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diff --git a/www/posts/git/2021-05-29/setting-up-a-self-host-git-server/index.html b/www/posts/git/2021-05-29/setting-up-a-self-host-git-server/index.html index 662017b..39c89dd 100644 --- a/www/posts/git/2021-05-29/setting-up-a-self-host-git-server/index.html +++ b/www/posts/git/2021-05-29/setting-up-a-self-host-git-server/index.html @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ <link href="/posts/php/atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="The Home of David T. Sadler - All Posts About PHP"/> </head> <body> - <section><h1>Setting up a Self Hosted Git Server</h1><blockquote>Sat 29th May 2021 By David T. Sadler.</blockquote><p>I've always liked the idea of self hosting some of my git repositories. After a bit of research I found that it involves.</p><ul><li>Installing git.</li><li>Creating a git user.</li><li>Setting up ssh so that I can log into the sever securely as the git user.</li><li>Creating a test repository on the server.</li><li>Creating a test project on my local machine.</li><li>Pushing the test project to the git sever.</li></ul><h2>Installing Git</h2><p>Since its an Ubuntu server installing git is as simple as.</p><pre><code class="shell">$ sudo apt install git-core</code></pre><h2>Creating a User</h2><p>The git user will serve two purposes.</p><ul><li>The repositories will be stored in the user's home directory.</li><li>The user account will contain the public ssh keys of remote users that can access the repositories.</li></ul><pre><code class="shell">$ sudo adduser --system --shell /usr/bin/git-shell --group --disabled-password --home /home/git git</code></pre><ul><li>--system Creates a system user user. Not strictly required but since this is not a normal user account I prefer to use this option.</li><li>--shell /usr/bin/git-shell Restrict the git user to only git related activities. This also prevents remote users from obtaining a shell by logging in via ssh. Note that git-shell does not prevent normal git operations, such as pull and push, from working over ssh.</li><li>--group Creates a group that is the same name as the user.</li><li>--disabled-password Prevent logging in with a password. The use of ssh keys is still allowed.</li><li>--home /home/git The home directory for the user.</li></ul><h2>Setting up SSH</h2><p>On my local machine git will use ssh to connect to the remote server as the git user. In order to do this I will need to copy my public ssh key to the git user account.</p><p>The below commands create the required .ssh directory and authorized_keys file with the correct permissions.</p><pre><code class="shell">$ sudo mkdir /home/git/.ssh + <section><h1>Setting up a Self Hosted Git Server</h1><blockquote>Sat 29th May 2021 By David T. Sadler.</blockquote><p>I've always liked the idea of self hosting some of my git repositories. After a bit of research I found that it involves.</p><ul><li>Installing git.</li><li>Creating a git user.</li><li>Setting up ssh so that I can log into the sever securely as the git user.</li><li>Creating a test repository on the server.</li><li>Creating a test project on my local machine.</li><li>Pushing the test project to the git sever.</li></ul><h2>Installing Git</h2><p>Since its an Ubuntu server installing git is as simple as.</p><pre><code class="shell">$ sudo apt install git-core</code></pre><h2>Creating a User</h2><p>The git user will serve two purposes.</p><ul><li>The repositories will be stored in the user's home directory.</li><li>The user account will contain the public ssh keys of remote users that can access the repositories.</li></ul><pre><code class="shell">$ sudo adduser --system --shell /usr/bin/git-shell --group --disabled-password --home /home/git git</code></pre><ul><li>--system Creates a system user user. Not strictly required but since this is not a normal user account I prefer to use this option.</li><li>--shell /usr/bin/git-shell Restrict the git user to only git related activities. This also prevents remote users from obtaining a shell by logging in via ssh. Note that git-shell does not prevent normal git operations, such as pull and push, from working over ssh.</li><li>--group Creates a group that is the same name as the user.</li><li>--disabled-password Prevent logging in with a password. The use of ssh keys is still allowed.</li><li>--home /home/git The home directory for the user.</li></ul><h2>Setting up SSH</h2><p>On my local machine git will use ssh to connect to the remote server as the git user. In order to do this I will need to copy my public ssh key to the git user account.</p><p>The below commands create the required .ssh directory and authorized_keys file with the correct permissions.</p><pre><code class="shell">$ sudo mkdir /home/git/.ssh $ sudo chown git:git /home/git/.ssh $ sudo chmod 700 /home/git/.ssh $ sudo touch /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys @@ -41,10 +41,10 @@ $ cd test $ git init $ touch readme $ git add . -$ git commit -m 'Initial commit' +$ git commit -m 'Initial commit' $ git remote add origin git@git.davidtsadler.com:test.git $ git push origin main</code></pre><p>I can also test that I can clone the repository.</p><pre><code class="shell">rm -rf test -git clone git@git.davidtsadler.com:test.git</code></pre><h3>Links</h3><a href="/posts/git/">Git - Read More Posts.</a><p>I don't have comments as I don't want to manage them. You can however contact me at the below address if you want to.</p><a href="mailto:david@davidtsadler.com">Email david@davidtsadler.com</a><h3>License</h3><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">The contents of this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.</a><p>Copyright © 2021 David T. Sadler.</p><a href="/">Return to Homepage.</a></section> +git clone git@git.davidtsadler.com:test.git</code></pre><h3>Links</h3><a href="/posts/git/">Git - Read More Posts.</a><p>I don't have comments as I don't want to manage them. You can however contact me at the below address if you want to.</p><a href="mailto:david@davidtsadler.com">Email david@davidtsadler.com</a><h3>License</h3><a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">The contents of this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.</a><p>Copyright © 2021 David T. Sadler.</p><a href="/">Return to Homepage.</a></section> <script defer src="/js/highlight.min.js"></script> <script defer src="/js/site.js"></script> </body> |