How to Install Gogs on OpenSUSE Latest

Gogs is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service that is easy to install and use. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Gogs on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

• OpenSUSE Latest
• sudo access or root privileges
• Internet connection

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before installing Gogs, make sure that your system has the following dependencies installed:

sudo zypper install git sqlite3 nginx memcached

Step 2: Install Gogs

To install Gogs, follow these steps:

1. Download the latest Gogs release from the official website:

cd ~
wget https://dl.gogs.io/gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz

2. Extract the downloaded archive:

tar xvfz gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz

3. Move the extracted directory to /opt:

sudo mv gogs /opt/

4. Create a system user and group for Gogs:

sudo useradd --system --shell /bin/bash --comment 'Gogs Git User' --user-group git

5. Change the ownership of the /opt/gogs directory:

sudo chown -R git:git /opt/gogs/

Step 3: Configure Gogs

1. Create a gogs service file:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gogs.service

2. Copy the following contents to the file:

[Unit]
Description=Gogs
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
User=git
Group=git
ExecStart=/opt/gogs/gogs web
Restart=always
Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

3. Start the gogs service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start gogs

4. Enable the gogs service to automatically start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable gogs

Step 4: Configure Nginx

1. Create an Nginx configuration file for Gogs:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/gogs.conf

2. Copy the following contents to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/gogs.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/gogs.error.log;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }

    location /static/ {
        alias /opt/gogs/public/;
        expires 24h;
        add_header Cache-Control public;
        access_log off;
    }

    location /avatars/ {
        alias /opt/gogs/data/avatars/;
        expires 24h;
        add_header Cache-Control public;
        access_log off;
    }
}

3. Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

4. Reload Nginx:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 5: Access Gogs

Gogs should now be accessible via your browser at http://yourdomain.com.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gogs on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start using it to host your Git repositories.

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