite text editor. For example, we'll use vi:
```
$ vi conf/app.ini
```

Edit the following sections to match your settings:

[database]: Modify the URL, username, and password to match the PostgreSQL database settings you created earlier. For example:

[database]
DB_TYPE  = postgres
HOST     = localhost:5432
NAME     = gogs
USER     = gogs
PASSWD   = mysecretpassword
SSL_MODE = disable
PATH     =

[security]: Modify the SECRET_KEY value to a secure and random string. For example:

[security]
INSTALL_LOCK   = true
SECRET_KEY     = 53ubx0rk7g8no37ptys2wv61m5649ijhefdchlazqm
INTERNAL_TOKEN = X578GBpxiiojsaM0MJBjShcIFZonOPaA

Change the owner of the gogs directory to the www user:
```
$ doas chown -R www:www /home/gogs/gogs/
```
This is required to allow Gogs to bind to the network port.
Start the Gogs service by running the following command in the terminal:
```
$ ./gogs web
```
If everything goes well, you should see the following message in the terminal:
```
[Macaron] listening on :3000 (http)
[Macaron] listening on :2222 (ssh) 
```
This means that Gogs is running and accessible at http://localhost:3000 and ssh://localhost:2222.
Open your web browser and visit http://localhost:3000 to access the Gogs installation wizard.

Follow the wizard to complete the installation process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gogs on OpenBSD.

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