How to Install Gogs on OpenSUSE Latest

Gogs is a lightweight, self-hosted Git service that is easy to install and use. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Gogs on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

OpenSUSE Latest
sudo access or root privileges
Internet connection

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

Before installing Gogs, make sure that your system has the following dependencies installed:

sudo zypper install git sqlite3 nginx memcached

Step 2: Install Gogs

To install Gogs, follow these steps:

Download the latest Gogs release from the official website:

cd ~
wget https://dl.gogs.io/gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive:

tar xvfz gogs_latest_linux_amd64.tar.gz

Move the extracted directory to /opt:

sudo mv gogs /opt/

Create a system user and group for Gogs:

sudo useradd --system --shell /bin/bash --comment 'Gogs Git User' --user-group git

Change the ownership of the /opt/gogs directory:

sudo chown -R git:git /opt/gogs/

Step 3: Configure Gogs

Create a gogs service file:

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/gogs.service

Copy the following contents to the file:

[Unit]
Description=Gogs
After=syslog.target
After=network.target

[Service]
User=git
Group=git
ExecStart=/opt/gogs/gogs web
Restart=always
Environment=USER=git HOME=/home/git

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start the gogs service:

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start gogs

Enable the gogs service to automatically start on boot:

sudo systemctl enable gogs

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Create an Nginx configuration file for Gogs:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/gogs.conf

Copy the following contents to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name yourdomain.com;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/gogs.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/gogs.error.log;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }

    location /static/ {
        alias /opt/gogs/public/;
        expires 24h;
        add_header Cache-Control public;
        access_log off;
    }

    location /avatars/ {
        alias /opt/gogs/data/avatars/;
        expires 24h;
        add_header Cache-Control public;
        access_log off;
    }
}

Test the Nginx configuration:

sudo nginx -t

Reload Nginx:

sudo systemctl reload nginx

Step 5: Access Gogs

Gogs should now be accessible via your browser at http://yourdomain.com.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gogs on OpenSUSE Latest. You can now start using it to host your Git repositories.