How to Install Gitlist on Alpine Linux Latest

Introduction

Gitlist is a simple web-based Git repository viewer that allows users to easily browse the contents of a Git repository. This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install Gitlist on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you need to have the following:

  • A server or virtual machine running Alpine Linux Latest
  • sudo access or root privilege on the server

Step 1: Update Alpine Linux

It is recommended to update the packages to their latest versions. To do so run the following command:

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Required Packages

Gitlist requires certain packages to be present on the system, including the Apache web server, Git, and PHP. Run the following command to install these packages:

sudo apk add apache2 git php7 php7-apache2 php7-dom php7-json php7-phar php7-simplexml

Step 3: Install Gitlist

  1. Download Gitlist from the official website using the wget command:
sudo wget https://github.com/klaussilveira/gitlist/releases/download/1.0.2/gitlist-1.0.2.tar.gz
  1. Extract the downloaded file into the Apache web root directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/gitlist/ using the following command:
sudo tar -zxvf gitlist-1.0.2.tar.gz -C /var/www/localhost/htdocs/gitlist/

Step 4: Configure Gitlist

  1. Rename the config.ini-example configuration file in the Gitlist root directory to config.ini using the following command:
sudo mv /var/www/localhost/htdocs/gitlist/config.ini-example /var/www/localhost/htdocs/gitlist/config.ini
  1. Edit the config.ini file using a text editor to define the Git repositories to be displayed in Gitlist. The configuration file resembles the following:
[git]
client = "/usr/bin/git"
repositories[] = "/path/to/repos/repo1.git"
repositories[] = "/path/to/repos/repo2.git"

Note: Replace /path/to/repos with the actual path of the Git repositories to be displayed in Gitlist.

Step 5: Configure Apache

  1. Open the Apache web server configuration file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf using a text editor:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
  1. Uncomment the following lines by removing the # symbol:
LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
  1. Add an Alias to Apache for Gitlist by defining the following lines at the end of the configuration file:
Alias /gitlist "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/gitlist/public"
<Directory "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/gitlist/public">
     Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
     AllowOverride All
     Require all granted
</Directory>
  1. Save the configuration file and exit.

Step 6: Restart Apache

Run the following command to restart the Apache web server:

sudo rc-service apache2 restart

Step 7: Access Gitlist

Gitlist is now accessible through your web browser by visiting your server’s IP address or domain name followed by the /gitlist path, for example:

http://yourserverIP/gistlist/

You should now be able to see the Git repositories listed in Gitlist.

Note: If you encounter a 500 Internal Server Error when accessing Gitlist, you can check the Apache error log file /var/log/apache2/error.log for more information.