Install & Config Gitea

Just some memo on how to install and config Gitea (a git server) on linux.

Install

Download Gitea binary from official download page first.

$ wget https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.6.0/gitea-1.6.0-linux-amd64 -O gitea
$ chmod +x gitea

Create a new user (like gitea) to run gitea

$ useradd -m gitea
$ cp gitea /home/gitea/

Run gitea as gitea user.

$ su - gitea
$ ./gitea web

Config

Enable https for gitea
Please refer to HTTPS setup to encrypt connections to Gitea for how to do this.

Run gitea as a service
Please refer to Run as service in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for how to do this.

$ sudo systemctl enable gitea		// start gitea automatically when booting
$ sudo systemctl disable gitea		// do not start gitea when booting
$ sudo systemctl start gitea		// start gitea right now
$ sudo systemctl stop gitea		// stop gitea