How to Install Gerrit on FreeBSD Latest

Gerrit is a web-based code review tool that supports Git repositories. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Gerrit on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

  • A FreeBSD Latest server with at least 2 CPU cores and 4GB RAM.
  • A sudo user account.

Step 1 - Install MySQL

  1. Connect to your FreeBSD Latest server using SSH.

  2. Update your package manager:

sudo pkg update
  1. Install MySQL:
sudo pkg install mysql57-server
  1. Enable MySQL at boot:
sudo sysrc mysql_enable=YES
  1. Start MySQL:
sudo service mysql-server start
  1. Secure MySQL by running the installation security script:
sudo /usr/local/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Step 2 - Install Java

  1. Install Java:
sudo pkg install openjdk8
  1. Verify Java installation:
java -version

Step 3 - Install Git

  1. Install Git:
sudo pkg install git
  1. Verify Git installation:
git --version

Step 4 - Install Gerrit

  1. Download Gerrit from https://www.gerritcodereview.com/download.html:
wget https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-<version>.war

Replace <version> with the latest version of Gerrit. For example, if the latest version is 3.4.0, the command should be:

wget https://gerrit-releases.storage.googleapis.com/gerrit-3.4.0.war
  1. Create a directory for Gerrit:
sudo mkdir /var/gerrit
  1. Move the Gerrit war file to the new directory:
sudo mv gerrit-<version>.war /var/gerrit/gerrit.war
  1. Create a new user for Gerrit:
sudo pw user add gerrit -c "Gerrit Code Review" -d /var/gerrit -s /usr/sbin/nologin
  1. Change the ownership of the Gerrit directory to the new user:
sudo chown -R gerrit:gerrit /var/gerrit
  1. Create a new Gerrit site:
sudo su - gerrit -c "java -jar /var/gerrit/gerrit.war init --batch --no-auto-start"
  1. Start Gerrit:
sudo su - gerrit -c "/var/gerrit/bin/gerrit.sh start"

Step 5 - Access Gerrit

  1. Open a web browser and navigate to http://your-server-ip:8080

  2. You will be prompted to create a new account.

  3. Once you have created an account, login to Gerrit.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Gerrit on FreeBSD Latest!