Gitlist is an open-source application that allows users to browse and explore their Git repositories through a web interface. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Gitlist on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before we start with the installation process, make sure that you have the following:
The first step is to update the packages in the system to their latest versions. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
Gitlist requires a web server to be installed on the system. The most popular web server is Apache. You can install it on Ubuntu by running the following command:
sudo apt install apache2
Gitlist is written in PHP, and it requires Git to be installed on the system. You can install both Git and PHP by running the following command:
sudo apt install git php libapache2-mod-php php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-zip
Now, we need to clone the Gitlist repository to the webserver directory. You can do this by running the following command:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/klaussilveira/gitlist.git
The next step is to configure Apache to serve the Gitlist application. You can do this by creating a new configuration file for Apache. Run the following command to create a new file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf-available/gitlist.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
Alias /gitlist /var/www/html/gitlist/public
<Directory /var/www/html/gitlist/public>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Now, save the file by pressing Ctrl+X, and then Y and Enter.
Next, enable the new configuration file by running the following commands:
sudo a2enconf gitlist
sudo systemctl restart apache2
The final step is to set up Gitlist. You can do this by copying the example configuration file to a new configuration file. Run the following command:
cp /var/www/html/gitlist/config.ini-example /var/www/html/gitlist/config.ini
Now, open the new configuration file using the text editor:
sudo nano /var/www/html/gitlist/config.ini
Update the following lines in the file:
[git]
client = '/usr/bin/git'
[app]
debug = false
baseurl = 'http://<your-server-ip>/gitlist'
Replace <your-server-ip> with the IP address of your server.
Save and exit the file.
You can now access Gitlist from your web browser by going to:
http://<your-server-ip>/gitlist
Replace <your-server-ip> with the IP address of your server.
You should now have Gitlist up and running on your Ubuntu Server Latest machine.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Gitlist on Ubuntu Server Latest. We hope that you found this tutorial helpful. If you have any questions or feedback, please leave a comment below.
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