Gogs also known as Go Git Server is an open source cross-platform self-hosted Git server written in Golang, similar to the GitLab which is written in Ruby. It is easy to install and configure and offers a lot of customization options while installing, it lets you choose between MySQL, SQLite, and PostgreSQL as a Database backend. It is also one of the lightest and fastest self-hosted Git server solution, it does not offer a lot of features like GitLab, but whatever it offers, it does it without pain. If you don’t already have a CentOS server, you can get a VPS on Digital Ocean, by signing up with this referral you get $10 credit and I get $25 credit. Installing Gogs is easy it’s available as a pre-compiled package from Packager. It receives updates like every other package you would install on your system. So you can do the setup once and receive an update on new builds. This setup being pre-build, might not support SQLite, for this guide, I am using MariaDB. You can use PostgreSQL over MariaDB if you prefer it.
Getting started.
Adding Gogs repository key.
sudo rpm --importhttps://rpm.packager.io/key
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)Add Gogs packager.io repository to your local packages database.
echo[gogs]
name=Repository for pkgr/gogs application.
baseurl=htts://rpm.packager.io/gh/pkgr/gogs/centos7/pkgr
enabled=1" | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/gogs.repo </span>
Code language: PHP (php)Installing Gogs
sudo yum install gogs
Installing MySQL
sudo yum install mysql-server -y
Setting up MySQL
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Logging into MySQL console.
mysql -u root -p
Creating a new Database for Gogs.
CREATE DATABASE gogs;
Exiting MySQL console.
exit
Code language: PHP (php)Installing NGINX to reverse proxy Gogs to port 80.
sudo rpm -Uhv http://nginx.org/packages/6/noarch/RPMS/nginx-release-centos--0</span>.el6.ngx.noarch.rpm
sudo yum install -y nginx
Code language: HTML, XML (xml)Editing the NGINX config /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)Add the following lines to your NGINX config.
server {
listen 80;
server_name ${HOSTNAME};
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:3000;
}
}
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)Restart NGINX.
sudo service nginx restart
You can access the newly setup Gogs Server at http://127.0.0.1/, and further configure it to your preference and create your new user, you can now store your projects on your private Git server. Have a question, leave a comment below.
