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| author | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2021-09-14 14:07:45 -0400 |
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| committer | Luke Smith <luke@lukesmith.xyz> | 2021-09-14 14:07:45 -0400 |
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diff --git a/cgit.html b/cgit.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2ca026d --- /dev/null +++ b/cgit.html @@ -0,0 +1,151 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<html lang=en> + +<head> + <title>Setting up Cgit – LandChad.net</title> + <meta charset="utf-8" /> + <link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" /> + <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='style.css'> + <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> + <link rel='alternate' type='application/rss+xml' title='Land Chad RSS' href='/rss.xml'> +</head> + +<body> + <header> + <h1>Setting up Cgit</h1> + <img src="pix/cgit.svg" class="titleimg"> + </header> + <main> + <p> + Once you have your server hosting your git repositories, you might want to allow others to browse + your repositories on the web. Cgit is a Free Software that allows browsing git repositories through + the web. </p> + + <p> + Note that Cgit is a read-only frontend for Git repositories and doesn't have issues, pull requests + or user management. If that's what you want, consider installing Gitea instead.</p> + + <h2>Installing cgit and fcgiwrap</h2> + <h3>Install fcgiwrap</h3> + <p> + NGINX doesn't have the capability to run CGI scripts by itself, it depends on an intermediate layer + like fcgiwrap to run CGI scripts like cgit:</p> + + <pre><code>apt install fcgiwrap</code></pre> + + <p>And now we can install cgit itself with:</p> + + <pre><code>apt install cgit</code></pre> + + <h2>Setting up NGINX</h2> + <p> + You should have an NGINX server running with a TLS certificate by now. Add the following configuration + to your server to pass the requests to Cgit, while serving static files directly:</p> + + <pre><code> +server { + listen 443 ssl; + listen [::]:443 ssl; + ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/nginx/<strong>git.example.org</strong>.crt; + ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/nginx/<strong>git.example.org</strong>.key; + server_name <strong>git.example.org</strong>; + + root /usr/share/cgit ; + try_files $uri @cgit ; + + location @cgit { + include fastcgi_params; + fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/lib/cgit/cgit.cgi; + fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $request_uri; + fastcgi_param QUERY_STRING $query_string; + fastcgi_pass unix:/run/fcgiwrap.socket; + } +} + </code></pre> + + <p>Then get NGINX to reload your configuration.</p> + + <h2>Configuring cgit</h2> + <p>You've got cgit up and running now, but you'll probably see it without any style and without any repository. + To change this, we need to configure Cgit to our liking, by editing <code>/etc/cgitrc</code>. + </p> + + <pre><code> +css=/cgit.css +logo=/cgit.svg +virtual-root=/ + +# Title and description shown on top of each page +root-title=<strong>Chad's git server</strong> +root-desc=<strong>A web interface to LandChad's git repositories, powered by Cgit</strong> + +# The location where git repos are stored on the server +scan-path=/srv/git/ + </code></pre> + + <p>This configuration assumes you followed the <a href="/git">git hosting guide</a> and store your repositories + on the <code>/srv/git/</code> directory.</p> + + <p>Cgit's configuration allows changing many settings, as documented on the cgitrc(5) manpage installed with + Cgit.</p> + + <h3>Changing the displayed repository owner</h3> + + <p>Cgit's main page shows each repo's owner, which is "git" in case you followed the git hosting guide, but you + might want to change the name to yours. Cgit shows the owner's system name, so you need to modify the git + user + to give it your name:</p> + + <pre><code> +usermod -c "<strong>Your Name</strong>" git + </code></pre> + + <h3>Changing the repository description</h3> + + <p>Navigate to your bare repository on the server and edit the <code>description</code> file inside it</p> + + <h3>Displaying the repository idle time</h3> + + <p>To do this, we need to create a post-receive hook for each repository that updates the file cgit uses + to determine the idle time. Inside your repository, create a file <code>hooks/post-receive</code> and add + the following contents:</p> + + <pre><code> +#!/bin/sh + +agefile="$(git rev-parse --git-dir)"/info/web/last-modified + +mkdir -p "$(dirname "$agefile")" && +git for-each-ref \ + --sort=-authordate --count=1 \ + --format='%(authordate:iso8601)' \ + >"$agefile" + </code></pre> + + <p>And give it execution permissions with:</p> + + <pre><code>chmod +x hooks/post-receive</code></pre> + + <p>Next time you push to that repository, the idle time should reset and show the correct value.</p> + + <h2>Contribution</h2> + <ul> + <li>Ariel Costas – <a href="https://costas.dev">website</a>, <a + href="https://costas.dev/donations/">donations</a></li> + </ul> + </main> + <footer><a href="https://landchad.net">LandChad.net</a></br>Because Everyone should be an Internet LandChad.</br><a + href="index.html"> + <li><img src="pix/chad.gif" alt="chad"></li> + </a><a href="rss.xml"> + <li><img src="pix/rss.svg" alt="RSS"></li> + </a><a href="pix/btc.png"> + <li><img src="pix/btc.svg" alt="BTC"></li> + </a><a href="pix/xmr.png"> + <li><img src="pix/xmr.svg" alt="XMR"></li> + </a><a href="https://github.com/lukesmithxyz/landchad"> + <li><img src="pix/git.svg" alt="Github"></li> + </a></footer> +</body> + +</html> |