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Asked: 2010-11-12 03:42:15 +0800 CST

Setting up a git server

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I've recently set up ubuntu-server on Amazon EC2. I would like to use it as my git server, so I could store my repos there.

So, where can I find some detailed instructions of how to setup git on ubuntu server? All these SSH keys and stuff like that, multiple users, etc.

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  1. Best Answer

    You can use the tutorial to install a Git server as aking1012 proposed you or you could just install SSH server on your EC2 instance (probably it would be wise to secure it and change the default port).

    Git can be server-less you init your repository and then you access it from remote via SSH. So instructions like this on the Ubuntu Server should do it: 

    GIT_DIR=project.git git init  
cd project.git  
git --bare update-server-info  
cp hooks/post-update.sample hooks/post-update

    Finally install SSH on your server: 

    sudo apt-get install ssh-server

    Now, you should configure SSH to secure it.

    It's time to put your project online (the data you already have on your development machine): 

    git push ssh://<username>@<remote-git-hostname>/path/to/project.git master

    And now you can start cloning around. You go on your development machine: 

    git clone ssh://<username>@<remote-git-hostname>/path/to/dir.git

    Check this excellent resource on Git.

    And for generating your ssh keys for safer authentication, you can read this article about SSH authentication.

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  2. For all my Git server setups I use Gitolite which allows for a security granularity of "per-branch" access. Setup is pretty straight forward if you're doing it on a remote server it's as easy as running an interactive script. In addition to this "easy-to-setup" nature it also has a package in Natty and Maverick 

    sudo apt-get install gitolite

    This won't provide a web frontend like Github, or Gitweb - but you can easily configure and install those on top of something like Gitolite.

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  3. I like gitolite. The Pro Git book has a section on it but I recommend reading the whole book.

    As for your multiple users requirement:

    Gitolite allows you to specify permissions not just by repository (like Gitosis does), but also by branch or tag names within each repository. That is, you can specify that certain people (or groups of people) can only push certain “refs” (branches or tags) but not others.

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  4. http://scie.nti.st/2007/11/14/hosting-git-repositories-the-easy-and-secure-way can be slightly modified to suit your purposes...a similar tutorial http://blog.agdunn.net/?p=277.

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  5. Definitely follow the official documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Git (section Setting up Git and Project Management)

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  6. The solution that worked the best for me, was setting up WebDAV.

    • sudo a2enmod sudo dav_fs

    • sudo a2enmod dav

    • add new file to /etc/apache2/sites-available and name it, for example, git.yourserver.com. Edit it and add following lines:

    <VirtualHost *:80>

    DocumentRoot /var/www/git.yourserver.com/repos
ServerName git.yourserver.net
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews

<Location />
    DAV On
    AuthType Basic
    AuthName "git repos"
    AuthUserFile /var/www/git.yourserver.net/password.dav
    Require valid-user
</Location>

    </VirtualHost>

    • create directory /var/www/git.yourserver.com and directory repos inside id
    • sudo chown www-data /var/www/git.yourserver.com/repos
    • sudo htpasswd -c /var/www/git.yourserver.com/password.dav user_login and enter password for user named user_login
    • sudo chown root:www-data /var/www/git.yourserver.com/password.dav
    • sudo chmod 640 /var/www/git.yourserver.com/password.dav

    Now, sudo a2ensite git.yourserver.com and sudo service apache2 restart.

    • Enter /var/www/git.yourserver.com/repos and create directory, for example, myrepo.git
    • cd myrepo.git
    • git --bare init
    • git update-server-info

    Now, logout from your remote server and go to local directory you want to edit your files in.

    git clone http://user_login:[email protected]/myrepo.git

    and you've finished. If you want to send your commited changes to the server: 

    git push origin master

    You can create as many users as you want using sudo htpasswd. Just remember not to use -c switch, when adding more users, because old file will be deleted.

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  7. It is very easy to achieve with gitolite. In less than an hour you will have easy configurable and secure multiuser git server.

    I have an howto article on my site

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  8. I also like the gitolite approach for managing users and security. I have a Git + gitolite server AMI for EC2 currently being tested. Feel free to give it a try; documentation is available here:

    Alestic Git Server

    Using this approach, you can have a central Git server with private repositories running in a matter of minutes. There is a learning curve for gitolite and EC2 if you aren't familiar with them.

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