Gitolite Server Setup

1. Create a dedicated account on the server

sudo adduser--system--shell/bin/bash--group git

2. Add git to the SSH user group

sudo adduser git ssh

3. Set a password for your git account

sudo passwd git

4. Install Git and openssh-server

sudo apt-get install Git-core openssh-server

5. Configure Git

sudo apt-get install Git-core openssh-server

git config--global user.email [email protected]

6. Install Git-1.9.4-preview20140929.exe on the client computer and find Git bash.vbs in the installation directory and then generate the admin key in Git Bash

SSH-KEYGEN-T RSA

7. Copy the generated public key to the GIT server

SCP xxx/.ssh/id_rsa.pub [email protected]:/tmp/id_rsa.pub

8. Add readable permissions for Admin.pub

sudo chmod a+r/tmp/admin.pub

9. Download Gitolite

git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite

10. Switch user to Git to create bin in git directory to install Gitolite

mkdir ~/bin

11. Installing Gitolite

Gitolite/install-to ~/bin

12. Initializing the repository with the public key just copied

Bin/gitolite setup–pk/tmp/id_rsa.pub

13. The client can replicate the Gitolite-admin library for Gitolite management.

git clone [email protected]:gitolite-admin

The following article will talk about the management of Gitolite

Gitolite Server Setup