Setup Git Server in CentOS 6.3

0. Environment:

Server Machine:centos 6.3 x86

Client machine:windows Pro x86_64

1. Install SSH Server

[Server machine Shell]
#Yuminstall openssh openssh-server
#chkconfig sshd on#/etc/init.d/sshd Start

2. Create User git

[Server machine Shell] #useradd git# passwd git

3. Create an empty repository

/home/git--bare sample.git#chown -R git:git sample.git

4. conifigure SSH client in client machine

Download Git for Windows from https://git-for-windows.github.io/

Direct link (for 64bit system): HTTPS://GITHUB.COM/GIT-FOR-WINDOWS/GIT/RELEASES/DOWNLOAD/V2.6.1.WINDOWS.1/ Git-2.6.1-64-bit.exe

Install it to default location (C:\Program files\git), add C:\Program files\git\usr\bin to System environment PATH

Adding C:\Program files\git\usr\bin to PATH-to-enable command ssh and Ssh-keygen in cmd.exe

Replace the email address with yours to generate public & private SSH keys

[Client machine cmd]>"[email protected]" 

Press Enter three times to accept default setting, sample output

Generating public/private RSA key pair.
Enter file in which to save the key (/c/users/<your account Name>/.ssh/id_rsa):
Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
Enter same Passphrase again:
Your identification have been saved In/c/users/<your account Name>/.ssh/id_rsa.
Your public key had been saved In/c/users/<your account name>/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
The key fingerprint is:
Sha256:+gr+6jwy7ftn3hfbszucq08nk3fzlibpzi0abtkwoo4 [email protected]
The key ' s Randomart image is:
+---[RSA 2048]----+
| ++ooo+..|
| . .=* +=.|
| O. o.*o. |
| O... + ...|
| E.. S. =.+.+.|
| = o+=. oo|
| + =.O. .|
| .     B. |
|       Ob. |
+----[SHA256]-----+

5. Transfer client machine's public key to server machine to enable login without password

[client machine cmd]>ssh [email protected]<server address>$midkr. SSH $ chmod  . SSH $CD. SSH $ Touch Authorized_keys
$chmod Authorized_keys

Sample output

The authenticity of host ' <server address> (<server address>) ' can ' t be established.
RSA key fingerprint is sha256:hsflk18mlwp3wtnvgkcbrzijzmvcjsdlhjg/span9z0.
Is you sure want to continue connecting (yes/no)? Yes
Warning:permanently added ' <server address> ' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
[Email protected]<server address> ' s password:
Last Login:sun Oct 07:58:35 from <client ip>
[[email protected] ~]$ mkdir. SSH
[Email protected] ~]$ chmod. SSH
[[Email protected] ~]$ CD. SSH
[email protected]. ssh]$ Touch Authorized_keys
[email protected]. ssh]$ chmod Authorized_keys

Append client ' public key to server ' s Authorized_keys file by Copy-and-paste

SSH ]$vi ~/. ssh/authorized_keys

Client machine Public key location:%userprofile%\.ssh\id_rsa.pub

Server machine Authorized_keys file location:/home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys

Sample Authorized_keys File

[Email protected] ~]$ Vi. Ssh/authorized_keys

Logout from server and connect again to test, if SSH doesn ' t prompt for password, your configuration for SSH is correct.

6. Clone Remote Repository

[client machine cmd]>git clone [email protected]<server address>:sample.git

7. Test

Create a readme.md file and push to server repository

[client machine cmd]>touch  readme.md>notepad readme.md then         Save >git add readme.md"Intial commit for Sample project">git push origin Master

8 done. If you want to the submit code in another. Need to:

A. Append the public key of the new machine to server ' s Authorized_keys file

B. Clone repository to new machine

C. Modify the files in new machine local repository, and push to server (remote repository)

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If you don ' t want the user git login to into server via shell, you can modify the type of shell for this user

[Server machine shell]# vi /etc/passwd

Locate to the end of file, change git:**********/bin/bash to git:**********/Usr/bin/git-shell

After that, the user still can user name git to push their the code to server, but the login via SSH is denied

C:\users\<account name>>ssh [Email protected]<server address>
Last Login:sun Oct 10:42:30 from <client ip>
Fatal:what do you think I am? A Shell?
Connection to 192.168.1.109 closed.

C:\users\<account name>>

Setup Git Server in CentOS 6.3