---
title: Gitea
---

## Pre-Setup
Create a gitea user  
`# useradd -m git`  

`# mkdir /etc/gitea`  
`# chown git:git -R /etc/gitea`  

Get the user id of git with `id git`  

## Installation
Use podman to run the container  
`apt install podman`  

``` 
podman run --name gitea -p 3000:3000 \
    -p 127.0.0.1:2222:22 \
    -e USER_UID=1002 \
    -e USER_GID=1002 \
    -v /etc/gitea:/data \
    -v /home/git/.ssh/:/data/git/.ssh \
    -v /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro \
    -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro \
    --restart unless-stopped \
    -d docker.io/gitea/gitea:latest
```

The next few lines are used to set up ssh-redirection to gitea if it is used to clone a repo.  
> See also the [official documentation](https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-with-docker/#sshing-shim-with-authorized_keys)
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`$ sudo -u git ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "Gitea Host Key"`  
`$ sudo -u git cat /home/git/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | sudo -u git tee -a /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys`  
`$ sudo -u git chmod 600 /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys`  

``` 
$ cat <<"EOF" | sudo tee /usr/local/bin/gitea
#!/bin/sh
ssh -p 2222 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no git@127.0.0.1 "SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND=\"$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND\" $0 $@"
EOF
```
`$ sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/gitea`  

We've now finished setting up the ssh-redirection.  
After that, connect to the Server on port 3000 to finish the installation  
The first registered user will be made admin  

## Management CLI
Gitea comes with a management cli. To access it, change into the Container first and su into the user "git".  
`# podman exec -it gitea bash`  
`# su git`  

### User Management
List users:  
`$ gitea admin user list`  

Change user password:  
`$ gitea admin user change-password -u (user) -p (password)`