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MariaDB configuration

PostgreSQL configuration

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Gitea is painless self-hosted git service, a fork of gogs.

Installation

Gitea requires the use of a database backend, the following are supported:

• MariaDB/MySQL
• PostgreSQL
• SQLite <- recommended for small, private installations

USE flags

USE flags for www-apps/gitea A painless self-hosted Git service

acct	User and group management via acct-*/git packages
filecaps	Use Linux file capabilities to control privilege rather than set*id (this is orthogonal to USE=caps which uses capabilities at runtime e.g. libcap)
pam	Add support for PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules)DANGEROUS to arbitrarily flip
pie	Build programs as Position Independent Executables (a security hardening technique)
sqlite	Add support for sqliteembedded sql database

Data provided by the Gentoo Package Database · Last update: 2023-03-11 07:41 More information about USE flags

Emerge

root #emerge --ask www-apps/gitea

Configuration

Files

• /etc/gitea/app.ini - User configuration file, see bug #714844

Service

OpenRC

Starting gitea in the background:

root #rc-service gitea start

Current status of gitea service:

root #rc-service gitea status

Starting automatically at system boot:

root #rc-update add gitea default

Systemd

Starting gitea in the background:

root #systemctl start gitea

Current status of gitea service:

root #systemctl status gitea

Starting automatically at system boot:

root #systemctl enable gitea

Usage

Start and/or enable gitea service.

The web interface should be available at http://localhost:3000/, when running at first time, it should be redirected to http://localhost:3000/install.

Removal

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean --verbose www-apps/gitea

External resources

• ArchWiki Gitea - can be helpful while configuration sections is incomplete on Gentoo wiki
• Official documentation