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Updated by Daniel Curtis about 4 years ago

This is a guide for setting up Gitea with PostgreSQL on FreeBSD 12. 

 h2. Prepare the Environment 

 * Make sure the system is up to date: 
 <pre> 
 pkg update && pkg upgrade 

 * Add gitea user: 
 <pre> 
 pw add user -n gitea -m -s /bin/sh -c "Gitea" 
 </pre> 

  

 h3. Setup PostgreSQL 

 * Install PostgreSQL: 
 <pre> 
 pkg install postgresql96-{client,server, contrib} 
 </pre> 

 * Initialize, start, and enable postgresql at boot: 
 <pre> 
 sysrc postgresql_enable="YES"  
 service postgresql initdb 
 service postgresql start 
 </pre> 

 * Log in to postgresql user account and connect to database: 
 <pre> 
 su - postgres 
 psql -d template1 
 </pre> 

 * Create a user: 
 <pre> 
 CREATE USER gitea WITH PASSWORD 'SuperSecretPassword' CREATEDB; 
 </pre> 

 * Create the database & grant all privileges on database 
 <pre> 
 CREATE DATABASE giteadb WITH OWNER gitea TEMPLATE template0 ENCODING UTF8 LC_COLLATE 'en_US.UTF-8' LC_CTYPE 'en_US.UTF-8'; 
 </pre> 

 * Quit the database session 
 <pre> 
 \q 
 exit 
 </pre> 

 h2. Setup Gitea 

 * Install the dependencies 
 <pre> 
 pkg install gitea 
 </pre> 

 * Edit the app.ini file: 
 <pre> 
 vi /usr/local/etc/gitea/conf/app.ini 
 </pre> 
 #* Modify the following values: 
 <pre> 
 [database] 
 DB_TYPE    = postgres 
 HOST       = 127.0.0.1:5432  
 NAME       = giteadb 
 PASSWD     = SuperSecretPassword 
 SSL_MODE = disable 
 USER       = gitea 

 [server] 
 DOMAIN         = 192.168.0.54 
 HTTP_ADDR      = 192.168.0.54 
 HTTP_PORT      = 3000 
 ROOT_URL       = http://192.168.0.54:3000/ 
 </pre> 

 * Start and enable gitea: 
 <pre> 
 sysrc 'gitea_enable=YES' 
 service gitea start 
 </pre> 

 * Open a web browser and go to http://192.168.0.54:3000 

 h2. Resources 

 * https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/install-from-source/ 
 * https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/database-prep/

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