How to install Gitolite on Fedora Server Latest

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with the installation process, ensure the following prerequisites are met:

  • You have administrative access to the server.
  • Git and its dependencies are installed on the server.

Step 1: Install Gitolite

  1. Open up the terminal on the Fedora Server.
  2. Run the following command to update the system:
sudo dnf update -y
  1. Run the command below to install the Gitolite server package:
sudo dnf install gitolite3 -y

Step 2: Configure Gitolite

  1. Create a new user account to manage Gitolite by running the command below:
sudo adduser git
  1. Switch to the 'git' user with the following command:
sudo su - git
  1. Initialize the Gitolite repository by running the command below:
gitolite setup -pk YOUR-PUBLIC-KEY-FILE

Note: Replace YOUR-PUBLIC-KEY-FILE with the path to your public key file. 4. Edit the Gitolite configuration file with the command below:

nano ~/.gitolite.rc
  1. Make the following changes to the file:
$REPO_UMASK = 0027
$GL_ADMIN = 'your_username'

Note: Replace your_username with your account username.

Step 3: Create and manage Git repositories

  1. To create a new Git repository, run the following command:
gitolite create my-repo

Note: Replace my-repo with the desired name of the repository. 2. To add a new user to Gitolite, create a new public key file in the following format:

ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDJEcIh...
  1. Rename the file to new_user.pub and copy it to the ~/gl-admin/keydir directory.
  2. Commit the changes by running the following command in the Gitolite repository directory:
git add .
git commit -m 'Add new user'
git push

Note: You need to have write access to the Gitolite repository to perform the above command.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Gitolite on Fedora Server Latest and created a Git repository.