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Git : Access to Repos via HTTP2024/07/24
 

Configure to access to Repos via HTTP.

[1]

Install Apache2, refer to here.

[2]

Configure SSL/TLS settings, refer to here (Optional).

[3] Configure Apache2 to access to Git repositories.
For example, set [/var/lib/git] as a root directory for Git repositories.
root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/git.conf
# create new

SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/lib/git
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
ScriptAlias /git /usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend

<Location /git>
    Options ExecCGI
    AuthName "Git for HTTP"
    AuthType Basic
    AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
    Require valid-user
</Location>
root@dlp:~#
a2enconf git

root@dlp:~#
a2enmod cgi rewrite

root@dlp:~#
systemctl restart apache2
# add user : create a new file with [-c]

root@dlp:~#
htpasswd -c /etc/apache2/.htpasswd ubuntu

New password:    
# set password

Re-type new password:
Adding password for user ubuntu
[4] Create a Git repository under the root directory.
root@dlp:~#
cd /var/lib/git

root@dlp:/var/lib/git#
mkdir project02.git

root@dlp:/var/lib/git#
cd project02.git

root@dlp:/var/lib/git/project02.git#
git init --bare --shared

hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
hint: is subject to change. To configure the initial branch name to use in all
hint: of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning, call:
hint:
hint:   git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
hint:
hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
hint:
hint:   git branch -m <name>
Initialized empty shared Git repository in /var/lib/git/project02.git/
root@dlp:/var/lib/git/project02.git#
chown -R www-data:www-data /var/lib/git/project02.git
[5] Verify to access to a Git repository via HTTP.
noble@node01:~$
mkdir work

noble@node01:~$
cd work
# the user is you added with htpasswd on [3]

noble@node01:~/work$
git clone https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world/git/project02.git 

Cloning into 'project02'...
Password for 'https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world':
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
noble@node01:~/work$
cd project02

noble@node01:~/work/project02$
git config --global user.name "Server World"

noble@node01:~/work/project02$
git config --global user.email "noble@node01.srv.world"
noble@node01:~/work/project02$
echo testfile > testfile1.txt

noble@node01:~/work/project02$
git add testfile1.txt

noble@node01:~/work/project02$
git commit testfile1.txt -m "Initial Commit" 

[master (root-commit) 1587a80] Initial Commit
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 testfile1.txt
noble@node01:~/work/project02$
git remote -v 

origin  https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world/git/project02.git (fetch)
origin  https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world/git/project02.git (push)
noble@node01:~/work/project02$
git push origin master 

Password for 'https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world':
Enumerating objects: 3, done.
Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 233 bytes | 233.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0
To https://dlp.srv.world/git/project02.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master
noble@node01:~/work/project02$
git ls-files

testfile1.txt
Matched Content