Adds documentation for the `DEFAULT_TITLE_SOURCE` setting.
- Added `DEFAULT_TITLE_SOURCE` to the config cheat sheet under `[repository.pull-request]`
- Added a "Default pull request title" section to the pull request usage docs explaining both modes (`first-commit` and `auto`)
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Co-authored-by: Nicolas <bircni@icloud.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/391
Reviewed-by: Nicolas <bircni@icloud.com>
Co-authored-by: 0xGREG <gitea@freespeech.work>
Co-committed-by: 0xGREG <gitea@freespeech.work>
Sync the zh-cn and zh-tw `config-cheat-sheet.md` translations with the English source for current and 1.26 versions.
Changes:
- Add 17 missing sections (`qos`, `mailer.override_header`, `markup.external-render-name`, `lfs_client`, `storage_minio`, `storage_azureblob`, `storage_override`, and 10 cron task subsections including the `Actions` cron tasks group)
- Add ~30 missing individual settings across existing sections
- Restructure storage sections to match English (separate Minio/Azure/Override subsections)
- Remove stale settings (`TEST_CONFLICTING_PATCHES_WITH_GIT_APPLY`, old inline MINIO duplicates, removed git timeout settings)
- Fix `MERMAID_MAX_SOURCE_CHARACTERS` default value (5000 -> 50000)
- Replace full-width Unicode punctuation (U+FF1A, U+FF08, U+FF09) with ASCII equivalents
All 4 i18n files now have 745 settings matching the English source.
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This PR was written with the help of Claude Opus 4.6
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/381
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-committed-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
This PR contains the following updates:
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Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/365
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The standalone `environment-to-ini` tool was removed in https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/35735 and its functionality is now built into the Gitea binary. This PR:
- Removes outdated links to the removed `contrib/environment-to-ini` directory
- Updates the "Use environment variables to setup Gitea" section in the config cheat sheet
- Adds examples showing how env vars map to `app.ini` settings and the `__FILE` suffix for secrets
*This PR was authored by Claude.*
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/355
Reviewed-by: wxiaoguang <29147+wxiaoguang@noreply.gitea.com>
Reviewed-by: TheFox0x7 <95654+thefox0x7@noreply.gitea.com>
Original Gitea's repository no longer contains "Environment to INI" document referenced in "Managing Deployments With Environment Variables" section.
This commit fixes the reference by pointing the link to the last commit where needed doc was still present.
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/315
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: andriibratanin <andriibratanin@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-committed-by: andriibratanin <andriibratanin@noreply.gitea.com>
This adds explanations, that were missing regarding Token scopes and the packages feature requiring a token with said scope. Also added a missing explanation, that tokens can be created in the user interface, not just the API. The reason this PR is created was due to misunderstandings around the package feature, that arose during the discussion in https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/32048 .
This PR aims to clarify the misunderstood points around tokens, scopes and the package feature.
During the creation of this PR bug https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/32078 was found, the scopes are always reported as `null` during the response of the initial `POST` to create the token.
Co-authored-by: Wladislav ヴラド Artsimovich <wladislav.artsimovich@dmgmori.co.jp>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/72
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: FrostKiwi <frostkiwi@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-committed-by: FrostKiwi <frostkiwi@noreply.gitea.com>
The SMTPS protocol uses port 465, not 587. Port 587 is instead used for STARTTLS.
Helps getting administrators stuck in cryptic errors such as:
Failed to send a testing email to "user@mydomain.com": could not initiate SMTP session: tls: first record does not look like a TLS handshake
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/295
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: kairosys-dev <me@arch-on.top>
Co-committed-by: kairosys-dev <me@arch-on.top>
Fix JSON syntax error in token creation request
The previous JSON was malformed:
{"name":test_token","scopes":[...]}
The value of "name" was missing opening quotes, causing the error:
invalid character 't' looking for beginning of value
Fixed by enclosing the string in double quotes:
{"name":"test_token","scopes":[...]}
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/269
Reviewed-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: desysoft <desysoft@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-committed-by: desysoft <desysoft@noreply.gitea.com>
Documentation for my changes to ssh commit signing in <https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/34341>.
* Renames "GPG Commit Signatures" to "GPG/SSH Commit Signatures", since the url is called just signing and creating a new page would duplicate a lot
* _"The default option and repository specific signing keys are not supported for ssh keys"_
* the original draft implementation did support this for ssh keys
* this warning should avoid people expecting this gitconfig style things to work for ssh keys, since verifying is disabled in this case (e.g. pre 1.25 undocumented behavior preserved).
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/241
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Christopher Homberger <christopher.homberger@web.de>
Co-committed-by: Christopher Homberger <christopher.homberger@web.de>
## Description
Fix step 1 of the [Database Preparation](https://docs.gitea.com/installation/database-prep) docs.
## Changes
When a user modifies the */etc/mysql/my.cnf* config file as instructed in step 1 of the database preparation guide, they get an error message from MySQL when trying to log in as the root user after saving changes.
```shell
mysql: [ERROR] Found option without preceding group in config file /etc/mysql/my.cnf at line 37.
mysql: [ERROR] Fatal error in defaults handling. Program aborted!
```
The solution is to include precede `bind-address` with a group like this.
```ini
[mysqld]
bind-address = 203.0.113.3
```
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/173
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: b-nagaj <bryce.nagaj@proton.me>
Co-committed-by: b-nagaj <bryce.nagaj@proton.me>
I can not understand the old logic:
- download the web page (not the raw data) from GitHub
- replace `AppVer`
- remove the file???
It does nothing.
The correct logic:
- download the raw file from GitHub
- replace `AppVer` and `AppSubUrl`
- move the file to the correct place
As the script is not correct for a long time, added the support for all version since 1.19.
Fix#142
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/150
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <lunny@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: yp05327 <576951401@qq.com>
Co-committed-by: yp05327 <576951401@qq.com>
On FAQ item: "Push Hook / Webhook / Actions aren't running"
The action suggested in the original answer is not enough to fix the issue when the hooks are not running. For example, when none of the hooks is running, and branches and tags are not in the database, re-running only the update/receive hooks will not have any effect.
This change adds two additional actions: sync branches and tags before running re-running the sync of update/receive hooks.
Also added a comment about filesystems mounted with `no-exec` option.
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <lunny@noreply.gitea.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/130
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <lunny@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: vmmello <vmmello@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-committed-by: vmmello <vmmello@noreply.gitea.com>
#### Summary
This pull request adds detailed instructions for configuring ProtonMail's SMTP server in the `email-setup.md` documentation. The new section provides step-by-step guidance on generating SMTP tokens and configuring the `app.ini` file for ProtonMail.
#### Changes
- Added a new section under the "ProtonMail" heading in `email-setup.md`.
- Included instructions for generating SMTP tokens in ProtonMail settings.
- Provided an example configuration for the `app.ini` file to use ProtonMail's SMTP server.
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/93
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: talltechy <matt@mattwyen.me>
Co-committed-by: talltechy <matt@mattwyen.me>
- Added detailed documentation for `cron.delete_repo_archives` settings.
- Documented configuration options including `ENABLED`, `RUN_AT_START`, `NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS`, and `SCHEDULE`.
- Ensured consistent formatting across cron job documentation.
This update improves clarity on how to configure periodic deletion of repository archives within Gitea.
`man 5 jail.conf`:
CONFIGURATION FILES FORMAT
*.conf files are distributed by Fail2Ban. It is recommended that *.conf files should remain unchanged to ease upgrades. If needed,
customizations should be provided in *.local files. For example, if you would like to enable the [ssh-iptables-ipset] jail specified
in jail.conf, create jail.local containing
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/14
Reviewed-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: webracer999 <webracer999@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-committed-by: webracer999 <webracer999@noreply.gitea.com>
- Always use a relative markdown link so that we can jump even if we edit it in local env or read it in code hosting server.
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/docs/pulls/1
`overflow-wrap: anywhere` is a superior alternative to `word-wrap:
break-word` and we were already setting it in the class. I tested a few
cases, all look good.
This PR implemented object storages(LFS/Packages/Attachments and etc.)
for Azure Blob Storage. It depends on azure official golang SDK and can
support both the azure blob storage cloud service and azurite mock
server.
Replace #25458Fix#22527
- [x] CI Tests
- [x] integration test, MSSQL integration tests will now based on
azureblob
- [x] unit test
- [x] CLI Migrate Storage
- [x] Documentation for configuration added
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TODO (other PRs):
- [ ] Improve performance of `blob download`.
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We wanted to be able to use the IAM role provided by the EC2 instance
metadata in order to access S3 via the Minio configuration. To do this,
a new credentials chain is added that will check the following locations
for credentials when an access key is not provided. In priority order,
they are:
1. MINIO_ prefixed environment variables
2. AWS_ prefixed environment variables
3. a minio credentials file
4. an aws credentials file
5. EC2 instance metadata
This PR split the `Board` into two parts. One is the struct has been
renamed to `Column` and the second we have a `Template Type`.
But to make it easier to review, this PR will not change the database
schemas, they are just renames. The database schema changes could be in
future PRs.
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Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Co-authored-by: yp05327 <576951401@qq.com>
Backport #31022 by @kemzeb
Syncs up docs associated to actions and deleted branch cleanup i.e. in
custom/app.example.ini and the config cheat sheet.
Co-authored-by: Kemal Zebari <60799661+kemzeb@users.noreply.github.com>
Backport #31003 by wxiaoguang
Fix#31002
1. Mention Make sure `Host` and `X-Fowarded-Proto` headers are correctly passed to Gitea
2. Clarify the basic requirements and move the "general configuration" to the top
3. Add a comment for the "container registry"
4. Use 1.21 behavior if the reverse proxy is not correctly configured
Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: KN4CK3R <admin@oldschoolhack.me>
Fix#31002
1. Mention Make sure `Host` and `X-Fowarded-Proto` headers are correctly passed to Gitea
2. Clarify the basic requirements and move the "general configuration" to the top
3. Add a comment for the "container registry"
4. Use 1.21 behavior if the reverse proxy is not correctly configured
Co-authored-by: KN4CK3R <admin@oldschoolhack.me>
Add a configuration item to enable S3 virtual-hosted style (V2) to solve
the problem caused by some S3 service providers not supporting path
style (V1).
Backport #30744 by @lunny
Documentation building has encountered a problem like below. This is
because MDX syntax doesn't allow `{customPath}`, we have to use
\`{customPath}\`
```
Error: Can't render static file for pathname "/next/administration/config-cheat-sheet"
at generateStaticFile (/workspace/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/node_modules/@docusaurus/core/lib/ssg.js:119:15)
at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:60:5)
at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:449:9)
at async /workspace/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/node_modules/p-map/index.js:57:22 {
[cause]: ReferenceError: CustomPath is not defined
at _createMdxContent (server.bundle.js:4406:106)
at MDXContent (server.bundle.js:10745:8)
at Uc (server.bundle.js:264171:44)
at Xc (server.bundle.js:264173:253)
at Z (server.bundle.js:264179:89)
at Yc (server.bundle.js:264182:98)
at $c (server.bundle.js:264181:140)
at Z (server.bundle.js:264179:345)
at Xc (server.bundle.js:264177:231)
at Z (server.bundle.js:264179:89)
```
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Documentation building has encountered a problem like below. This is
because MDX syntax doesn't allow `{customPath}`, we have to use
\`{customPath}\`
```
Error: Can't render static file for pathname "/next/administration/config-cheat-sheet"
at generateStaticFile (/workspace/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/node_modules/@docusaurus/core/lib/ssg.js:119:15)
at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:60:5)
at process.processImmediate (node:internal/timers:449:9)
at async /workspace/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/node_modules/p-map/index.js:57:22 {
[cause]: ReferenceError: CustomPath is not defined
at _createMdxContent (server.bundle.js:4406:106)
at MDXContent (server.bundle.js:10745:8)
at Uc (server.bundle.js:264171:44)
at Xc (server.bundle.js:264173:253)
at Z (server.bundle.js:264179:89)
at Yc (server.bundle.js:264182:98)
at $c (server.bundle.js:264181:140)
at Z (server.bundle.js:264179:345)
at Xc (server.bundle.js:264177:231)
at Z (server.bundle.js:264179:89)
```
Misspell 0.5.0 supports passing a csv file to extend the list of
misspellings, so I added some common ones from the codebase. There is at
least one typo in a API response so we need to decided whether to revert
that and then likely remove the dict entry.
Follow #30454
And fix#24957
When using "preferred_username", if no such field,
`extractUserNameFromOAuth2` (old `getUserName`) shouldn't return an
error. All other USERNAME options do not return such error.
And fine tune some logic and error messages, make code more stable and
more friendly to end users.
Added to doc for rootless Docker installation: for SSH passthrough, the
ssh user (git) has to be able to run docker.
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Initial support for #25680
This PR only adds some simple styles from GitHub, it is big enough and
it focuses on adding the necessary framework-level supports. More styles
could be fine-tuned later.
This allows you to hide the "Powered by" text in footer via
`SHOW_FOOTER_POWERED_BY` flag in configuration.
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Backport #29314 by @scribblemaniac
This fixes a minor issue in the documentation for SSH Container
Passthrough for non-rootless installs. The non-rootless Dockerfile and
docker-compose do not set `USER`/`user` instructions so `docker exec`
will run as root by default. While running as root, gitea commands will
refuse to execute, breaking these approaches. For containers built with
the rootless instructions, `docker exec` will run as git by default so
this is not necessary in that case.
This issue was already discussed in #19065, but it does not appear this
part of the issue was ever added to the documentation.
Co-authored-by: scribblemaniac <scribblemaniac@users.noreply.github.com>
This fixes a minor issue in the documentation for SSH Container
Passthrough for non-rootless installs. The non-rootless Dockerfile and
docker-compose do not set `USER`/`user` instructions so `docker exec`
will run as root by default. While running as root, gitea commands will
refuse to execute, breaking these approaches. For containers built with
the rootless instructions, `docker exec` will run as git by default so
this is not necessary in that case.
This issue was already discussed in #19065, but it does not appear this
part of the issue was ever added to the documentation.
## Changes
- Adds setting `EXTERNAL_USER_DISABLE_FEATURES` to disable any supported
user features when login type is not plain
- In general, this is necessary for SSO implementations to avoid
inconsistencies between the external account management and the linked
account
- Adds helper functions to encourage correct use
Enable us to use tailwind's
[`font-family`](https://tailwindcss.com/docs/font-family) classes as
well as remove `gt-mono` in favor of `tw-font-mono`. I also merged the
"compensation" to one selector, previously this was two different values
0.9em and 0.95em. I did not declare a `serif` font because I don't think
there will ever be a use case for those. Command ran:
```sh
perl -p -i -e 's#gt-mono#tw-font-mono#g' web_src/js/**/* templates/**/*
Previously, the default was a week.
As most instances don't set the setting, this leads to a bad user
experience by default.
## ⚠️ Breaking
If your instance requires a high level of security,
you may want to set `[security].LOGIN_REMEMBER_DAYS` so that logins are
not valid as long.
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Co-authored-by: Jason Song <i@wolfogre.com>
We have to define this one in helpers.css because tailwind only
generates a single class but certain things rely on this being
double-class. Command ran:
```sh
perl -p -i -e 's#gt-hidden#tw-hidden#g' web_src/js/**/* templates/**/* models/**/* web_src/css/**/*
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Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
- Move some scripts from `build` to new `tools` dir. Eventually i would
like to move all but let's do it step-by-step.
- Add dir to eslint and move the files into vars.
- Update docs accordingly.
- While updating docs I noticed we were incorrectly having `public/img`
path still in a few places. Replace those with the current
`public/assets/img`.
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Co-authored-by: Nanguan Lin <nanguanlin6@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Giteabot <teabot@gitea.io>
The command order of prepare-docs is incorrect.
We should prepare same version with different locale at once, otherwise the doc files for `zh-cn` in `i18n` folder will be incorrect.
Before: (files in current is as same as version 1.19)

After:

Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/92
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: silverwind <silverwind@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: yp05327 <576951401@qq.com>
Co-committed-by: yp05327 <576951401@qq.com>
Tested a few things, all working fine. Not sure if the chinese machine
translation is good.
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* "mail/issue/default.tmpl": the body is rendered by backend
`markdown.RenderString() HTML`, it has been already sanitized
* "repo/settings/webhook/base_list.tmpl": "Description" is prepared by
backend `ctx.Tr`, it doesn't need to be sanitized
Add new option:
`visible`: witch can hide a specific field of the form or the created
content afterwards
It is a string array witch can contain `form` and `content`. If only
`form` is present, it wont show up in the created issue afterwards and
the other way around. By default it sets both except for markdown
As they are optional and github don't have any similar thing, it is non
breaking and also do not conflict with it.
With this you can:
- define "post issue creation" elements like a TODO list to track an
issue state
- make sure to have a checkbox that reminds the user to check for a
thing but dont have it in the created issue afterwards
- define markdown for the created issue (was the downside of using yaml
instead of md in the past)
- ...
## Demo
```yaml
name: New Contribution
description: External Contributor creating a pull
body:
- type: checkboxes
id: extern-todo
visible: [form]
attributes:
label: Contribution Guidelines
options:
- label: I checked there exist no similar feature to be extended
required: true
- label: I did read the CONTRIBUTION.MD
required: true
- type: checkboxes
id: intern-todo
visible: [content]
attributes:
label: Maintainer Check-List
options:
- label: Does this pull follow the KISS principe
- label: Checked if internal bord was notifyed
# ....
```
[Demo
Video](https://cloud.obermui.de/s/tm34fSAbJp9qw9z/download/vid-20240220-152751.mkv)
---
*Sponsored by Kithara Software GmbH*
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Co-authored-by: John Olheiser <john.olheiser@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: delvh <dev.lh@web.de>
Extract from #20549
This PR added a new option on app.ini `[admin]USER_DISABLED_FEATURES` to
allow the site administrator to disable users visiting deletion user
interface or allow.
This options are also potentially allowed to define more features in
future PRs.
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Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
- Databases are one of the most important parts of Forgejo, every
interaction uses the database in one way or another. Therefore, it is
important to maintain the database and recognize when the server is not
doing well with the database. There already is the option to log *every*
SQL query along with its execution time, but monitoring becomes
impractical for larger instances and takes up unnecessary storage in the
logs.
- Add a QoL enhancement that allows instance administrators to specify a
threshold value beyond which query execution time is logged as a warning
in the xorm logger. The default value is a conservative five seconds to
avoid this becoming a source of spam in the logs.
- The use case for this patch is that with an instance the size of
Codeberg, monitoring SQL logs is not very fruitful and most of them are
uninteresting. Recently, in the context of persistent deadlock issues
(https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/220), I have noticed that
certain queries hold locks on tables like comment and issue for several
seconds. This patch helps to identify which queries these are and when
they happen.
- Added unit test.
(cherry picked from commit 9cf501f1af4cd870221cef6af489618785b71186)
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Co-authored-by: Gusted <postmaster@gusted.xyz>
Co-authored-by: Giteabot <teabot@gitea.io>
Co-authored-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
For some user (as me), documentation lack of precision about where to
store issue/pr template.
I propose an enhancement about this point. With bold exergue and
precision about server itself.
I've found some user with same interrogation as :
https://forum.gitea.com/t/issue-template-directory/3328
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Co-authored-by: Km <cam.lafit@azerttyu.net>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
For some user (as me), documentation lack of precision about where to
store issue/pr template.
I propose an enhancement about this point. With bold exergue and
precision about server itself.
I've found some user with same interrogation as :
https://forum.gitea.com/t/issue-template-directory/3328
---------
Co-authored-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Add more details for the docker tag when using container registry.
---------
Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: KN4CK3R <admin@oldschoolhack.me>
Backport clean cherry-picks of
9c39f8515f
and
c7a21cbb0c
onto 1.21.
- Use maintained fork https://github.com/golangci/misspell
- Rename `mispell-check` to `lint-spell`, add `lint-spell-fix`
- Run `lint-spell` in separate actions step
- Lint more files, fix discovered issues
- Remove inaccurate and outdated info in docs (we do not need GOPATH for
tools anymore)
Maybe later we can add more spellchecking tools, but I have not found
any good ones yet.
With this option, it is possible to require a linear commit history with
the following benefits over the next best option `Rebase+fast-forward`:
The original commits continue existing, with the original signatures
continuing to stay valid instead of being rewritten, there is no merge
commit, and reverting commits becomes easier.
Closes#24906
Update `docs/content/administration/backup-and-restore.zh-cn.md`
`docs/content/contributing/guidelines-frontend.zh-cn.md`
`docs/content/help/support.zh-cn.md`
`docs/content/installation/database-preparation.zh-cn.md`
`docs/content/installation/windows-service.zh-cn.md`
`docs/content/usage/profile-readme.zh-cn.md` to be consistent with the
English document
- Use maintained fork https://github.com/golangci/misspell
- Rename `mispell-check` to `lint-spell`, add `lint-spell-fix`
- Run `lint-spell` in separate actions step
- Lint more files, fix discovered issues
- Remove inaccurate and outdated info in docs (we do not need GOPATH for
tools anymore)
Maybe later we can add more spellchecking tools, but I have not found
any good ones yet.
This PR adds a new `must-change-password` parameter to the
`change-password` cli command.
We already have the `must-change-password` command but it feels natural
to have this integrated into the `change-password` cli command.
---------
Co-authored-by: 6543 <6543@obermui.de>
Renames it to `ENABLED` to be consistent with other settings and
deprecates it.
I believe this change is necessary because other setting groups such as
`attachment`, `cors`, `mailer`, etc. have an `ENABLED` setting, but
`oauth2` is the only one with an `ENABLE` setting, which could cause
confusion for users.
This is no longer a breaking change because `ENABLE` has been set as
deprecated and as an alias to `ENABLED`.
The previous variables are used by the compiler and aren't too useful
for non-developers. The newly listed variables are more likely to be of
interest.
Apologies for this drive-by PR, I probably missed instructions from the
contributors guide. The patch can be regarded as a simple way to explain
the problem and solution. Feel free to close and possibly create a new
PR that does adhere to the contributors guide.
Sometimes you need to work on a feature which depends on another (unmerged) feature.
In this case, you may create a PR based on that feature instead of the main branch.
Currently, such PRs will be closed without the possibility to reopen in case the parent feature is merged and its branch is deleted.
Automatic target branch change make life a lot easier in such cases.
Github and Bitbucket behave in such way.
Example:
$PR_1$: main <- feature1
$PR_2$: feature1 <- feature2
Currently, merging $PR_1$ and deleting its branch leads to $PR_2$ being closed without the possibility to reopen.
This is both annoying and loses the review history when you open a new PR.
With this change, $PR_2$ will change its target branch to main ($PR_2$: main <- feature2) after $PR_1$ has been merged and its branch has been deleted.
This behavior is enabled by default but can be disabled.
For security reasons, this target branch change will not be executed when merging PRs targeting another repo.
Fixes#27062Fixes#18408
---------
Co-authored-by: Denys Konovalov <kontakt@denyskon.de>
Co-authored-by: delvh <dev.lh@web.de>
This PR adds a section to the documentation that links to the project
[Opengist](https://github.com/thomiceli/opengist) on GitHub.
The feature was proposed in #16670 but didn't resonate well with the
maintainers.
Mainly for MySQL/MSSQL.
It is important for Gitea to use case-sensitive database charset
collation. If the database is using a case-insensitive collation, Gitea
will show startup error/warning messages, and show the errors/warnings
on the admin panel's Self-Check page.
Make `gitea doctor convert` work for MySQL to convert the collations of
database & tables & columns.
* Fix#28131
## ⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
It is not quite breaking, but it's highly recommended to convert the
database&table&column to a consistent and case-sensitive collation.
Backport #28639 by @denyskon
According to [Debian
docs](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/UseThirdParty):
> The certificate MUST NOT be placed in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d or loaded
by apt-key add.
> ...
> If future updates to the certificate will be managed by an apt/dpkg
package as recommended below, then it SHOULD be downloaded into
/usr/share/keyrings using the same filename that will be provided by the
package. If it will be managed locally , it SHOULD be downloaded into
/etc/apt/keyrings instead.
> ...
> A sources.list entry SHOULD have the signed-by option set.
Co-authored-by: Denys Konovalov <kontakt@denyskon.de>
According to [Debian
docs](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianRepository/UseThirdParty):
> The certificate MUST NOT be placed in /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d or loaded
by apt-key add.
> ...
> If future updates to the certificate will be managed by an apt/dpkg
package as recommended below, then it SHOULD be downloaded into
/usr/share/keyrings using the same filename that will be provided by the
package. If it will be managed locally , it SHOULD be downloaded into
/etc/apt/keyrings instead.
> ...
> A sources.list entry SHOULD have the signed-by option set.
Backport #28626 by @hakito
Make it clear that this value is just a default value and that every
artifact can have it's own value.
Co-authored-by: Gerd Katzenbeisser <hakito@users.noreply.github.com>
Backport #28587, the only conflict is the test file.
The CORS code has been unmaintained for long time, and the behavior is
not correct.
This PR tries to improve it. The key point is written as comment in
code. And add more tests.
Fix#28515Fix#27642Fix#17098
The CORS code has been unmaintained for long time, and the behavior is
not correct.
This PR tries to improve it. The key point is written as comment in
code. And add more tests.
Fix#28515Fix#27642Fix#17098
Update more actions to use nodejs20 runtime and also update the docs for
checkout action usage.
similar to:
- #27836
- #27096
---------
Signed-off-by: Rui Chen <rui@chenrui.dev>
Nowadays, cache will be used on almost everywhere of Gitea and it cannot
be disabled, otherwise some features will become unaviable.
Then I think we can just remove the option for cache enable. That means
cache cannot be disabled.
But of course, we can still use cache configuration to set how should
Gitea use the cache.
Several fields in the "Verify group membership in LDAP" docs were
confusingly titled when compared to the actual fields in the
application, this change rectifies that by matching the docs to the
fields already present in gitea.
Signed-off-by: David Hulick <dave.hulick@gmail.com>
Backport #28302 by @yp05327
Close#28287
## How to test it in local
convert Makefile L34 into:
```
cd .tmp/upstream-docs && git clean -f && git reset --hard && git fetch origin pull/28302/head:pr28302 && git switch pr28302
```
Co-authored-by: yp05327 <576951401@qq.com>
Close#28287
## How to test it in local
convert Makefile L34 into:
```
cd .tmp/upstream-docs && git clean -f && git reset --hard && git fetch origin pull/28302/head:pr28302 && git switch pr28302
```
https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/actions/runs/661/jobs/0#jobstep-9-39
I noticed that there are many warning logs in building docs.
It is causing 404 in docs.gitea.com now, so we need to fix it.
And there are also some other problems in v1.19 which can not be done in
this PR.
ps: Are there any good methods to test this in local?
Follow #28191
There are some misadded docs in #24914's backport PR #25016.
The following package registries are all supported in 1.20, so we should
not have docs in v1.19
- Alpine (#23714)
- CRAN (#22343)
- Debain (#24426)
- Go (#24687)
- RPM (#23380)
Backport #28160 by @yp05327
Since #27054, Actions are enabled by default. so we should also edit the
document. 😃
ps: I think this should be backport to 1.21.0.
Co-authored-by: yp05327 <576951401@qq.com>
These are some things I changed to make local development easier, especially when having to update multiple versions of docs at once like the docusaurus v3 update.
i.e.
```makefile
GITEA_REMOTE := ~/code/code.gitea.io/gitea
GITEA_LATEST_BRANCH := docs-v3
GITEA_VERSION_BRANCH_PREFIX := docs-v3-
...
```
to run the Makefile against my local repo.
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/89
Co-authored-by: jolheiser <john.olheiser@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: jolheiser <john.olheiser@gmail.com>
The bug has been fixed for several months in the
`docker/build-push-action`
The fix commit is
[d8823bfaed](d8823bfaed)
as the Gitea Actions Doc mentioned too.
This patchset changes the connection string builder to use net.URL and
the host/port parser to use the stdlib function for splitting host from
port. It also adds a footnote about a potentially required portnumber
for postgres UNIX sockets.
Fixes: #24552
Closes#27455
> The mechanism responsible for long-term authentication (the 'remember
me' cookie) uses a weak construction technique. It will hash the user's
hashed password and the rands value; it will then call the secure cookie
code, which will encrypt the user's name with the computed hash. If one
were able to dump the database, they could extract those two values to
rebuild that cookie and impersonate a user. That vulnerability exists
from the date the dump was obtained until a user changed their password.
>
> To fix this security issue, the cookie could be created and verified
using a different technique such as the one explained at
https://paragonie.com/blog/2015/04/secure-authentication-php-with-long-term-persistence#secure-remember-me-cookies.
The PR removes the now obsolete setting `COOKIE_USERNAME`.
Duplicate headers in a single Markdown document are problemlematic
because the auto-generated links won't be stable. Enable this rule with
no exceptions which is also the default of `markdownlint`. For example:
```md
# A
## Example
# B
## Example
```
Docasaurus will generated `example` and `example-1` links for this. If
the first heading is altered, the link `example` will unexpectedly move
to the second example heading.
Ref: https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/27461#discussion_r1347987659
Part of https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/27097:
- `gitea` theme is renamed to `gitea-light`
- `arc-green` theme is renamed to `gitea-dark`
- `auto` theme is renamed to `gitea-auto`
I put both themes in separate CSS files, removing all colors from the
base CSS. Existing users will be migrated to the new theme names. The
dark theme recolor will follow in a separate PR.
## ⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
1. If there are existing custom themes with the names `gitea-light` or
`gitea-dark`, rename them before this upgrade and update the `theme`
column in the `user` table for each affected user.
2. The theme in `<html>` has moved from `class="theme-name"` to
`data-theme="name"`, existing customizations that depend on should be
updated.
---------
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Giteabot <teabot@gitea.io>
With this PR we added the possibility to configure the Actions timeouts
values for killing tasks/jobs.
Particularly this enhancement is closely related to the `act_runner`
configuration reported below:
```
# The timeout for a job to be finished.
# Please note that the Gitea instance also has a timeout (3h by default) for the job.
# So the job could be stopped by the Gitea instance if it's timeout is shorter than this.
timeout: 3h
```
---
Setting the corresponding key in the INI configuration file, it is
possible to let jobs run for more than 3 hours.
Signed-off-by: Francesco Antognazza <francesco.antognazza@gmail.com>
Previously, the production build never output sourcemaps. Now we emit
one file for `index.js` because it is the most likely one where we need
to be able to better debug reported issues like
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/27213. This will currently
increase the binary size of gitea by around 700kB which is what the
gzipped source map file has.
Also, I fixed the CSS sourcemap generation which was broken since the
introduction of lightningcss.
Backport #27126 by @Zettat123
Related to #27039
The `ref` property in Gitea Actions is different from GitHub Actions.
This PR improves the documentation to explain the difference.
Co-authored-by: Zettat123 <zettat123@gmail.com>
Backport #26999
If the AppURL(ROOT_URL) is an HTTPS URL, then the COOKIE_SECURE's
default value should be true.
And, if a user visits an "http" site with "https" AppURL, they won't be
able to login, and they should have been warned. The only problem is
that the "language" can't be set either in such case, while I think it
is not a serious problem, and it could be fixed easily if needed.
Backport #26883
This change was caused by #26271, for configuration as below:
```
[attachment]
ENABLE = true
PATH = data/attachments
MAX_SIZE = 100
MAX_FILES = 5
```
Before #26271, the resolved path is ${AppWorkPath}/${attachments.PATH}
(such as `/var/lib/gitea/data/attachments`)
After #26271, the resolved path is ${AppDataPath}/${attachments.PATH}
(such as `/var/lib/gitea/data/data/attachments`)
Fix https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/26864 Follow
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/26271
Backport #26382 by @jolheiser
This PR adds our matrix space to the support options and alphabetizes
the list.
I also considered adding our Mastodon, however that isn't as suitable as
the other options because it's just whoever has access to the account vs
a community chat/forum.
Signed-off-by: jolheiser <john.olheiser@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: John Olheiser <john.olheiser@gmail.com>
Backport #26690 by @thomas-mc-work
… because it doesn't require a separate shell, spawning a process which
cost unnecessary resources and takes time.
Co-authored-by: Thomas McWork <thomas.mc.work@posteo.de>
Backport #26654 by @lunny
copy and modified from #14572
> Whilst debating enforcing MFA within our team, I realised there isn't
a lot of context to the side effects of enabling it. Most of us use Git
over HTTP and would need to add a token.
I plan to add another PR that adds a sentence to the UI about needing to
generate a token when enabling MFA if HTTP is to be used.
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.io>
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Backport #26267 by @wxiaoguang
1. Fix the wrong document (add the missing `MODE=`)
2. Add a more friendly log message to tell users to add `MODE=` in their
config
Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
Closes#30Closes#31Closes#42
Rather than partially cloning, instead we clone once and then `clean` (to remove generated files), `reset` (to reset changed files), and `checkout` branches as needed. This should allow the outdated translation check to continue to work while also reducing build times significantly.
Before:

After:

Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/52
Co-authored-by: John Olheiser <john+gitea@jolheiser.com>
Co-committed-by: John Olheiser <john+gitea@jolheiser.com>
Backport #26068 by @felixvictor
The setting `MAILER_TYPE` is deprecated.
According to the config cheat sheet, it should be `PROTOCOL`.
Co-authored-by: Felix Victor <felix.victor.na@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Backport #26096 by @thigg
related #1635#18159
This will probably be obsolete at some point, but it should not break
anything and it may help some users
Co-authored-by: thigg <thigg@users.noreply.github.com>
Close#46
Same as those in [blog](https://gitea.com/gitea/blog/pulls/272), but for docs and api
Ejected DocPage (unsafe to eject) and ApiDoc (safe to eject) for layout changes

Screenshots

Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.io>
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/47
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Backport #26004 by @jolheiser
As title, `dev` tags are no longer used since we switched to `nightly`
Signed-off-by: jolheiser <john.olheiser@gmail.com>
- Do not use `target="_blank"`for gitea websites on navbar (same behavior as about.gitea.com)
- Translate "blog" on navbar for zh-cn
Before:

After:

Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/44
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Backport #25648
Replace #25580Fix#19453
The problem was: when users set "GITEA__XXX__YYY" , the "install page"
doesn't respect it.
So, to make the result consistent and avoid surprising end users, now
the "install page" also writes the environment variables to the config
file.
And, to make things clear, there are enough messages on the UI to tell
users what will happen.
There are some necessary/related changes to `environment-to-ini.go`:
* The "--clear" flag is removed and it was incorrectly written there.
The "clear" operation should be done if INSTALL_LOCK=true
* The "--prefix" flag is removed because it's never used, never
documented and it only causes inconsistent behavior.
The only conflict during backport is "ui divider" in
templates/install.tmpl
Backport #25771 by @leavesster
---
according `docker/rootless/usr/local/bin/docker-setup.sh` , in rootless
docker setup, ssh port is 2222.
and mysql database case should port same as PostgreSQL port
Co-authored-by: leavesster <11785335+leavesster@users.noreply.github.com>
- Used custom api dropdown for changing label dynamically. Used method discussed in [this post](https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/7231). `ComponentTypes` is ejected safely.

- Fixed dropdowns missing on chrome docs page

- Fixed `:has` selector compatibility problem on firefox. After (Screenshots from firefox):




Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/39
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
# Changes
- Added [redocusaurus](https://github.com/rohit-gohri/redocusaurus) package to display swagger api with reference to [woodpecker](https://github.com/woodpecker-ci/woodpecker/tree/master/docs)
- Change `sed` for swagger.json for proper version and baseurl.
- Add a dropdown for different api versions. (screenshot below)
- On API pages, only API version dropdown will show(hide locale dropdown, version dropdown for doc, and doc search)
- Allow build CSR API pages for development so it saves building time.
# Screenshots




Search:

Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/32
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Backport #25581 by @wolfogre
Resolve#24789
## ⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
Before this, `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` cound be set to any custom URLs like
`https://gitea.com` or `http://your-git-server,https://gitea.com`, and
the default value was `https://gitea.com`.
But now, `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` supports only
`github`(`https://github.com`) or `self`(the root url of current Gitea
instance), and the default value is `github`.
If it has configured with a URL, an error log will be displayed and it
will fallback to `github`.
Actually, what we really want to do is always make it
`https://github.com`, however, this may not be acceptable for some
instances of internal use, so there's extra support for `self`, but no
more, even `https://gitea.com`.
Please note that `uses: https://xxx/yyy/zzz` always works and it does
exactly what it is supposed to do.
Although it's breaking, I belive it should be backported to `v1.20` due
to some security issues.
Follow-up on the runner side:
- https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/pulls/262
- https://gitea.com/gitea/act/pulls/70
Co-authored-by: Jason Song <i@wolfogre.com>
Close#4
Right now on MacOS, sed will produce backup files, because on Mac, If do something like below using bash script
```
$SED_INPLACE '1s/---/---\nisOutdated: true/' $file
```
It will become the following on executed, and a backup file will be produced:
```
sed -i ''\'''\''' '1s/---/---\nisOutdated: true/' ./docs/content/doc/help/faq.zh-cn.md
```
The way to fix this in this PR is to change the `SED_INPLACE` to a function. [Reference](aa19c2d125/generate-cpp.sh (L4)) (Tested on my
Mac and backup files with suffix '' will not be produced after changing to function)
Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/36
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Backport #25256 by @thezzisu
In this pull request, the following changes are addressed:
- State user should create `config.yaml` before start container to avoid
errors.
- Provided instructions to deploy runners using docker compose.
Co-authored-by: Zisu Zhang <thezzisu@gmail.com>
Modified `loop_docs.sh` to take `version` and `locale` and params so do not need other `loop_docs*` scripts.
Need confirmation with version information for 1.20 and latest.
Like version in `static/20-swagger.json` and `static/latest-swagger.json`, and version used to replace `{{< version >}}`
Will wait for a stable version for 1.20

Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/28
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Backport #23911 by @lunny
Follow up #22405Fix#20703
This PR rewrites storage configuration read sequences with some breaks
and tests. It becomes more strict than before and also fixed some
inherit problems.
- Move storage's MinioConfig struct into setting, so after the
configuration loading, the values will be stored into the struct but not
still on some section.
- All storages configurations should be stored on one section,
configuration items cannot be overrided by multiple sections. The
prioioty of configuration is `[attachment]` > `[storage.attachments]` |
`[storage.customized]` > `[storage]` > `default`
- For extra override configuration items, currently are `SERVE_DIRECT`,
`MINIO_BASE_PATH`, `MINIO_BUCKET`, which could be configured in another
section. The prioioty of the override configuration is `[attachment]` >
`[storage.attachments]` > `default`.
- Add more tests for storages configurations.
- Update the storage documentations.
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: wxiaoguang <wxiaoguang@gmail.com>
Close#17
mdxa is another component that is safe to eject

And right now some links are using `master` as the branch(link will be redirect to `main`), so checked for that as well.
Update:
Change `master` to `main` in upstream, so also removed check for `master`
https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/25126
# After
For example:




Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/27
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hesterg@noreply.gitea.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hesterg@noreply.gitea.com>
- `git log` needs all commit history to compare latest commit of files, so changed `git clone --depth=1` to `git clone`. This will make the step take longer, so might be improved if there is a better way.
- `src/theme/MDXContent/index.js` is from [ejecting of the component](https://docusaurus.io/docs/swizzling#ejecting) inside `@docusaurus/theme-classic` plugin, and this one is safe to eject according to docusaurus


- [Outdated component style reference](https://mui.com/material-ui/react-alert/)
- Added [`Translate` component](https://docusaurus.io/docs/next/docusaurus-core#translate) to `Outdated` so it can be localized. [reference](https://docusaurus.io/docs/next/i18n/tutorial#translate-your-react-code)
- One way to check for the specific outdated documents:
search for `lastest commit timestamp` in [prepare nightly docs and prepare 1.19 docs steps](https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/actions/runs/74)
# After
The Chinese documents that are outdated (latest commit is ealier than laster commit of English version):



Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/25
Reviewed-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Backport #24925, partially backport #24934
(`docs/content/doc/help/faq.zh-cn.md` file)
Part of backport has already done by #24942
Also backport #24881 to avoid "deadlock"
---------
Co-authored-by: Zettat123 <zettat123@gmail.com>
Backport #24979
Changes:
1. Use uniform links types relative to doc folder (start with `doc/`)
2. According to [docusaurus
links](https://docusaurus.io/docs/markdown-features/links), if `<a>` is
used, the `href` is resolved as URL location, but not file location. So
need to use `[text]({{< relref "path" >}})` instead.
# Main changes and Some notices
- Chines Docs should be put into corresponding versions' folders under `i18n/zh-cn/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs`. See [translate-markdown-files](https://docusaurus.io/docs/i18n/tutorial#translate-markdown-files) for reference. And also [srs-docs](https://github.com/ossrs/srs-docs) is a project that can be used as a reference. So changed the related paths in `loop_docs*` scripts.
- The markdown files under `docs/<version>` and `i18n/zh-cn/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/<version>` must have the same name to be referred as translated. Files inside docs are corresponding to `current` version.
For example, `docs/administration/mail-templates.md` and `i18n/zh-cn/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/administration/mail-templates.md`. Filename of `mail-templates.md` must be the same (cannot be `mail-templates.zh-cn.md` and `mail-templates.us-en.md`)
So trim the `.en-us.md` and `.zh-cn.md` to `.md` to ensure the same names inside `loop_docs*` scripts.
- Used `npx docusaurus write-translations --locale zh-cn` to do sidebar, footer, and header translations, so no need to keep `sideBarCN` anymore. [reference](https://docusaurus.io/docs/cli#docusaurus-write-translations-sitedir)
- Local Tests for `en` and `zh-cn` are separeted, run the following on local respectly to test them
```bash
# test en version
npm run start
# test zh-cn version
npm run start -- --locale zh-cn
```
- If wants to test `en` and `zh-cn` both at the same time, run build and serve
```
npm run build
npm run serve
```
- Added some indexed page, for example:


Reviewed-on: https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea-docusaurus/pulls/13
Co-authored-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Co-committed-by: HesterG <hestergong@gmail.com>
Backport #23923 by @teauxfu
updated the example config to make the needed backticks around the
password more obvious
Co-authored-by: alex <alexmw777@gmail.com>
Backport #23733 by @wolfogre
I neglected that the `NameKey` of `Unit` is not only for translation,
but also configuration. So it should be `repo.actions` to maintain
consistency.
## ⚠️ BREAKING ⚠️
If users already use `actions.actions` in `DISABLED_REPO_UNITS` or
`DEFAULT_REPO_UNITS`, it will be treated as an invalid unit key.
Co-authored-by: Jason Song <i@wolfogre.com>
Follow #21962
After I eat my own dogfood, I would say that
ONLY_SHOW_RELEVANT_REPOS=false is necessary for many private/enterprise
instances, because many private repositories do not have
"description/topic", users just want to search by their names.
This PR also adds `PageIsExploreRepositories` check, to make code more
strict, because the `search` template is shared for different purpose.
And during the test, I found a bug that the "Search" button didn't
respect the "relevant" parameter, so this PR fixes the bug by the way
together.
Backport #23580 by @silverwind
Updated this default to GitHub's latest, adding the `.patch` file
extension to allowed types.
Co-authored-by: silverwind <me@silverwind.io>
Backport #23430 by @brechtvl
* Fix scoped label left and right part breaking across lines.
* Remove slanted divider in scoped label display, make it straight.
After using this for a while, this feels more visually noisy than
helpful.
* Reduce contrast between scope and item to reduce probability of
unreadable text on background.
* Change documentation to remove mention of non-exclusive scoped labels.
Co-authored-by: Brecht Van Lommel <brecht@blender.org>
Co-authored-by: Lunny Xiao <xiaolunwen@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: John Olheiser <john.olheiser@gmail.com>
Backport #23087
Whitespace was missing from refactoring docs metadata.
backport label applied so it is included in versioned docs.
Co-authored-by: techknowlogick <techknowlogick@gitea.io>
* Keine "Amtsdeusch"-Umschreibungen, einfach so als ob man den Nutzer direkt persönlich ansprechen würde
Genauer definiert:
* "falsch" anstatt "nicht korrekt/inkorrekt"
* Benutzerkonto oder Konto? Oder Account?
* "Wende dich an ..." anstatt "kontaktiere ..."
* In der selben Zeit übersetzen (sonst wird aus "is" "war")
* Richtige Anführungszeichen verwenden. Also `"` statt `''` oder `'` oder \` oder `´`
*`„` für beginnende Anführungszeichen, `“` für schließende Anführungszeichen
Es gelten Artikel und Worttrennungen aus dem Duden.
## Formulierungen in Modals und Buttons
Es sollten die gleichen Formulierungen auf Buttons und Modals verwendet werden.
Beispiel: Wenn der Button mit `löschen` beschriftet ist, sollte im Modal die Frage lauten `Willst du das wirklich löschen?` und nicht `Willst du das wirklich entfernen?`. Gleiches gilt für Success/Errormeldungen nach der Aktion.
Some jurisdictions (such as EU), requires certain legal pages (e.g. Privacy Policy) to be added to website. Follow these steps to add them to your Gitea instance.
## Getting Pages
Gitea source code ships with sample pages, available in `contrib/legal` directory. Copy them to `custom/public/assets/`. For example, to add Privacy Policy:
Now you need to edit the page to meet your requirements. In particular you must change the email addresses, web addresses and references to "Your Gitea Instance" to match your situation.
You absolutely must not place a general ToS or privacy statement that implies that the Gitea project is responsible for your server.
## Make it Visible
Create or append to `/path/to/custom/templates/custom/extra_links_footer.tmpl`:
- Group Attribute Containing List Of Users (optional)
- The attribute of the group object that lists/contains the group members.
- Example: `memberUid` or `member`
- An LDAP filter declaring how to find valid groups in the above DN.
- Example: `(|(cn=gitea_users)(cn=admins))`
- User Attribute in Group (optional)
- User Attribute Listed in Group (optional)
- The user attribute that is used to reference a user in the group object.
- Example: `uid` if the group objects contains a `member: bender` and the user object contains a `uid: bender`.
- Example: `dn` if the group object contains a `member: uid=bender,ou=users,dc=planetexpress,dc=com`.
- Group Attribute for User (optional)
- The attribute of the group object that lists/contains the group members.
- Example: `memberUid` or `member`
- Verify group membership in LDAP (optional)
- An LDAP filter declaring how to find valid groups in the above DN.
- Example: `(|(cn=gitea_users)(cn=admins))`
## PAM (Pluggable Authentication Module)
@@ -198,7 +189,7 @@ administrative user.
field is set to `mail.com`, then Gitea will expect the `user email` field
for an authenticated GIT instance to be `gituser@mail.com`.[^2]
**Note**: PAM support is added via [build-time flags](installation/install-from-source.md#build),
**Note**: PAM support is added via [build-time flags](installation/from-source.md#build),
and the official binaries provided do not have this enabled. PAM requires that
the necessary libpam dynamic library be available and the necessary PAM
development headers be accessible to the compiler.
@@ -236,7 +227,7 @@ configure this, set the fields below:
- Restrict what domains can log in if using a public SMTP host or SMTP host
with multiple domains.
- Example: `gitea.io,mydomain.com,mydomain2.com`
- Example: `gitea.com,mydomain.com,mydomain2.com`
- Force SMTPS
@@ -348,4 +339,13 @@ If set `ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_FULL_NAME=true`, a user full name expected in `X-WE
You can also limit the reverse proxy's IP address range with `REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES` which default value is `127.0.0.0/8,::1/128`. By `REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT`, you can limit trusted proxies level.
Notice: Reverse Proxy Auth doesn't support the API. You still need an access token or basic auth to make API requests.
You can enable the this authentication method for the API with
```ini
[service]
ENABLE_REVERSE_PROXY_AUTHENTICATION_API = true
```
:::note
When this method is enabled for the API, the reverse proxy is responsible for handling CSRF protection.
Gitea currently has a `dump` command that will save the installation to a ZIP file. This
file can be unpacked and used to restore an instance.
## Backup Consistency
To ensure the consistency of the Gitea instance, it must be shutdown during backup.
Gitea consists of a database, files and git repositories, all of which change when it is used. For instance, when a migration is in progress, a transaction is created in the database while the git repository is being copied over. If the backup happens in the middle of the migration, the git repository may be incomplete although the database claims otherwise because it was dumped afterwards. The only way to avoid such race conditions is by stopping the Gitea instance during the backups.
## Backup Command (`dump`)
Switch to the user running Gitea: `su git`. Run `./gitea dump -c /path/to/app.ini` in the Gitea installation
directory. There should be some output similar to the following:
```log
2016/12/27 22:32:09 Creating tmp work dir: /tmp/gitea-dump-417443001
2016/12/27 22:32:09 Dumping local repositories.../home/git/repositories
2016/12/27 22:32:22 Dumping database...
2016/12/27 22:32:22 Packing dump files...
2016/12/27 22:32:34 Removing tmp work dir: /tmp/gitea-dump-417443001
2016/12/27 22:32:34 Finish dumping in file gitea-dump-1482906742.zip
```
Inside the `gitea-dump-1482906742.zip` file, will be the following:
-`app.ini` - Optional copy of configuration file if originally stored outside the default `custom/` directory
-`custom/` - All config or customization files in `custom/`.
-`data/` - Data directory (APP_DATA_PATH), except sessions if you are using file session. This directory includes `attachments`, `avatars`, `lfs`, `indexers`, SQLite file if you are using SQLite.
-`repos/` - Complete copy of the repository directory.
-`gitea-db.sql` - SQL dump of database
-`log/` - Various logs. They are not needed for a recovery or migration.
Intermediate backup files are created in a temporary directory specified either with the
`--tempdir` command-line parameter or the `TMPDIR` environment variable.
## Backup the database
The SQL dump created by `gitea dump` uses XORM and Gitea admins may prefer to use the native the MySQL and PostgreSQL dump tools instead. There are still open issues when using XORM for dumping the database that may cause problems when attempting to restore it.
There are a few caveats for using the `dump` command with Docker.
The command has to be executed with the `RUN_USER = <OS_USERNAME>` specified in `gitea/conf/app.ini`; and, for the zipping of the backup folder to occur without permission error the command `docker exec` must be executed inside of the `--tempdir`.
\*Note: `--tempdir` refers to the temporary directory of the docker environment used by Gitea; if you have not specified a custom `--tempdir`, then Gitea uses `/tmp` or the `TMPDIR` environment variable of the docker container. For `--tempdir` adjust your `docker exec` command options accordingly.
The result should be a file, stored in the `--tempdir` specified, along the lines of: `gitea-dump-1482906742.zip`
## Restore Command (`restore`)
There is currently no support for a recovery command. It is a manual process that mostly
involves moving files to their correct locations and restoring a database dump.
mysql --default-character-set=utf8mb4 -u$USER -p$PASS$DATABASE <gitea-db.sql
# sqlite3
sqlite3 $DATABASE_PATH <gitea-db.sql
# postgres
psql -U $USER -d $DATABASE < gitea-db.sql
service gitea restart
```
Repository Git Hooks should be regenerated if installation method is changed (eg. binary -> Docker), or if Gitea is installed to a different directory than the previous installation.
With Gitea running, and from the directory Gitea's binary is located, execute: `./gitea admin regenerate hooks`
This ensures that application and configuration file paths in repository Git Hooks are consistent and applicable to the current installation. If these paths are not updated, repository `push` actions will fail.
If you still have issues, consider running `./gitea doctor check` to inspect possible errors (or run with `--fix`).
### Using Docker (`restore`)
There is also no support for a recovery command in a Docker-based gitea instance. The restore process contains the same steps as described in the previous section but with different paths.
The `gitea dump` command can produce a SQL file that can be read by another database type, which is useful to convert the database to another in case you did not choose the correct one during the first installation.
Note that this conversion process is not well-tested, which is why it is recommended to choose the final database type during the first installation without attempting to change it afterwards.
Stop the Gitea server, then make sure you have a full backup of your original database.
Before attempting the conversion, ensure that the original database is clean. Run `gitea doctor check --all --fix` and `gitea doctor recreate-table` to address common issues.
Use the `--database` flag to get a Gitea dump with the SQL file in the target format, in this example PostgreSQL: `gitea dump --database postgres`, then extract the file `gitea-db.sql` from the generated ZIP file.
Create the PostgreSQL Gitea user and Gitea database. Then, import the SQL file as the Gitea user into the Gitea database, using commands such as:
```sh
sudo -u postgres psql -d gitea
gitea=# SET synchronous_commit TO off
gitea=# SET on_error_stop TO on
gitea=# \i gitea-db.sql
```
Disabling `synchronous_commit` makes PostgreSQL less resilient to crashes, but makes the import a lot faster. Since we already have a backup of the original database and we can check that the import completes successfully, it should be a good trade-off.
After the import is completed, set up Gitea to use PostgreSQL and start the Gitea server again. Good luck!
-`--install-port number`: Port number to run the install page on. Optional. (default: 3000). Overrides configuration file.
-`--pid path`, `-P path`: Pidfile path. Optional.
-`--quiet`, `-q`: Only emit Fatal logs on the console for logs emitted before logging set up.
-`--verbose`: Emit tracing logs on the console for logs emitted before logging is set-up.
- Examples:
-`gitea web`
-`gitea web --port 80`
-`gitea web --config /etc/gitea.ini --pid /some/custom/gitea.pid`
- Notes:
- Gitea should not be run as root. To bind to a port below 1024, you can use setcap on
Linux: `sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/gitea`. This will need to be
redone every time you update Gitea.
### admin
Admin operations:
- Commands:
-`user`:
-`list`:
- Options:
-`--admin`: List only admin users. Optional.
- Description: lists all users that exist
- Examples:
-`gitea admin user list`
-`delete`:
- Options:
-`--email`: Email of the user to be deleted.
-`--username`: Username of user to be deleted.
-`--id`: ID of user to be deleted.
- One of `--id`, `--username` or `--email` is required. If more than one is provided then all have to match.
- Examples:
-`gitea admin user delete --id 1`
-`create`:
- Options:
-`--name value`: Username. Required. As of Gitea 1.9.0, use the `--username` flag instead.
-`--username value`: Username. Required. New in Gitea 1.9.0.
-`--password value`: Password. Required.
-`--email value`: Email. Required.
-`--admin`: If provided, this makes the user an admin. Optional.
-`--access-token`: If provided, an access token will be created for the user. Optional. (default: false).
-`--must-change-password`: The created user will be required to set a new password after the initial login, default: true. It could be disabled by `--must-change-password=false`.
-`--random-password`: If provided, a randomly generated password will be used as the password of the created
user. The value of `--password` will be discarded. Optional.
-`--random-password-length`: If provided, it will be used to configure the length of the randomly generated
password. Optional. (default: 12)
- Examples:
-`gitea admin user create --username myname --password asecurepassword --email me@example.com`
-`--password value`, `-p value`: New password. Required.
-`--must-change-password`: The user is required to set a new password after the login, default: true. It could be disabled by `--must-change-password=false`.
- Examples:
-`gitea admin user change-password --username myname --password asecurepassword`
-`must-change-password`:
- Args:
-`[username...]`: Users that must change their passwords
- Options:
-`--all`, `-A`: Force a password change for all users
-`--exclude username`, `-e username`: Exclude the given user. Can be set multiple times.
-`--unset`: Revoke forced password change for the given users
-`--scopes value`: Comma-separated list of scopes. Scopes follow the format `[read|write]:<block>` or `all` where `<block>` is one of the available visual groups you can see when opening the API page showing the available routes (for example `repo`).
- Examples:
-`gitea admin user generate-access-token --username myname --token-name mytoken`
-`gitea admin user generate-access-token --help`
-`regenerate`
- Options:
-`hooks`: Regenerate Git Hooks for all repositories
-`keys`: Regenerate authorized_keys file
- Examples:
-`gitea admin regenerate hooks`
-`gitea admin regenerate keys`
-`auth`:
-`list`:
- Description: lists all external authentication sources that exist
- Examples:
-`gitea admin auth list`
-`delete`:
- Options:
-`--id`: ID of source to be deleted. Required.
- Examples:
-`gitea admin auth delete --id 1`
-`add-oauth`:
- Options:
-`--name`: Application Name.
-`--provider`: OAuth2 Provider.
-`--key`: Client ID (Key).
-`--secret`: Client Secret.
-`--auto-discover-url`: OpenID Connect Auto Discovery URL (only required when using OpenID Connect as provider).
-`--use-custom-urls`: Use custom URLs for GitLab/GitHub OAuth endpoints.
-`--custom-tenant-id`: Use custom Tenant ID for OAuth endpoints.
-`--custom-auth-url`: Use a custom Authorization URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).
-`--custom-token-url`: Use a custom Token URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).
-`--custom-profile-url`: Use a custom Profile URL (option for GitLab/GitHub).
-`--custom-email-url`: Use a custom Email URL (option for GitHub).
-`--icon-url`: Custom icon URL for OAuth2 login source.
-`--skip-local-2fa`: Allow source to override local 2FA. (Optional)
-`--scopes`: Additional scopes to request for this OAuth2 source. (Optional)
-`--required-claim-name`: Claim name that has to be set to allow users to login with this source. (Optional)
-`--required-claim-value`: Claim value that has to be set to allow users to login with this source. (Optional)
-`--group-claim-name`: Claim name providing group names for this source. (Optional)
-`--admin-group`: Group Claim value for administrator users. (Optional)
-`--restricted-group`: Group Claim value for restricted users. (Optional)
-`--group-team-map`: JSON mapping between groups and org teams. (Optional)
-`--group-team-map-removal`: Activate automatic team membership removal depending on groups. (Optional)
-`--flags value`, `-F value`: Flags for the logger
-`--expression value`, `-e value`: Matching expression for the logger
-`--prefix value`, `-p value`: Prefix for the logger
-`--color`: Use color in the logs
-`--username value`, `-u value`: Mail server username
-`--password value`, `-P value`: Mail server password
-`--host value`, `-H value`: Mail server host (defaults to: 127.0.0.1:25)
-`--send-to value`, `-s value`: Email address(es) to send to
-`--subject value`, `-S value`: Subject header of sent emails
-`processes`: Display Gitea processes and goroutine information
- Options:
-`--flat`: Show processes as flat table rather than as tree
-`--no-system`: Do not show system processes
-`--stacktraces`: Show stacktraces for goroutines associated with processes
-`--json`: Output as json
-`--cancel PID`: Send cancel to process with PID. (Only for non-system processes.)
### dump-repo
Dump-repo dumps repository data from Git/GitHub/Gitea/GitLab:
- Options:
-`--git_service service` : Git service, it could be `git`, `github`, `gitea`, `gitlab`, If clone_addr could be recognized, this could be ignored.
-`--repo_dir dir`, `-r dir`: Repository dir path to store the data
-`--clone_addr addr`: The URL will be clone, currently could be a git/github/gitea/gitlab http/https URL. i.e. https://github.com/lunny/tango.git
-`--auth_username lunny`: The username to visit the clone_addr
-`--auth_password <password>`: The password to visit the clone_addr
-`--auth_token <token>`: The personal token to visit the clone_addr
-`--owner_name lunny`: The data will be stored on a directory with owner name if not empty
-`--repo_name tango`: The data will be stored on a directory with repository name if not empty
-`--units <units>`: Which items will be migrated, one or more units should be separated as comma. wiki, issues, labels, releases, release_assets, milestones, pull_requests, comments are allowed. Empty means all units.
### restore-repo
Restore-repo restore repository data from disk dir:
- Options:
-`--repo_dir dir`, `-r dir`: Repository dir path to restore from
-`--owner_name lunny`: Restore destination owner name
-`--repo_name tango`: Restore destination repository name
-`--units <units>`: Which items will be restored, one or more units should be separated as comma. wiki, issues, labels, releases, release_assets, milestones, pull_requests, comments are allowed. Empty means all units.
### actions generate-runner-token
Generate a new token for a runner to use to register with the server
- Options:
-`--scope {owner}[/{repo}]`, `-s {owner}[/{repo}]`: To limit the scope of the runner, no scope means the runner can be used for all repos, but you can also limit it to a specific repo or owner
To register a global runner:
```bash
gitea actions generate-runner-token
```
To register a runner for a specific organization, in this case `org`:
```bash
gitea actions generate-runner-token -s org
```
To register a runner for a specific repo, in this case `username/test-repo`:
If the `CustomPath` folder can't be found despite checking `gitea help`, check the `GITEA_CUSTOM`
environment variable; this can be used to override the default path to something else.
`GITEA_CUSTOM` might, for example, be set by an init script. You can check whether the value
is set under the "Configuration" tab on the site administration page.
- [List of Environment Variables](../administration/environment-variables.md)
:::note
Gitea must perform a full restart to see configuration changes.
:::
## Serving custom public files
To make Gitea serve custom public files (like pages and images), use the folder
`$GITEA_CUSTOM/public/` as the webroot. Symbolic links will be followed.
At the moment, only the following files are served:
-`public/robots.txt`
- files in the `public/.well-known/` folder
- files in the `public/assets/` folder
For example, a file `image.png` stored in `$GITEA_CUSTOM/public/assets/`, can be accessed with
the url `http://gitea.domain.tld/assets/image.png`.
## Changing the logo
To build a custom logo and/or favicon clone the Gitea source repository, replace `assets/logo.svg` and/or `assets/favicon.svg` and run
`make generate-images`. `assets/favicon.svg` is used for the favicon only. This will update below output files which you can then place in `$GITEA_CUSTOM/public/assets/img` on your server:
-`public/assets/img/logo.svg` - Used for site icon, app icon
-`public/assets/img/logo.png` - Used for Open Graph
-`public/assets/img/avatar_default.png` - Used as the default avatar image
-`public/assets/img/apple-touch-icon.png` - Used on iOS devices for bookmarks
-`public/assets/img/favicon.svg` - Used for favicon
-`public/assets/img/favicon.png` - Used as fallback for browsers that don't support SVG favicons
In case the source image is not in vector format, you can attempt to convert a raster image using tools like [this](https://www.aconvert.com/image/png-to-svg/).
## Customizing Gitea pages and resources
Gitea's executable contains all the resources required to run: templates, images, style-sheets
and translations. Any of them can be overridden by placing a replacement in a matching path
inside the `custom` directory. For example, to replace the default `.gitignore` provided
for C++ repositories, we want to replace `options/gitignore/C++`. To do this, a replacement
must be placed in `$GITEA_CUSTOM/options/gitignore/C++` (see about the location of the `CustomPath`
directory at the top of this document).
Every single page of Gitea can be changed. Dynamic content is generated using [go templates](https://pkg.go.dev/html/template),
which can be modified by placing replacements below the `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates` directory.
To obtain any embedded file (including templates), the [`gitea embedded` tool](../administration/cmd-embedded.md) can be used. Alternatively, they can be found in the [`templates`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/main/templates) directory of Gitea source (Note: the example link is from the `main` branch. Make sure to use templates compatible with the release you are using).
Be aware that any statement contained inside `{{` and `}}` are Gitea's template syntax and
shouldn't be touched without fully understanding these components.
### Customizing startpage / homepage
Copy [`home.tmpl`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/templates/home.tmpl) for your version of Gitea from `templates` to `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates`.
Edit as you wish.
Dont forget to restart your Gitea to apply the changes.
### Adding links and tabs
If all you want is to add extra links to the top navigation bar or footer, or extra tabs to the repository view, you can put them in `extra_links.tmpl` (links added to the navbar), `extra_links_footer.tmpl` (links added to the left side of footer), and `extra_tabs.tmpl` inside your `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates/custom/` directory.
For instance, let's say you are in Germany and must add the famously legally-required "Impressum"/about page, listing who is responsible for the site's content:
just place it under your "$GITEA_CUSTOM/public/assets/" directory (for instance `$GITEA_CUSTOM/public/assets/impressum.html`) and put a link to it in either `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates/custom/extra_links.tmpl` or `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates/custom/extra_links_footer.tmpl`.
To match the current style, the link should have the class name "item", and you can use `{{AppSubUrl}}` to get the base URL:
For more information, see [Adding Legal Pages](../administration/adding-legal-pages.md).
You can add new tabs in the same way, putting them in `extra_tabs.tmpl`.
The exact HTML needed to match the style of other tabs is in the file
`templates/repo/header.tmpl`
([source in GitHub](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/templates/repo/header.tmpl))
### Other additions to the page
Apart from `extra_links.tmpl` and `extra_tabs.tmpl`, there are other useful templates you can put in your `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates/custom/` directory:
-`header.tmpl`, just before the end of the `<head>` tag where you can add custom CSS files for instance.
-`body_outer_pre.tmpl`, right after the start of `<body>`.
-`body_inner_pre.tmpl`, before the top navigation bar, but already inside the main container `<div class="full height">`.
-`body_inner_post.tmpl`, before the end of the main container.
-`body_outer_post.tmpl`, before the bottom `<footer>` element.
-`footer.tmpl`, right before the end of the `<body>` tag, a good place for additional JavaScript.
### Using Gitea variables
It's possible to use various Gitea variables in your custom templates.
First, _temporarily_ enable development mode: in your `app.ini` change from `RUN_MODE = prod` to `RUN_MODE = dev`. Then add `{{ $ | DumpVar }}` to any of your templates, restart Gitea and refresh that page; that will dump all available variables.
Find the data that you need, and use the corresponding variable; for example, if you need the name of the repository then you'd use `{{.Repository.Name}}`.
If you need to transform that data somehow, and aren't familiar with Go, an easy workaround is to add the data to the DOM and add a small JavaScript script block to manipulate the data.
### Example: PlantUML
You can add [PlantUML](https://plantuml.com/) support to Gitea's markdown by using a PlantUML server.
The data is encoded and sent to the PlantUML server which generates the picture. There is an online
demo server at http://www.plantuml.com/plantuml, but if you (or your users) have sensitive data you
can set up your own [PlantUML server](https://plantuml.com/server) instead. To set up PlantUML rendering,
copy JavaScript files from https://gitea.com/davidsvantesson/plantuml-code-highlight and put them in your
`$GITEA_CUSTOM/public/assets/` folder. Then add the following to `custom/footer.tmpl`:
You can then add blocks like the following to your markdown:
```plantuml
Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
Alice <-- Bob: Another authentication Response
```
The script will detect tags with `class="language-plantuml"`, but you can change this by providing a second argument to `parsePlantumlCodeBlocks`.
### Example: CAD Files Preview using Online 3D Viewer
You can implement CAD file preview inside your Gitea instance. This implemenation uses [`Online 3D Viewer`](https://github.com/kovacsv/Online3DViewer).
Override by making a copy of the file under `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates/mail` using a
full path structure matching source.
Any statement contained inside `{{` and `}}` are Gitea's template
syntax and shouldn't be touched without fully understanding these components.
## Adding Analytics to Gitea
Google Analytics, Matomo (previously Piwik), and other analytics services can be added to Gitea. To add the tracking code, refer to the `Other additions to the page` section of this document, and add the JavaScript to the `$GITEA_CUSTOM/templates/custom/header.tmpl` file.
## Customizing gitignores, labels, licenses, locales, and readmes
Place custom files in corresponding sub-folder under `custom/options`.
:::note
The files should not have a file extension, e.g. `Labels` rather than `Labels.txt`
:::
### gitignores
To add custom .gitignore, add a file with existing [.gitignore rules](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore) in it to `$GITEA_CUSTOM/options/gitignore`
## Customizing the git configuration
Starting with Gitea 1.20, you can customize the git configuration via the `git.config` section.
### Enabling signed git pushes
[Signed pushes](https://git-scm.com/docs/git-push#Documentation/git-push.txt---signedtruefalseif-asked) allow clients to cryptographically sign the push operation itself (not just individual commits). To enable signed pushes, add the following to `app.ini`:
```ini
[git.config]
receive.certNonceSeed=<randomstring>
```
`certNonceSeed` should be set to a random string and be kept secret. It is used to generate anti-replay nonces. Gitea already sets `receive.advertisePushOptions = true` by default, so no additional configuration is needed. Note that Gitea does not read `/etc/gitconfig`, so this option must be set via `app.ini` as shown above.
On the client side, pushes can be signed via `git push --signed` or enabled permanently using `git config --global push.gpgSign if-asked`.
### Labels
Starting with Gitea 1.19, you can add a file that follows the [YAML label format](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/options/label/Advanced.yaml) to `$GITEA_CUSTOM/options/label`:
```yaml
labels:
- name:"foo/bar"# name of the label that will appear in the dropdown
exclusive:true# whether to use the exclusive namespace for scoped labels. scoped delimiter is /
color:aabbcc# hex colour coding
description:Some label# long description of label intent
```
The [legacy file format](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/options/label/Default) can still be used following the format below, however we strongly recommend using the newer YAML format instead.
`#hex-color label name ; label description`
For more information, see the [labels documentation](../usage/issues-prs/labels.md).
### Licenses
To add a custom license, add a file with the license text to `$GITEA_CUSTOM/options/license`
### Locales
Locales are managed via our [Crowdin](https://crowdin.com/project/gitea).
You can override a locale by placing an altered locale file in `$GITEA_CUSTOM/options/locale`.
Gitea's default locale files can be found in the [`options/locale`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/main/options/locale) source folder and these should be used as examples for your changes.
To add a completely new locale, as well as placing the file in the above location, you will need to add the new lang and name to the `[i18n]` section in your `app.ini`. Keep in mind that Gitea will use those settings as **overrides**, so if you want to keep the other languages as well you will need to copy/paste the default values and add your own to them.
```ini title="app.ini"
[i18n]
LANGS = en-US,foo-BAR
NAMES = English,FooBar
```
The first locale will be used as the default if user browser's language doesn't match any locale in the list.
Locales may change between versions, so keeping track of your customized locales is highly encouraged.
### Readmes
To add a custom Readme, add a markdown formatted file (without an `.md` extension) to `$GITEA_CUSTOM/options/readme`
:::note
Readme templates support **variable expansion**.
currently there are `{Name}` (name of repository), `{Description}`, `{CloneURL.SSH}`, `{CloneURL.HTTPS}` and `{OwnerName}`
:::
### Reactions
To change reaction emoji's you can set allowed reactions at app.ini
A full list of supported emoji's is at [emoji list](https://gitea.com/gitea/gitea.com/issues/8)
## Customizing the look of Gitea
The built-in themes are `gitea-light`, `gitea-dark`, and `gitea-auto` (which automatically adapts to OS settings).
The default theme can be changed via `DEFAULT_THEME` in the [ui](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#ui-ui) section of `app.ini`.
Gitea also has support for user themes, which means every user can select which theme should be used.
The list of themes a user can choose from can be configured with the `THEMES` value in the [ui](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#ui-ui) section of `app.ini`.
To make a custom theme available to all users:
1. Add a CSS file to `$GITEA_CUSTOM/public/assets/css/theme-<theme-name>.css`.
The value of `$GITEA_CUSTOM` of your instance can be queried by calling `gitea help` and looking up the value of "CustomPath".
2. Add `<theme-name>` to the comma-separated list of setting `THEMES` in `app.ini`, or leave `THEMES` empty to allow all themes.
A custom theme file named `theme-my-theme.css` will be displayed as `my-theme` on the user's theme selection page.
It could add theme meta information into the custom theme CSS file to provide more information about the theme.
If a custom theme is a dark theme, please set the global css variable `--is-dark-theme: true` in the `:root` block.
This allows Gitea to adjust the Monaco code editor's theme accordingly.
An "auto" theme could be implemented by using "theme-gitea-auto.css" as a reference.
```css
gitea-theme-meta-info {
--theme-display-name: "My Awesome Theme"; /* this theme will be display as "My Awesome Theme" on the UI */
}
:root {
--is-dark-theme: true; /* if it is a dark theme */
--color-primary: #112233;
/* more custom theme variables ... */
}
```
Community themes are listed in [gitea/awesome-gitea#themes](https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea#themes).
The default theme sources can be found [here](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/web_src/css/themes).
Gitea has mailer functionality for sending transactional emails (such as registration confirmation). It can be configured to either use Sendmail (or compatible MTAs like Postfix and msmtp) or directly use SMTP server.
:::note
Be sure to set ENABLE_NOTIFY_MAIL=true to allow Gitea to send email notifications. Check the [Config Cheat Sheet](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#service-service) for details.
:::
## Using Sendmail
Use `sendmail` command as mailer.
:::note
For use in the official Gitea Docker image, please configure with the SMTP version (see the following section).
:::
:::note
For Internet-facing sites consult documentation of your MTA for instructions to send emails over TLS. Also set up SPF, DMARC, and DKIM DNS records to make emails sent be accepted as legitimate by various email providers.
:::
```ini title="app.ini"
[mailer]
ENABLED = true
FROM = gitea@mydomain.com
PROTOCOL = sendmail
SENDMAIL_PATH = /usr/sbin/sendmail
SENDMAIL_ARGS = "--" ; most "sendmail" programs take options, "--" will prevent an email address being interpreted as an option.
```
## Using SMTP
Directly use SMTP server as relay. This option is useful if you don't want to set up MTA on your instance but you have an account at email provider.
```ini title="app.ini"
[mailer]
ENABLED = true
FROM = gitea@mydomain.com
PROTOCOL = smtps
SMTP_ADDR = mail.mydomain.com
SMTP_PORT = 465
USER = gitea@mydomain.com
PASSWD = `password`
```
Restart Gitea for the configuration changes to take effect.
To send a test email to validate the settings, go to Gitea > Site Administration > Configuration > Summary -> Mailer Configuration.
For the full list of options check the [Config Cheat Sheet](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md)
:::note
Authentication is only supported when the SMTP server communication is encrypted with TLS or `HOST=localhost`. TLS encryption can be through:
:::
- STARTTLS (also known as Opportunistic TLS) via port 587 with `PROTOCOL=smtp+starttls`. Initial connection is done over cleartext, but then be upgraded over TLS if the server supports it.
- SMTPS connection (SMTP over TLS) via the default port 465. Connection to the server use TLS from the beginning.
- Forced SMTPS connection with `PROTOCOL=smtps`. (These are both known as Implicit TLS.)
This is due to protections imposed by the Go internal libraries against STRIPTLS attacks.
Note that Implicit TLS is recommended by [RFC8314](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8314#section-3) since 2018.
### Gmail
The following configuration should work with GMail's SMTP server:
```ini title="app.ini"
[mailer]
ENABLED = true
HOST = smtp.gmail.com:465 ; Remove this line for Gitea >= 1.18.0
SMTP_ADDR = smtp.gmail.com
SMTP_PORT = 465
FROM = example.user@gmail.com
USER = example.user
PASSWD = `***`
PROTOCOL = smtps
```
Note that you'll need to create and use an [App password](https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en) by enabling 2FA on your Google
account. You won't be able to use your Google account password directly.
### ProtonMail
This feature is currently only available for select Proton for Business customers and those with Visionary and Family plans with custom domain addresses. See [ProtonMail's SMTP documentation](https://proton.me/support/smtp-submission) for more information. This limitation can be circumvented by using the ProtonMail Bridge application.
Note that emails sent using SMTP are not [end-to-end encrypted](https://proton.me/support/proton-mail-encryption-explained). However, they’re still stored with zero-access encryption like any other emails in your Proton Mail inbox.
The following configuration should work with ProtonMail's SMTP server:
1. In your browser (or desktop application), sign in to your Proton Mail account and select **Settings → All settings → Proton Mail → IMAP/SMTP → SMTP tokens**.
2. Click **Generate token**.
3. Enter the following details to create a new SMTP token:
- **Token name**: Select a name for your token. This is for your reference only and does not affect the token's functionality.
- **Email address**: Select one of your active custom domain addresses to pair with your token. Copy this email address and use it for the `FROM` and `USER` configuration in `app.ini`.
4. Click **Generate**.
5. Enter your Proton Mail Account password.
Your SMTP username and SMTP token (password) will be generated. You can now enter them as the `USER` and `PASSWD` in your `app.ini` configuration.
```ini title="app.ini"
[mailer]
ENABLED = true
FROM = example.user@customdomain.tld
PROTOCOL = smtp+starttls
SMTP_ADDR = smtp.protonmail.ch
SMTP_PORT = 587
USER = example.user@customdomain.tld
PASSWD = `TOKEN`
```
After closing the popup, you will not be able to see this SMTP token (password) again for security reasons. You can always generate more tokens if you need to rotate passwords.
Note: Your Proton Mail login or mailbox passwords will not work with SMTP
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This supports rendering of whole files. If you want to render code blocks in markdown you would need to do something with javascript. See some examples on the [Customizing Gitea](../administration/customizing-gitea.md) page.
## Installing external binaries
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If you're using a Docker image, your `Dockerfile` should contain something along this lines:
**Remember that fail2ban is powerful and can cause lots of issues if you do it incorrectly, so make
sure to test this before relying on it so you don't lock yourself out.**
Gitea returns an HTTP 200 for bad logins in the web logs, but if you have logging options on in
`app.ini`, then you should be able to go off of `log/gitea.log`, which gives you something like this
on a bad authentication from the web or CLI using SSH or HTTP respectively:
```log
2018/04/26 18:15:54 [I] Failed authentication attempt for user from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
```log
2020/10/15 16:05:09 modules/ssh/ssh.go:143:publicKeyHandler() [W] Failed authentication attempt from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
(DEPRECATED: This may be a false positive as the user may still go on to correctly authenticate.)
```log
2020/10/15 16:05:09 modules/ssh/ssh.go:155:publicKeyHandler() [W] Failed authentication attempt from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
(DEPRECATED: This may be a false positive as the user may still go on to correctly authenticate.)
```log
2020/10/15 16:05:09 modules/ssh/ssh.go:198:publicKeyHandler() [W] Failed authentication attempt from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
(DEPRECATED: This may be a false positive as the user may still go on to correctly authenticate.)
```log
2020/10/15 16:05:09 modules/ssh/ssh.go:213:publicKeyHandler() [W] Failed authentication attempt from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
(DEPRECATED: This may be a false positive as the user may still go on to correctly authenticate.)
```log
2020/10/15 16:05:09 modules/ssh/ssh.go:227:publicKeyHandler() [W] Failed authentication attempt from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
(DEPRECATED: This may be a false positive as the user may still go on to correctly authenticate.)
```log
2020/10/15 16:05:09 modules/ssh/ssh.go:249:sshConnectionFailed() [W] Failed authentication attempt from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
(From 1.15 this new message will available and doesn't have any of the false positive results that above messages from publicKeyHandler do. This will only be logged if the user has completely failed authentication.)
```log
2020/10/15 16:08:44 ...s/context/context.go:204:HandleText() [E] invalid credentials from xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
```
Add our filter in `/etc/fail2ban/filter.d/gitea.local`:
```ini
# gitea.local
[Definition]
failregex=.*(Failed authentication attempt|invalid credentials|Attempted access of unknown user).* from <HOST>
ignoreregex=
```
Add our jail in `/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/gitea.local`:
```ini
[gitea]
enabled=true
filter=gitea
logpath=/var/lib/gitea/log/gitea.log
maxretry=10
findtime=3600
bantime=900
action=iptables-allports
```
If you're using Docker, you'll also need to add an additional jail to handle the **FORWARD**
chain in **iptables**. Configure it in `/etc/fail2ban/jail.d/gitea-docker.local`:
```ini
[gitea-docker]
enabled=true
filter=gitea
logpath=/var/lib/gitea/log/gitea.log
maxretry=10
findtime=3600
bantime=900
action=iptables-allports[chain="FORWARD"]
```
Then simply run `service fail2ban restart` to apply your changes. You can check to see if
fail2ban has accepted your configuration using `service fail2ban status`.
Make sure and read up on fail2ban and configure it to your needs, this bans someone
for **15 minutes** (from all ports) when they fail authentication 10 times in an hour.
If you run Gitea behind a reverse proxy with Nginx (for example with Docker), you need to add
this to your Nginx configuration so that IPs don't show up as 127.0.0.1:
```
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
```
The security options in `app.ini` need to be adjusted to allow the interpretation of the headers
as well as the list of IP addresses and networks that describe trusted proxy servers
(See the [configuration cheat sheet](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#security-security) for more information).
```
REVERSE_PROXY_LIMIT = 1
REVERSE_PROXY_TRUSTED_PROXIES = 127.0.0.1/8 ; 172.17.0.0/16 for the docker default network
Before you enable HTTPS, make sure that you have valid SSL/TLS certificates.
You could use self-generated certificates for evaluation and testing. Please run `gitea cert --host [HOST]` to generate a self signed certificate.
If you are using Apache or nginx on the server, it's recommended to check the [reverse proxy guide](./reverse-proxies.md).
To use Gitea's built-in HTTPS support, you must change your `app.ini` file:
```ini
[server]
PROTOCOL=https
ROOT_URL=https://git.example.com:3000/
HTTP_PORT=3000
CERT_FILE=cert.pem
KEY_FILE=key.pem
```
Note that if your certificate is signed by a third party certificate authority (i.e. not self-signed), then cert.pem should contain the certificate chain. The server certificate must be the first entry in cert.pem, followed by the intermediaries in order (if any). The root certificate does not have to be included because the connecting client must already have it in order to establish the trust relationship.
To learn more about the config values, please checkout the [Config Cheat Sheet](./config-cheat-sheet.md#server-server).
For the `CERT_FILE` or `KEY_FILE` field, the file path is relative to the `GITEA_CUSTOM` environment variable when it is a relative path. It can be an absolute path as well.
### Setting up HTTP redirection
The Gitea server is only able to listen to one port; to redirect HTTP requests to the HTTPS port, you will need to enable the HTTP redirection service:
```ini
[server]
REDIRECT_OTHER_PORT=true
; Port the redirection service should listen on
PORT_TO_REDIRECT=3080
```
If you are using Docker, make sure that this port is configured in your `docker-compose.yml` file.
## Using ACME (Default: Let's Encrypt)
[ACME](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc8555) is a Certificate Authority standard protocol that allows you to automatically request and renew SSL/TLS certificates. [Let's Encrypt](https://letsencrypt.org/) is a free publicly trusted Certificate Authority server using this standard. Only `HTTP-01` and `TLS-ALPN-01` challenges are implemented. In order for ACME challenges to pass and verify your domain ownership, external traffic to the gitea domain on port `80` (`HTTP-01`) or port `443` (`TLS-ALPN-01`) has to be served by the gitea instance. Setting up [HTTP redirection](#setting-up-http-redirection) and port-forwards might be needed for external traffic to route correctly. Normal traffic to port `80` will otherwise be automatically redirected to HTTPS. **You must consent** to the ACME provider's terms of service (default Let's Encrypt's [terms of service](https://letsencrypt.org/documents/LE-SA-v1.2-November-15-2017.pdf)).
Minimum setup using the default Let's Encrypt:
```ini
[server]
PROTOCOL=https
DOMAIN=git.example.com
ENABLE_ACME=true
ACME_ACCEPTTOS=true
ACME_DIRECTORY=https
;; Email can be omitted here and provided manually at first run, after which it is cached
ACME_EMAIL=email@example.com
```
Minimum setup using a [smallstep CA](https://github.com/smallstep/certificates), refer to [their tutorial](https://smallstep.com/docs/tutorials/acme-challenge) for more information.
Enabling HTTPS only at the proxy level is referred as [TLS Termination Proxy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TLS_termination_proxy). The proxy server accepts incoming TLS connections, decrypts the contents, and passes the now unencrypted contents to Gitea. This is normally fine as long as both the proxy and Gitea instances are either on the same machine, or on different machines within private network (with the proxy is exposed to outside network). If your Gitea instance is separated from your proxy over a public network, or if you want full end-to-end encryption, you can also [enable HTTPS support directly in Gitea using built-in server](#using-the-built-in-server) and forward the connections over HTTPS instead.
The logging configuration of Gitea mainly consists of 3 types of components:
- The `[log]` section for general configuration
-`[log.<mode-name>]` sections for the configuration of different log writers to output logs, aka: "writer mode", the mode name is also used as "writer name".
- The `[log]` section can also contain sub-logger configurations following the key schema `logger.<logger-name>.<CONFIG-KEY>`
There is a fully functional log output by default, so it is not necessary to define one.
## Collecting Logs for Help
To collect logs for help and issue report, see [Support Options](help/support.md).
## The `[log]` section
Configuration of logging facilities in Gitea happen in the `[log]` section and its subsections.
In the top level `[log]` section the following configurations can be placed:
-`ROOT_PATH`: (Default: **%(GITEA_WORK_DIR)/log**): Base path for log files
-`MODE`: (Default: **console**) List of log outputs to use for the Default logger.
-`LEVEL`: (Default: **Info**) Least severe log events to persist, case-insensitive. Possible values are: `Trace`, `Debug`, `Info`, `Warn`, `Error`, `Fatal`.
-`STACKTRACE_LEVEL`: (Default: **None**) For this and more severe events the stacktrace will be printed upon getting logged.
And it can contain the following sub-loggers:
-`logger.router.MODE`: (Default: **,**): List of log outputs to use for the Router logger.
-`logger.access.MODE`: (Default: **_empty_**) List of log outputs to use for the Access logger. By default, the access logger is disabled.
-`logger.xorm.MODE`: (Default: **,**) List of log outputs to use for the XORM logger.
Setting a comma (`,`) to sub-logger's mode means making it use the default global `MODE`.
## Quick samples
### Default (empty) Configuration
The empty configuration is equivalent to default:
```ini
[log]
ROOT_PATH=%(GITEA_WORK_DIR)/log
MODE=console
LEVEL=Info
STACKTRACE_LEVEL=None
logger.router.MODE=,
logger.xorm.MODE=,
logger.access.MODE=
; this is the config options of "console" mode (used by MODE=console above)
[log.console]
MODE=console
FLAGS=stdflags
PREFIX=
COLORIZE=true
```
This is equivalent to sending all logs to the console, with default Golang log being sent to the console log too.
This is only a sample, and it is the default, do not need to write it into your configuration file.
### Disable Router logs and record some access logs to file
The Router logger is disabled, the access logs (>=Warn) goes into `access.log`:
```ini
[log]
logger.router.MODE=
logger.access.MODE=access-file
[log.access-file]
MODE=file
LEVEL=Warn
FILE_NAME=access.log
```
### Set different log levels for different modes
Default logs (>=Warn) goes into `gitea.log`, while Error logs goes into `file-error.log`:
```ini
[log]
LEVEL=Warn
MODE=file, file-error
; by default, the "file" mode will record logs to %(log.ROOT_PATH)/gitea.log, so we don't need to set it
; [log.file]
; by default, the MODE (actually it's the output writer of this logger) is taken from the section name, so we don't need to set it either
; MODE = file
[log.file-error]
MODE=file
LEVEL=Error
FILE_NAME=file-error.log
```
## Log outputs (mode and writer)
Gitea provides the following log output writers:
-`console` - Log to `stdout` (or `stderr` if it is set in the config)
-`file` - Log to a file
-`conn` - Log to a socket (network or unix)
### Common configuration
Certain configuration is common to all modes of log output:
-`MODE` is the mode of the log output writer. It will default to the mode name in the ini section. Thus `[log.console]` will default to `MODE = console`.
-`LEVEL` is the lowest level that this output will log.
-`STACKTRACE_LEVEL` is the lowest level that this output will print a stacktrace.
-`COLORIZE` will default to `true` for `console` as described, otherwise it will default to `false`.
#### `EXPRESSION`
`EXPRESSION` represents a regular expression that log events must match to be logged by the output writer.
Either the log message, (with colors removed), must match or the `longfilename:linenumber:functionname` must match.
NB: the whole message or string doesn't need to completely match.
Please note this expression will be run in the writer's goroutine but not the logging event goroutine.
#### `FLAGS`
`FLAGS` represents the preceding logging context information that is
printed before each message. It is a comma-separated string set. The order of values does not matter.
It defaults to `stdflags` (= `date,time,medfile,shortfuncname,levelinitial`)
Possible values are:
-`none` or `,` - No flags.
-`date` - the date in the local time zone: `2009/01/23`.
-`time` - the time in the local time zone: `01:23:23`.
-`longfile` - full file name and line number: `/a/b/c/d.go:23`.
-`shortfile` - final file name element and line number: `d.go:23`.
-`funcname` - function name of the caller: `runtime.Caller()`.
-`shortfuncname` - last part of the function name. Overrides `funcname`.
-`utc` - if date or time is set, use UTC rather than the local time zone.
-`levelinitial` - initial character of the provided level in brackets eg. `[I]` for info.
-`level` - level in brackets `[INFO]`.
-`gopid` - the Goroutine-PID of the context.
-`medfile` - last 20 characters of the filename - equivalent to `shortfile,longfile`.
-`stdflags` - equivalent to `date,time,medfile,shortfuncname,levelinitial`.
### Console mode
In this mode the logger will forward log messages to the stdout and
stderr streams attached to the Gitea process.
For loggers in console mode, `COLORIZE` will default to `true` if not
on windows, or the Windows terminal can be set into ANSI mode or is a
cygwin or Msys pipe.
Settings:
-`STDERR`: **false**: Whether the logger should print to `stderr` instead of `stdout`.
### File mode
In this mode the logger will save log messages to a file.
Settings:
-`FILE_NAME`: The file to write the log events to, relative to `ROOT_PATH`, Default to `%(ROOT_PATH)/gitea.log`. Exception: access log will default to `%(ROOT_PATH)/access.log`.
-`MAX_SIZE_SHIFT`: **28**: Maximum size shift of a single file. 28 represents 256Mb. For details see below.
-`LOG_ROTATE`**true**: Whether to rotate the log files. TODO: if false, will it delete instead on daily rotate, or do nothing?.
-`DAILY_ROTATE`: **true**: Whether to rotate logs daily.
-`MAX_DAYS`: **7**: Delete rotated log files after this number of days.
-`COMPRESS`: **true**: Whether to compress old log files by default with gzip.
-`COMPRESSION_LEVEL`: **-1**: Compression level. For details see below.
`MAX_SIZE_SHIFT` defines the maximum size of a file by left shifting 1 the given number of times (`1 << x`).
The exact behavior at the time of v1.17.3 can be seen [here](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/v1.17.3/modules/setting/log.go#L185).
The useful values of `COMPRESSION_LEVEL` are from 1 (best speed) to 9 (best compression). [DefaultCompression](https://pkg.go.dev/compress/gzip#pkg-constants) (-1) and [HuffmanOnly](https://pkg.go.dev/compress/flate#HuffmanOnly) (-2) can also be chosen.
Beware that better compression might come with higher resource usage.
### Conn mode
In this mode the logger will send log messages over a network socket.
Settings:
-`ADDR`: **:7020**: Sets the address to connect to.
-`PROTOCOL`: **tcp**: Set the protocol, either "tcp", "unix" or "udp".
-`RECONNECT`: **false**: Try to reconnect when connection is lost.
-`RECONNECT_ON_MSG`: **false**: Reconnect host for every single message.
### The "Router" logger
The Router logger logs the following message types when Gitea's route handlers work:
-`started` messages will be logged at TRACE level
-`polling`/`completed` routers will be logged at INFO. Exception: "/assets" static resource requests are also logged at TRACE.
-`slow` routers will be logged at WARN
-`failed` routers will be logged at WARN
### The "XORM" logger
To make XORM outputs SQL logs, the `LOG_SQL` in `[database]` section should also be set to `true`.
### The "Access" logger
The Access logger is a new logger since Gitea 1.9. It provides a NCSA
Common Log compliant log format. It's highly configurable but caution
should be taken when changing its template. The main benefit of this
logger is that Gitea can now log accesses in a standard log format so
standard tools may be used.
You can enable this logger using `logger.access.MODE = ...`.
If desired the format of the Access logger can be changed by changing
the value of the `ACCESS_LOG_TEMPLATE`.
Please note, the access logger will log at `INFO` level, setting the
`LEVEL` of this logger to `WARN` or above will result in no access logs.
#### The ACCESS_LOG_TEMPLATE
This value represents a go template. Its default value is
Then you **MUST** set something like `[server] ROOT_URL = http://git.example.com/gitea/` correctly in your configuration.
## Nginx and serve static resources directly
We can tune the performance in splitting requests into categories static and dynamic.
CSS files, JavaScript files, images and web fonts are static content.
The front page, a repository view or issue list is dynamic content.
Nginx can serve static resources directly and proxy only the dynamic requests to Gitea.
Nginx is optimized for serving static content, while the proxying of large responses might be the opposite of that
(see [https://serverfault.com/q/587386](https://serverfault.com/q/587386)).
Download a snapshot of the Gitea source repository to `/path/to/gitea/`.
After this, run `make frontend` in the repository directory to generate the static resources. We are only interested in the `public/` directory for this task, so you can delete the rest.
(You will need to have [Node with npm](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) and `make` installed to generate the static resources)
Depending on the scale of your user base, you might want to split the traffic to two distinct servers,
or use a cdn for the static files.
### Single node and single domain
Set `[server] STATIC_URL_PREFIX = /_/static` in your configuration.
```nginx
server{
listen80;
server_namegit.example.com;
location/_/static/assets/{
alias/path/to/gitea/public/;
}
location/{
proxy_passhttp://localhost:3000;
}
}
```
### Two nodes and two domains
Set `[server] STATIC_URL_PREFIX = http://cdn.example.com/gitea` in your configuration.
```nginx
# application server running Gitea
server{
listen80;
server_namegit.example.com;
location/{
proxy_passhttp://localhost:3000;
}
}
```
```nginx
# static content delivery server
server{
listen80;
server_namecdn.example.com;
location/gitea/{
alias/path/to/gitea/public/;
}
location/{
return404;
}
}
```
## Nginx Proxy Manager
If you are using Nginx Proxy Manager to serve your Gitea instance it differs slighly from the raw Nginx.
It is [adding some directives](https://github.com/NginxProxyManager/nginx-proxy-manager/blob/master/docker/rootfs/etc/nginx/conf.d/include/proxy.conf) for a custom location by default, so you have to skip these from the above mentioned Nginx config. Otherwise Nginx will produce `400 bad request` error due to duplicated directives (`proxy_set_header Host $host` is the particularly problematic one).
So while creating the `/` Custom location, just add the following lines to it's configuration:
```nginx
client_max_body_size512M;
proxy_set_headerConnection$http_connection;
proxy_set_headerUpgrade$http_upgrade;
```
## Apache HTTPD
If you want Apache HTTPD to serve your Gitea instance, you can add the following to your Apache HTTPD configuration (usually located at `/etc/apache2/httpd.conf` in Ubuntu):
```apacheconf
<VirtualHost*:80>
...
ProxyPreserveHostOn
ProxyRequestsoff
AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/ nocanon
RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
</VirtualHost>
```
:::note
The following Apache HTTPD mods must be enabled: `proxy`, `proxy_http`.
:::
If you wish to use Let's Encrypt with webroot validation, add the line `ProxyPass /.well-known !` before `ProxyPass` to disable proxying these requests to Gitea.
## Apache HTTPD with a sub-path
In case you already have a site, and you want Gitea to share the domain name, you can setup Apache HTTPD to serve Gitea under a sub-path by adding the following to you Apache HTTPD configuration (usually located at `/etc/apache2/httpd.conf` in Ubuntu):
```apacheconf
<VirtualHost*:80>
...
<Proxy*>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Proxy>
AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
# Note: no trailing slash after either /git or port
ProxyPass/git http://localhost:3000 nocanon
ProxyPreserveHostOn
RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
</VirtualHost>
```
Then you **MUST** set something like `[server] ROOT_URL = http://git.example.com/git/` correctly in your configuration.
:::note
The following Apache HTTPD mods must be enabled: `proxy`, `proxy_http`.
:::
## Apache HTTPD and serve static resources directly
We can tune the performance in splitting requests into categories static and dynamic.
CSS files, JavaScript files, images and web fonts are static content.
The front page, a repository view or issue list is dynamic content.
Apache HTTPD can serve static resources directly and proxy only the dynamic requests to Gitea.
Download a snapshot of the Gitea source repository to `/path/to/gitea/`.
After this, run `make frontend` in the repository directory to generate the static resources. We are only interested in the `public/` directory for this task, so you can delete the rest.
(You will need to have [Node with npm](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) and `make` installed to generate the static resources)
Depending on the scale of your user base, you might want to split the traffic to two distinct servers,
or use a cdn for the static files.
### Single node and single domain
Set `[server] STATIC_URL_PREFIX = /_/static` in your configuration.
```apacheconf
<VirtualHost*:80>
...
<Proxy*>
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Proxy>
ProxyPass /_/static/ !
Alias /_/static/ /path/to/gitea/public/
<Directory/path/to/gitea/public/>
Options FollowSymlinks
AllowOverrideNone
Requireall granted
</Directory>
AllowEncodedSlashes NoDecode
# Note: no trailing slash after either /git or port
ProxyPass / http://localhost:3000/ nocanon
ProxyPreserveHostOn
RequestHeader set "X-Forwarded-Proto" expr=%{REQUEST_SCHEME}
</VirtualHost>
```
## Caddy
If you want Caddy to serve your Gitea instance, you can add the following server block to your Caddyfile:
```
git.example.com {
reverse_proxy localhost:3000
}
```
## Caddy with a sub-path
In case you already have a site, and you want Gitea to share the domain name, you can setup Caddy to serve Gitea under a sub-path by adding the following to your server block in your Caddyfile:
```
git.example.com {
route /git/* {
uri strip_prefix /git
reverse_proxy localhost:3000
}
}
```
Then set `[server] ROOT_URL = http://git.example.com/git/` in your configuration.
## IIS
If you wish to run Gitea with IIS. You will need to setup IIS with URL Rewrite as reverse proxy.
1. Setup an empty website in IIS, named let's say, `Gitea Proxy`.
2. Follow the first two steps in [Microsoft's Technical Community Guide to Setup IIS with URL Rewrite](https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/iis-support-blog/setup-iis-with-url-rewrite-as-a-reverse-proxy-for-real-world/ba-p/846222#M343). That is:
- Install Application Request Routing (ARR for short) either by using the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 5.1 (WebPI) or downloading the extension from [IIS.net](https://www.iis.net/downloads/microsoft/application-request-routing)
- Once the module is installed in IIS, you will see a new Icon in the IIS Administration Console called URL Rewrite.
- Open the IIS Manager Console and click on the `Gitea Proxy` Website from the tree view on the left. Select and double click the URL Rewrite Icon from the middle pane to load the URL Rewrite interface.
- Choose the `Add Rule` action from the right pane of the management console and select the `Reverse Proxy Rule` from the `Inbound and Outbound Rules` category.
- In the Inbound Rules section, set the server name to be the host that Gitea is running on with its port. e.g. if you are running Gitea on the localhost with port 3000, the following should work: `127.0.0.1:3000`
- Enable SSL Offloading
- In the Outbound Rules, ensure `Rewrite the domain names of the links in HTTP response` is set and set the `From:` field as above and the `To:` to your external hostname, say: `git.example.com`
- Now edit the `web.config` for your website to match the following: (changing `127.0.0.1:3000` and `git.example.com` as appropriate)
If you want HAProxy to serve your Gitea instance, you can add the following to your HAProxy configuration
add an acl in the frontend section to redirect calls to gitea.example.com to the correct backend
```
frontend http-in
...
acl acl_gitea hdr(host) -i gitea.example.com
use_backend gitea if acl_gitea
...
```
add the previously defined backend section
```
backend gitea
server localhost:3000 check
```
If you redirect the http content to https, the configuration work the same way, just remember that the connection between HAProxy and Gitea will be done via http so you do not have to enable https in Gitea's configuration.
## HAProxy with a sub-path
In case you already have a site, and you want Gitea to share the domain name, you can setup HAProxy to serve Gitea under a sub-path by adding the following to you HAProxy configuration:
```
frontend http-in
...
acl acl_gitea path_beg /gitea
use_backend gitea if acl_gitea
...
```
With that configuration http://example.com/gitea/ will redirect to your Gitea instance.
then for the backend section
```
backend gitea
http-request replace-path /gitea\/?(.*) \/\1
server localhost:3000 check
```
The added http-request will automatically add a trailing slash if needed and internally remove /gitea from the path to allow it to work correctly with Gitea by setting properly http://example.com/gitea as the root.
Then you **MUST** set something like `[server] ROOT_URL = http://example.com/gitea/` correctly in your configuration.
## Traefik
If you want traefik to serve your Gitea instance, you can add the following label section to your `docker-compose.yaml` (Assuming the provider is docker).
This config assumes that you are handling HTTPS on the traefik side and using HTTP between Gitea and traefik.
## Traefik with a sub-path
In case you already have a site, and you want Gitea to share the domain name, you can setup Traefik to serve Gitea under a sub-path by adding the following to your `docker-compose.yaml` (Assuming the provider is docker) :
Gitea will verify gpg/ssh commit signatures in the provided tree by
checking if the commits are signed by a key within the Gitea database,
or if the commit matches the default key for Git.
Additionally Gitea will verify commits signed by ssh keys, which public keys are part of [`TRUSTED_SSH_KEYS`](#general-configuration).
Keys are not checked to determine if they have expired or revoked.
Keys are also not checked with keyservers.
A commit will be marked with a grey unlocked icon if no key can be
found to verify it. If a commit is marked with a red unlocked icon,
it is reported to be signed with a key with an id.
:::note
The signer of a commit does not have to be an author or
committer of a commit.
:::
## Automatic Signing
There are a number of places where Gitea will generate commits itself:
- Repository Initialisation
- Wiki Changes
- CRUD actions using the editor or the API
- Merges from Pull Requests
Depending on configuration and server trust you may want Gitea to
sign these commits.
## Installing and generating a GPG key for Gitea
It is up to a server administrator to determine how best to install
a signing key. Gitea generates all its commits using the server `git`
command at present - and therefore the server `gpg` will be used for
signing (if configured.) Administrators should review best-practices
for GPG - in particular it is probably advisable to only install a
signing secret subkey without the master signing and certifying secret
key.
## Installing and generating a SSH key for Gitea
You can run `ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f gitea-signing-key` to generate the private/public keypair for commit signing without any password. Usually you would store the key next to the gitea configuration, then point `SIGNING_KEY` to the generated public key `/path/to/gitea-signing-key.pub`. Gitea generates all its commits using the server `git` command at present - and therefore the server `ssh-keygen` will be used for
signing (if configured.)
## General Configuration
Gitea's configuration for signing can be found with the
`[repository.signing]` section of `app.ini`:
```ini
...
[repository.signing]
SIGNING_KEY=default
SIGNING_NAME=
SIGNING_EMAIL=
INITIAL_COMMIT=always
CRUD_ACTIONS=pubkey, twofa, parentsigned
WIKI=never
MERGES=pubkey, twofa, basesigned, commitssigned
...
```
---
For SSH commit signing, you need to specify the `SIGNING_FORMAT` to `ssh` instead of the default `openpgp`. `SIGNING_NAME` and `SIGNING_EMAIL` are required for verifing the signatures.
This looks like this:
```ini
...
[repository.signing]
SIGNING_KEY=/path/to/gitea-signing-key.pub
SIGNING_NAME=
SIGNING_EMAIL=
SIGNING_FORMAT=ssh
INITIAL_COMMIT=always
CRUD_ACTIONS=pubkey, twofa, parentsigned
WIKI=never
MERGES=pubkey, twofa, basesigned, commitssigned
...
```
-`/path/to/gitea-signing-key` is expected to be the private key for `/path/to/gitea-signing-key.pub` [see here how to generate a new ssh keypair](#installing-and-generating-a-ssh-key-for-gitea).
-`TRUSTED_SSH_KEYS = ssh-<algorithm> <key>` or `TRUSTED_SSH_KEYS = ssh-<algorithm> <key1>, ssh-<algorithm> <key2>` can be used for rotating the global ssh signing key to continue verifying commits signed by the previous keys.
### `SIGNING_KEY`
The first option to discuss is the `SIGNING_KEY`. There are three main
options:
-`none` - this prevents Gitea from signing any commits
-`default` - Gitea will default to the gpg key configured within `git config`
-`KEYID` - Gitea will sign commits with the gpg key with the ID
`KEYID`. In this case you should provide a `SIGNING_NAME` and
`SIGNING_EMAIL` to be displayed for this key.
-`/path/to/gitea-signing-key.pub` - Gitea will sign commits with the ssh key without the `.pub` suffix `/path/to/gitea-signing-key`. In this case you should provide a `SIGNING_NAME` and
`SIGNING_EMAIL` to be displayed for this key and set `SIGNING_FORMAT` to `ssh`.
The `default` option will interrogate `git config` for
`commit.gpgsign` option - if this is set, then it will use the results
of the `user.signingkey`, `user.name` and `user.email` as appropriate.
By adjusting Git's `config` file within Gitea's
repositories, `SIGNING_KEY=default` could be used to provide different
signing keys on a per-repository basis. However, this is clearly not an
ideal UI and therefore subject to change.
:::warning
**Since 1.17**, Gitea runs git in its own home directory `[git].HOME_PATH` (default to `%(APP_DATA_PATH)/home`)
and uses its own config `{[git].HOME_PATH}/.gitconfig`.
If you have your own customized git config for Gitea, you should set these configs in system git config (aka `/etc/gitconfig`)
or the Gitea internal git config `{[git].HOME_PATH}/.gitconfig`.
Related home files for git command (like `.gnupg`) should also be put in Gitea's git home directory `[git].HOME_PATH`.
If you like to keep the `.gnupg` directory outside of `{[git].HOME_PATH}/`, consider setting the `$GNUPGHOME` environment variable to your preferred location, otherwise Gitea will use the gpg keys only under `{[git].HOME_PATH}/.gnupg`.
:::
:::warning
The default option and repository specific signing keys are not supported for ssh keys
:::
### `INITIAL_COMMIT`
This option determines whether Gitea should sign the initial commit
when creating a repository. The possible values are:
-`never`: Never sign
-`pubkey`: Only sign if the user has a public key
-`twofa`: Only sign if the user logs in with two factor authentication
-`always`: Always sign
Options other than `never` and `always` can be combined as a comma
separated list. The commit will be signed if all selected options are true.
### `WIKI`
This options determines if Gitea should sign commits to the Wiki.
The possible values are:
-`never`: Never sign
-`pubkey`: Only sign if the user has a public key
-`twofa`: Only sign if the user logs in with two-factor authentication
-`parentsigned`: Only sign if the parent commit is signed.
-`always`: Always sign
Options other than `never` and `always` can be combined as a comma
separated list. The commit will be signed if all selected options are true.
### `CRUD_ACTIONS`
This option determines if Gitea should sign commits from the web
editor or API CRUD actions. The possible values are:
-`never`: Never sign
-`pubkey`: Only sign if the user has a public key
-`twofa`: Only sign if the user logs in with two-factor authentication
-`parentsigned`: Only sign if the parent commit is signed.
-`always`: Always sign
Options other than `never` and `always` can be combined as a comma
separated list. The change will be signed if all selected options are true.
### `MERGES`
This option determines if Gitea should sign merge commits from PRs.
The possible options are:
-`never`: Never sign
-`pubkey`: Only sign if the user has a public key
-`twofa`: Only sign if the user logs in with two-factor authentication
-`basesigned`: Only sign if the parent commit in the base repo is signed.
-`headsigned`: Only sign if the head commit in the head branch is signed.
-`commitssigned`: Only sign if all the commits in the head branch to the merge point are signed.
-`approved`: Only sign approved merges to a protected branch.
-`always`: Always sign
Options other than `never` and `always` can be combined as a comma
separated list. The merge will be signed if all selected options are true.
## Obtaining the Public Key of the Signing Key
The public key used to sign Gitea's commits can be obtained from the API at:
```sh
/api/v1/signing-key.gpg
```
In cases where there is a repository specific key this can be obtained from:
```sh
/api/v1/repos/:username/:reponame/signing-key.gpg
```
For ssh commit signing the default ssh public key can be obtained via the API at:
Thank you for your interest in contributing to Gitea! This guide will help you understand how to contribute to the project effectively.
## Getting Started
Before you start contributing, please read our [Hacking on Gitea](../development/hacking-on-gitea) guide to set up your development environment.
## Contribution Guidelines
We have specific guidelines for different types of contributions:
### Backend Development
If you're working on backend code (Go), please follow our [Guidelines for Backend Development](./guidelines-backend). This includes:
- Package design and dependencies
- Database operations and migrations
- Testing strategies
- Code organization
### Frontend Development
For frontend contributions (JavaScript, CSS, Vue), refer to our [Guidelines for Frontend Development](./guidelines-frontend). This covers:
- Framework usage (Vue3, Fomantic-UI)
- Code style and best practices
- Accessibility requirements
- TypeScript usage
### Refactoring
When refactoring existing code, follow our [Guidelines for Refactoring](./guidelines-refactoring) to ensure:
- Clear refactoring objectives
- Proper review process
- Maintaining backward compatibility
- Incremental improvements
### Localization
To contribute translations or localization improvements, see our [Localization Guide](./localization) which explains:
- How to contribute translations via Crowdin
- Supported languages
- Translation workflow
## Code of Conduct
Please be respectful and constructive in all interactions with the community. We are committed to providing a welcoming and inclusive environment for all contributors.
@@ -58,8 +49,7 @@ Since Golang doesn't support import cycles, we have to decide the package depend
From left to right, left packages could depend on right packages, but right packages MUST not depend on left packages. The sub packages on the same level could depend on according this level's rules.
**NOTICE**
:::warning
Why do we need database transactions outside of `models`? And how?
Some actions should allow for rollback when database record insertion/update/deletion failed.
So services must be allowed to create a database transaction. Here is some example,
@@ -101,6 +92,10 @@ i.e. `services/user`, `models/repository`.
Since there are some packages which use the same package name, it is possible that you find packages like `modules/user`, `models/user`, and `services/user`. When these packages are imported in one Go file, it's difficult to know which package we are using and if it's a variable name or an import name. So, we always recommend to use import aliases. To differ from package variables which are commonly in camelCase, just use **snake_case** for import aliases.
i.e. `import user_service "code.gitea.io/gitea/services/user"`
### Implementing `io.Closer`
If a type implements `io.Closer`, calling `Close` multiple times must not fail or `panic` but return an error or `nil`.
### Important Gotchas
- Never write `x.Update(exemplar)` without an explicit `WHERE` clause:
Gitea uses [Fomantic-UI](https://fomantic-ui.com/introduction/getting-started.html) (based on [jQuery](https://api.jquery.com)) and [Vue3](https://vuejs.org/) for its frontend.
The HTML pages are rendered by [Go HTML Template](https://pkg.go.dev/html/template).
The source files can be found in the following directories:
* **CSS styles:** `web_src/css/`
* **JavaScript files:** `web_src/js/`
* **Vue components:** `web_src/js/components/`
* **Go HTML templates:** `templates/`
## General Guidelines
We recommend [Google HTML/CSS Style Guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/htmlcssguide.html) and [Google JavaScript Style Guide](https://google.github.io/styleguide/jsguide.html)
### Gitea specific guidelines
1. Every feature (Fomantic-UI/jQuery module) should be put in separate files/directories.
2. HTML ids and classes should use kebab-case, it's preferred to contain 2-3 feature related keywords.
3. HTML ids and classes used in JavaScript should be unique for the whole project, and should contain 2-3 feature related keywords. We recommend to use the `js-` prefix for classes that are only used in JavaScript.
4. CSS styling for classes provided by frameworks should not be overwritten. Always use new class names with 2-3 feature related keywords to overwrite framework styles. Gitea's helper CSS classes in `helpers.less` could be helpful.
5. The backend can pass complex data to the frontend by using `ctx.PageData["myModuleData"] = map[]{}`, but do not expose whole models to the frontend to avoid leaking sensitive data.
6. Simple pages and SEO-related pages use Go HTML Template render to generate static Fomantic-UI HTML output. Complex pages can use Vue3.
7. Clarify variable types, prefer `elem.disabled = true` instead of `elem.setAttribute('disabled', 'anything')`, prefer `$el.prop('checked', var === 'yes')` instead of `$el.prop('checked', var)`.
8. Use semantic elements, prefer `<button class="ui button">` instead of `<div class="ui button">`.
9. Avoid unnecessary `!important` in CSS, add comments to explain why it's necessary if it can't be avoided.
10. Avoid mixing different events in one event listener, prefer to use individual event listeners for every event.
11. Custom event names are recommended to use `ce-` prefix.
12. Prefer using Tailwind CSS which is available via `tw-` prefix, e.g. `tw-relative`. Gitea's helper CSS classes use `gt-` prefix (`gt-ellipsis`), while Gitea's own private framework-level CSS classes use `g-` prefix (`g-modal-confirm`).
13. Avoid inline scripts & styles as much as possible, it's recommended to put JS code into JS files and use CSS classes. If inline scripts & styles are unavoidable, explain the reason why it can't be avoided.
### Accessibility / ARIA
In history, Gitea heavily uses Fomantic UI which is not an accessibility-friendly framework.
Gitea uses some patches to make Fomantic UI more accessible (see `aria.md` and related JS files),
but there are still many problems which need a lot of work and time to fix.
### Framework Usage
Mixing different frameworks together is discouraged, it makes the code difficult to be maintained.
A JavaScript module should follow one major framework and follow the framework's best practice.
Recommended implementations:
* Vue + Vanilla JS
* Fomantic-UI (jQuery)
* htmx (partial page reloads for otherwise static components)
* Vanilla JS
Discouraged implementations:
* Vue + Fomantic-UI (jQuery)
* jQuery + Vanilla JS
* htmx + any other framework which requires heavy JS code, or unnecessary features like htmx scripting (`hx-on`)
To make UI consistent, Vue components can use Fomantic-UI CSS classes.
We use htmx for simple interactions. You can see an example for simple interactions where htmx should be used in this [PR](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/28908). Do not use htmx if you require more advanced reactivity, use another framework (Vue/Vanilla JS).
Although mixing different frameworks is discouraged,
it should also work if the mixing is necessary and the code is well-designed and maintainable.
### Typescript
Gitea is in the process of migrating to type-safe Typescript. Here are some specific guidelines regarding Typescript in the codebase:
#### Use type aliases instead of interfaces
Prefer to use type aliases because they can represent any type and are generally more flexible to use than interfaces.
#### Use separate type imports
We use `verbatimModuleSyntax` so type and non-type imports from the same file must be split into two `import type` statements. This enables the typescript compiler to completely eliminate the type import statements during compilation.
#### Use `@ts-expect-error` instead of `@ts-ignore`
Both annotations should be avoided, but if you have to use them, use `@ts-expect-error` because it will not leave ineffective statements after the issue is fixed.
### `async` Functions
Only mark a function as `async` if and only if there are `await` calls
or `Promise` returns inside the function.
It's not recommended to use `async` event listeners, which may lead to problems.
The reason is that the code after await is executed outside the event dispatch.
A lot of legacy code already existed before this document's written. It's recommended to refactor legacy code to follow the guidelines.
### Vue3 and JSX
Gitea is using Vue3 now. We decided not to introduce JSX to keep the HTML and the JavaScript code separated.
### UI Examples
Gitea uses some self-made UI elements and customizes others to integrate them better into the general UI approach. When running Gitea in development mode (`RUN_MODE=dev`), a page with some standardized UI examples is available under `http(s)://your-gitea-url:port/devtest`.
By default, `ENABLE_SWAGGER` is true, and `MAX_RESPONSE_ITEMS` is set to 50. See [Config Cheat Sheet](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md) for more information.
## Authentication
Gitea supports these methods of API authentication:
- HTTP basic authentication
-`token=...` parameter in URL query string
-`access_token=...` parameter in URL query string
-`Authorization: token ...` header in HTTP headers
- HTTP signatures using an SSH public key or SSH certificate
All of these methods accept the same API key token type. You can
better understand this by looking at the code -- as of this writing,
Gitea parses queries and headers to find the token in
specification (not RFC 9421). The signature is sent in the `Signature` header,
and SSH certificates additionally include an `x-ssh-certificate` header. The
official [go-sdk](https://gitea.com/gitea/go-sdk) implements this flow if you
need a reference implementation.
## Generating and listing API tokens
API tokens can be created either in the user interface or via the API. Tokens have by default limited permissions and it is important to create tokens with the correct permissions for your task.
### User Interface
Tokens can be created via the `Manage Access Tokens` dialog, accessed via `User Settings` / `Applications` or via the link `gitea-domain.example/user/settings/applications`. The interface allows you to create tokens and manage their permissions via the `Select permissions` sub-menu.
Once created, the token is displayed in a toast message above the `Manage Access Tokens` dialog. Please note, that you can view this toast only once and it is not possible to redisplay the token for security reasons.
### Token API
A new token can be generated with a `POST` request to
`/users/:name/tokens`.
Note that `/users/:name/tokens` is a special endpoint and requires you
to authenticate using `BasicAuth` and a password, as follows:
By default, this creates a token with very limited permissions. To complete your tasks, your token may require extra permissions. These permissions are created via the json variable `scopes`, which takes an array of permissions as strings. Eg.: `"scopes":["all"]`. Possible permissions, as reflected in the user interface are:
- `activitypub`
- `admin`
- `issue`
- `misc`
- `notification`
- `organization`
- `package`
- `repository`
- `user`
Each permission may be set to `read` or `write`. `write` implies both Read & Write. To set permissions you write the permissions string as `<read or write>:<permission name>`, eg.: `write:package` or `read:notification`. A properly formatted API call may look like:
As mentioned above, the token used is the same one you would use in
the `token=` string in a GET request.
## Pagination
The API supports pagination. The `page` and `limit` parameters are used to specify the page number and the number of items per page. As well, the `Link` header is returned with the next, previous, and last page links if there are more than one pages. The `x-total-count` is also returned to indicate the total number of items.
API Reference guide is auto-generated by swagger and available on:
`https://gitea.your.host/api/swagger`
or on the
[Gitea instance](https://gitea.com/api/swagger)
The OpenAPI document is at:
`https://gitea.your.host/swagger.v1.json`
## Sudo
The API allows admin users to sudo API requests as another user. Simply add either a `sudo=` parameter or `Sudo:` request header with the username of the user to sudo.
- MSYS2 is a collection of tools and libraries providing you with an easy-to-use environment for building, installing and running native Windows software, it includes MinGW-w64.
- In MingGW-w64, the binary is called `mingw32-make.exe` instead of `make.exe`. Add the `bin` folder to `PATH`.
- In MSYS2, you can use `make` directly. See [MSYS2 Porting](https://www.msys2.org/wiki/Porting/).
- To compile Gitea with CGO_ENABLED (eg: SQLite3), you might need to use [tdm-gcc](https://jmeubank.github.io/tdm-gcc/) instead of MSYS2 gcc, because MSYS2 gcc headers lack some Windows-only CRT functions like `_beginthread`.
- [Chocolatey package](https://chocolatey.org/packages/make). Run `choco install make`
:::note
If you are attempting to build using make with Windows Command Prompt, you may run into issues. The above prompts (Git bash, or MinGW) are recommended, however if you only have command prompt (or potentially PowerShell) you can set environment variables using the [set](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/set_1) command, e.g. `set TAGS=bindata`.
:::
## Downloading and cloning the Gitea source code
The recommended method of obtaining the source code is by using `git clone`.
```bash
git clone https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
```
(Since the advent of go modules, it is no longer necessary to build go projects
from within the `$GOPATH`, hence the `go get` approach is no longer recommended.)
## Forking Gitea
Download the main Gitea source code as above. Then, fork the
[Gitea repository](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea) on GitHub,
and either switch the git remote origin for your fork or add your fork as another remote:
To be able to create pull requests, the forked repository should be added as a remote
to the Gitea sources. Otherwise, changes can't be pushed.
## Building Gitea (Basic)
Take a look at our
[instructions](installation/from-source.md)
for [building from source](installation/from-source.md).
The simplest recommended way to build from source is:
```bash
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build
```
The `build` target will execute both `frontend` and `backend` sub-targets. If the `bindata` tag is present, the frontend files will be compiled into the binary. It is recommended to leave out the tag when doing frontend development so that changes will be reflected.
See `make help` for all available `make` targets. Also see [`.drone.yml`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/.drone.yml) to see how our continuous integration works.
## Building continuously
To run and continuously rebuild when source files change:
```bash
# for both frontend and backend
make watch
# or: watch frontend files (html/js/css) only
make watch-frontend
# or: watch backend files (go) only
make watch-backend
```
On macOS, watching all backend source files may hit the default open files limit which can be increased via `ulimit -n 12288` for the current shell or in your shell startup file for all future shells.
### Formatting, code analysis and spell check
Our continuous integration will reject PRs that fail the code linters (including format check, code analysis and spell check).
You should format your code:
```bash
make fmt
```
and lint the source code:
```bash
# lint both frontend and backend code
make lint
# lint only backend code
make lint-backend
```
**Note**: The results of `gofmt` are dependent on the version of `go` present.
You should run the same version of go that is on the continuous integration
server as mentioned above.
### Working on JS and CSS
Frontend development should follow [Guidelines for Frontend Development](../contributing/guidelines-frontend.md)
To build with frontend resources, either use the `watch-frontend` target mentioned above or just build once:
SVG icons are built using the `make svg` target which compiles the icon sources into the output directory `public/assets/img/svg`. Custom icons can be added in the `web_src/svg` directory.
### Building the Logo
The PNG and SVG versions of the Gitea logo are built from a single SVG source file `assets/logo.svg` using the `TAGS="gitea" make generate-images` target. To run it, Node.js and npm must be available.
The same process can also be used to generate custom logo PNGs from a SVG source file by updating `assets/logo.svg` and running `make generate-images`. Omitting the `gitea` tag will update only the user-designated logo files.
### Updating the API
When creating new API routes or modifying existing API routes, you **MUST**
or compare with a previous PR adding a new API endpoint, e.g. [PR #5483](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/5843/files#diff-2e0a7b644cf31e1c8ef7d76b444fe3aaR20)
You should be careful not to break the API for downstream users which depend
on a stable API. In general, this means additions are acceptable, but deletions
or fundamental changes to the API will be rejected.
Once you have created or changed an API endpoint, please regenerate the Swagger
documentation using:
```bash
make generate-swagger
```
You should validate your generated Swagger file:
```bash
make swagger-validate
```
You should commit the changed swagger JSON file. The continuous integration
server will check that this has been done using:
```bash
make swagger-check
```
:::note
Please note you should use the Swagger 2.0 documentation, not the OpenAPI 3 documentation.
:::
### Creating new configuration options
When creating new configuration options, it is not enough to add them to the
`modules/setting` files. You should add information to `custom/conf/app.ini`
found in `docs/content/doc/administer/config-cheat-sheet.en-us.md`
### Changing the logo
When changing the Gitea logo SVG, you will need to run and commit the results
of:
```bash
make generate-images
```
This will create the necessary Gitea favicon and others.
### Database Migrations
If you make breaking changes to any of the database persisted structs in the
`models/` directory, you will need to make a new migration. These can be found
in `models/migrations/`. You can ensure that your migrations work for the main
database types using:
```bash
make test-sqlite-migration # with SQLite switched for the appropriate database
```
## Testing
There are two types of test run by Gitea: Unit tests and Integration Tests.
### Unit Tests
Unit tests are covered by `*_test.go` in `go test` system.
You can set the environment variable `GITEA_UNIT_TESTS_LOG_SQL=1` to display all SQL statements when running the tests in verbose mode (i.e. when `GOTESTFLAGS=-v` is set).
```bash
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make test# Runs the unit tests
```
### Integration Tests
Unit tests will not and cannot completely test Gitea alone. Therefore, we
have written integration tests; however, these are database dependent.
```bash
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build test-sqlite
```
will run the integration tests in an SQLite environment. Integration tests
require `git lfs` to be installed. Other database tests are available but
may need adjustment to the local environment.
Take a look at [`tests/integration/README.md`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/tests/integration/README.md)
for more information and how to run a single test.
### Testing for a PR
Our continuous integration will test the code passes its unit tests and that
all supported databases will pass integration test in a Docker environment.
Migration from several recent versions of Gitea will also be tested.
Please submit your PR with additional tests and integration tests as
appropriate.
## Documentation for the website
Documentation for the website is found in `docs/`. If you change this you
can test your changes to ensure that they pass continuous integration using:
```bash
make lint-md
```
## Visual Studio Code
A `launch.json` and `tasks.json` are provided within `contrib/ide/vscode` for
Gitea supports acting as an OAuth2 Provider, allowing third-party applications to access its resources with user consent.
When acting as the OAuth2 Provider, Gitea verifies every authorization request against the related OAuth2 Application. This application can be set up by an individual user, an organization admin, or a Gitea instance admin.
Regardless of who configured the application, the first authorization attempt opens a new page in the user's web browser, prompting them to authorize the application.
## Configuration
An OAuth2 Application in Gitea requires the following configuration made in two steps:
- Confidential client status (`/admin/applications/oauth2/_id_`)

### Third Party Step 3
The third-party (Relaying Parties) application's request must include:
- Credentials (Client ID and Client Secret)
- Desired scope and claims (expected to be provided by Gitea)
An example of MinIO:

### Gitea's User Approval Step 3
For example, logging in with a Gitea account on MinIO...

...will display the approval popup after a successful login:

By default, if the third party sets the scopes to `openid`, `email`, `profile`, and `groups`, and the user approves, the application gains full access to all of the user's public and private resources (repositories, issues, user information, etc.).
> **NOTE:** At present, an admin who sets up the OAuth2 Application in Gitea must rely on the scopes sent by the third party and an approval decision by the informed user if restrictive access is expected. There is no way for the admin to set restrictive access via scopes during the application setup process.
## Granular Scopes
As of version v1.23, Gitea supports granular scopes, allowing third parties to request more limited access. These scopes, previously available only for [Personal Access Tokens](#scopes), enable users to restrict access to specific URL routes.
Scopes are grouped by high-level API routes and further refined as follows:
-`read`: `GET` routes
-`write`: `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, and `DELETE` routes (in addition to `GET`)
For example, a third party can request minimal access, allowing Gitea to act as a simple OpenID Connect (OIDC) Provider. If the third party adds only `public-only` to 'openid', no other or any combination of the scopes `email`, `userinfo`, or `groups`, Gitea will act as a basic Single Sign-On provider. This configuration provides only verification that the user can log in with the correct credentials, supplying only basic information such as username, email, and a list of public memberships in organizations and teams.
When any of the granular scopes known from Personal Access Tokens is introduced, Gitea will not allow full access (as it does by default). Instead, it will build granular access following read or write permissions to resources such as Repositories, Issues, ActivityPub, Admin functions, Organizations, Users, Packages, or miscellaneous features.
> **NOTE:** If third party adds any scope other than the OIDC ones: `openid`, `email`, `profile`, and `groups` or the ones found already in Personal Access Token the scope will fallback to full access as it was the case before v1.23
The approval page displayed to the user shows the list of scopes requested by the third party. Once approved, this decision is remembered. If the third party changes its requested scopes in future requests, the entire flow will fail, requiring re-authorization.
At the moment Gitea only supports the [**Authorization Code Grant**](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749#section-1.3.1) standard with additional support of the following extensions:
- [Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7636)
To use the Authorization Code Grant as a third party application it is required to register a new application via the "Settings" (`/user/settings/applications`) section of the settings. To test or debug you can use the web-tool https://oauthdebugger.com/.
## Scopes
Gitea supports scoped access tokens, which allow users the ability to restrict tokens to operate only on selected url routes. Scopes are grouped by high-level API routes, and further refined to the following:
-`read`: `GET` routes
-`write`: `POST`, `PUT`, `PATCH`, and `DELETE` routes (in addition to `GET`)
| **read:issue** | Grants read access for issues operations, such as getting issue comments, issue attachments, and milestones. |
| **write:issue** | Grants read/write/delete access for issues operations, such as posting or editing an issue comment or attachment, and updating milestones. |
| **misc** | Reserved for future usage. |
| **read:misc** | Reserved for future usage. |
| **write:misc** | Reserved for future usage. |
| **notification** | `notification/*` API routes: user notification operations. |
| **read:notification** | Grants read access to user notifications, such as which notifications users are subscribed to and read new notifications. |
| **write:notification** | Grants read/write/delete access to user notifications, such as marking notifications as read. |
| **organization** | `orgs/*` and `teams/*` API routes: Organization and team management operations. |
| **read:organization** | Grants read access to org and team status, such as listing all orgs a user has visibility to, teams, and team members. |
| **write:organization** | Grants read/write/delete access to org and team status, such as creating and updating teams and updating org settings. |
| **package** | `/packages/*` API routes: Packages operations |
| **read:package** | Grants read access to package operations, such as reading and downloading available packages. |
| **write:package** | Grants read/write/delete access to package operations. Currently the same as `read:package`. |
| **repository** | `/repos/*` API routes except `/repos/issues/*`: Repository file, pull-request, and release operations. |
| **read:repository** | Grants read access to repository operations, such as getting repository files, releases, collaborators. |
| **write:repository** | Grants read/write/delete access to repository operations, such as getting updating repository files, creating pull requests, updating collaborators. |
| **user** | `/user/*` and `/users/*` API routes: User-related operations. |
| **read:user** | Grants read access to user operations, such as getting user repo subscriptions and user settings. |
| **write:user** | Grants read/write/delete access to user operations, such as updating user repo subscriptions, followed users, and user settings. |
## Pre-configured Applications
Gitea creates OAuth applications for the following services by default on startup, as we assume that these are universally useful.
To prevent unexpected behavior, they are being displayed as locked in the UI and their creation can instead be controlled by the `DEFAULT_APPLICATIONS` parameter in `app.ini`.
## Client types
Gitea supports both confidential and public client types, [as defined by RFC 6749](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6749#section-2.1).
For public clients, a redirect URI of a loopback IP address such as `http://127.0.0.1/` allows any port. Avoid using `localhost`, [as recommended by RFC 8252](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8252#section-8.3).
## Examples
### Confidential client
:::note
This example does not use PKCE.
:::
1. Redirect the user to the authorization endpoint in order to get their consent for accessing the resources:
The `CLIENT_ID` can be obtained by registering an application in the settings. The `STATE` is a random string that will be sent back to your application after the user authorizes. The `state` parameter is optional, but should be used to prevent CSRF attacks.

The user will now be asked to authorize your application. If they authorize it, the user will be redirected to the `REDIRECT_URL`, for example:
2. Using the provided `code` from the redirect, you can request a new application and refresh token. The access token endpoint accepts POST requests with `application/json` and `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` body, for example:
```curl
POST https://[YOUR-GITEA-URL]/login/oauth/access_token
The `CLIENT_SECRET` is the unique secret code generated for this application. Please note that the secret will only be visible after you created/registered the application with Gitea and cannot be recovered. If you lose the secret, you must regenerate the secret via the application's settings.
The `REDIRECT_URI` in the `access_token` request must match the `REDIRECT_URI` in the `authorize` request.
3. Use the `access_token` to make [API requests](development/api-usage.md#oauth2-provider) to access the user's resources.
### Public client (PKCE)
PKCE (Proof Key for Code Exchange) is an extension to the OAuth flow which allows for a secure credential exchange without the requirement to provide a client secret.
**Note**: Please ensure you have registered your OAuth application as a public client.
To achieve this, you have to provide a `code_verifier` for every authorization request. A `code_verifier` has to be a random string with a minimum length of 43 characters and a maximum length of 128 characters. It can contain alphanumeric characters as well as the characters `-`, `.`, `_` and `~`.
Using this `code_verifier` string, a new one called `code_challenge` is created by using one of two methods:
- If you have the required functionality on your client, set `code_challenge` to be a URL-safe base64-encoded string of the SHA256 hash of `code_verifier`. In that case, your `code_challenge_method` becomes `S256`.
- If you are unable to do so, you can provide your `code_verifier` as a plain string to `code_challenge`. Then you have to set your `code_challenge_method` as `plain`.
After you have generated this values, you can continue with your request.
1. Redirect the user to the authorization endpoint in order to get their consent for accessing the resources:
The `CLIENT_ID` can be obtained by registering an application in the settings. The `STATE` is a random string that will be sent back to your application after the user authorizes. The `state` parameter is optional, but should be used to prevent CSRF attacks.

The user will now be asked to authorize your application. If they authorize it, the user will be redirected to the `REDIRECT_URL`, for example:
2. Using the provided `code` from the redirect, you can request a new application and refresh token. The access token endpoint accepts POST requests with `application/json` and `application/x-www-form-urlencoded` body, for example:
```curl
POST https://[YOUR-GITEA-URL]/login/oauth/access_token
This page contains some common questions and answers.
For more help resources, check all [Support Options](help/support.md).
## Difference between 1.x and 1.x.x downloads, how can I get latest stable release with bug fixes?
Version 1.20.x will be used for this example.
On our [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/) you will see a 1.20 directory, as well as directories for 1.20.0, 1.20.1.
The 1.20 directory is the nightly build, which is built on each merged commit to the [`release/v1.20`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/tree/release/v1.20) branch.
The 1.20.0 directory is a release build that was created when the [`v1.20.0`](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/tag/v1.20.0) tag was created.
The nightly builds (1.x) downloads will change as commits are merged to their respective branch, they contain the latest changes/fixes before a tag release is built.
If a bug fix is targeted on 1.20.1 but 1.20.1 is not released yet, you can get the "1.20-nightly" build to get the bug fix.
## How to find the config file "app.ini"
It depends on how you installed Gitea. If you didn't set a path for custom path or config file manually,
then the config file (app.ini) should exists in the "custom/conf" directory of your Gitea's working path.
Some package vendors might use "/etc/gitea" to store the config file, while some others don't.
You could manually find the config file (app.ini) by checking Gitea's startup logs
or reading the Gitea Web's Site Administrator -> Confugiraton Summary.
If you are using some isolated enviroments like container (docker),
the path you see usually is not what it is in the host's filesystem.
In this case you need to check the container's filesystem volume mapping
and figure out the real path of the config file on the host.
## Where does Gitea store what file
- _`AppWorkPath`_
- The `WORK_PATH` option in `app.ini`
- Else the `--work-path` flag
- Else Environment variable `GITEA_WORK_DIR`
- Else a built-in value set at build time
- Else the directory that contains the Gitea binary
-`AppDataPath` (default for database, indexers, etc.)
-`ROOT` in the \[repository] section of `app.ini` if absolute
- Else _`AppWorkPath`_`/ROOT` if `ROOT` in the \[repository] section of `app.ini` if relative
- Default `%(APP_DATA_PATH)/gitea-repositories`
- INI (config file)
-`--config` flag
- A possible built-in value set a build time
- Else _`CustomPath`_`/conf/app.ini`
- SQLite Database
-`PATH` in `database` section of `app.ini`
- Else `%(APP_DATA_PATH)/gitea.db`
## Not seeing a clone URL or the clone URL being incorrect
There are a few places that could make this show incorrectly.
1. If using a reverse proxy, make sure you have followed the correction directions in the [reverse proxy guide](../administration/reverse-proxies.md)
2. Make sure you have correctly set `ROOT_URL` in the `server` section of your `app.ini`
If certain clone options aren't showing up (HTTP/S or SSH), the following options can be checked in your `app.ini`
-`DISABLE_HTTP_GIT`: if set to true, there will be no HTTP/HTTPS link
-`DISABLE_SSH`: if set to true, there will be no SSH link
-`SSH_EXPOSE_ANONYMOUS`: if set to false, SSH links will be hidden for anonymous users
## File upload fails with: 413 Request Entity Too Large
This error occurs when the reverse proxy limits the file upload size.
See the [reverse proxy guide](../administration/reverse-proxies.md) for a solution with nginx.
## Custom Templates not loading or working incorrectly
Gitea's custom templates must be added to the correct location or Gitea will not find and use them.
The correct path for the template(s) will be relative to the `CustomPath`
1. To find `CustomPath`, look for Custom File Root Path in Site Administration -> Configuration
2. If you are still unable to find a path, the default can be [calculated above](#where-does-gitea-store-what-file)
3. Once you have figured out the correct custom path, you can refer to the [customizing Gitea](../administration/customizing-gitea.md) page to add your template to the correct location.
## Does Gitea have a "GitHub/GitLab pages" feature?
Gitea doesn't provide a built-in Pages server. You need a dedicated domain to serve static pages to avoid CSRF security risks.
For simple usage, you can use a reverse proxy to rewrite & serve static contents from Gitea's raw file URLs.
And there are already available third-party services, like a standalone [pages server](https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/pages-server) or a [caddy plugin](https://github.com/42wim/caddy-gitea), that can provide the required functionality.
## Active user vs login prohibited user
In Gitea, an "active" user refers to a user that has activated their account via email.
A "login prohibited" user is a user that is not allowed to log in to Gitea anymore
## What is Swagger?
[Swagger](https://swagger.io/) is what Gitea uses for its API documentation.
All Gitea instances have the built-in API and there is no way to disable it completely.
You can, however, disable showing its documentation by setting `ENABLE_SWAGGER` to `false` in the `api` section of your `app.ini`.
For more information, refer to Gitea's [API docs](development/api-usage.md).
You can see the latest API (for example) on https://gitea.com/api/swagger
You can also see an example of the `swagger.json` file at https://gitea.com/swagger.v1.json
## Adjusting your server for public/private use
### Preventing spammers
There are multiple things you can combine to prevent spammers.
1. By whitelisting or blocklisting certain email domains
2. By only whitelisting certain domains with OpenID (see below)
3. Setting `ENABLE_CAPTCHA` to `true` in your `app.ini` and properly configuring `RECAPTCHA_SECRET` and `RECAPTCHA_SITEKEY`
4. Settings `DISABLE_REGISTRATION` to `true` and creating new users via the [CLI](../administration/command-line.md), [API](development/api-usage.md), or Gitea's Admin UI
### Only allow/block certain email domains
You can configure `EMAIL_DOMAIN_WHITELIST` or `EMAIL_DOMAIN_BLOCKLIST` in your app.ini under `[service]`
### Only allow/block certain OpenID providers
You can configure `WHITELISTED_URIS` or `BLACKLISTED_URIS` under `[openid]` in your `app.ini`
:::note
Whitelisted takes precedence, so if it is non-blank then blacklisted is ignored.
:::
### Issue only users
The current way to achieve this is to create/modify a user with a max repo creation limit of 0.
### Restricted users
Restricted users are limited to a subset of the content based on their organization/team memberships and collaborations, ignoring the public flag on organizations/repos etc.\_\_
Example use case: A company runs a Gitea instance that requires login. Most repos are public (accessible/browsable by all co-workers).
At some point, a customer or third party needs access to a specific repo and only that repo. Making such a customer account restricted and granting any needed access using team membership(s) and/or collaboration(s) is a simple way to achieve that without the need to make everything private.
### Enable Fail2ban
Use [Fail2Ban](../administration/fail2ban-setup.md) to monitor and stop automated login attempts or other malicious behavior based on log patterns
## SSHD vs built-in SSH
SSHD is the built-in SSH server on most Unix systems.
Gitea also provides its own SSH server, for usage when SSHD is not available.
## Translation is incorrect/how to add more translations
Our translations are currently crowd-sourced on our [Crowdin project](https://crowdin.com/project/gitea)
Whether you want to change a translation or add a new one, it will need to be there as all translations are overwritten in our CI via the Crowdin integration.
## Push Hook / Webhook / Actions aren't running
If you can push but can't see push activities on the home dashboard, or the push doesn't trigger webhook and Actions workflows, it's likely that the git hooks are not working.
There are a few possibilities:
1. The git hooks are out of sync. Run the following actions on the site admin panel:
- "Sync missed branches from git data to databases"
- "Sync tags from git data to database"
- "Resynchronize pre-receive, update and post-receive hooks of all repositories"
2. The git repositories (and hooks) are stored on some filesystems (ex: mounted by NAS) which don't support script execution, make sure the filesystem supports `chmod a+x any-script`. Also make sure that the filesystem of the repositories is not mounted with the `noexec` option.
3. If you are using docker, make sure Docker Server (not the client) >= 20.10.6
## SSH issues
If you cannot reach repositories over `ssh`, but `https` works fine, consider looking into the following.
First, make sure you can access Gitea via SSH.
`ssh git@myremote.example`
If the connection is successful, you should receive an error message like the following:
```
Hi there, You've successfully authenticated, but Gitea does not provide shell access.
If this is unexpected, please log in with password and setup Gitea under another user.
```
If you do not get the above message but still connect, it means your SSH key is **not** being managed by Gitea. This means hooks won't run, among other potential problems.
If you cannot connect at all, your SSH key may not be configured correctly locally.
This is specific to SSH and not Gitea, so will not be covered here.
### SSH Common Errors
```
Permission denied (publickey).
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
```
This error signifies that the server rejected a log in attempt, check the
following things:
- On the client:
- Ensure the public and private ssh keys are added to the correct Gitea user.
- Make sure there are no issues in the remote url. In particular, ensure the name of the
Git user (before the `@`) is spelled correctly.
- Ensure public and private ssh keys are correct on client machine.
- On the server:
- Make sure the repository exists and is correctly named.
- Check the permissions of the `.ssh` directory in the system user's home directory.
- Verify that the correct public keys are added to `.ssh/authorized_keys`.
Try to run `Rewrite '.ssh/authorized_keys' file (for Gitea SSH keys)` on the
Gitea admin panel.
- Read Gitea logs.
- Read /var/log/auth (or similar).
- Check permissions of repositories.
The following is an example of a missing public SSH key where authentication
succeeded, but some other setting is preventing SSH from reaching the correct
repository.
```
fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
Please make sure you have the correct access rights
and the repository exists.
```
In this case, look into the following settings:
- On the server:
- Make sure that the `git` system user has a usable shell set
- Verify this with `getent passwd git | cut -d: -f7`
-`usermod` or `chsh` can be used to modify this.
- Ensure that the `gitea serv` command in `.ssh/authorized_keys` uses the
correct configuration file.
## Missing releases after migrating repository with tags
To migrate an repository _with_ all tags, you need to do two things:
- Push tags to the repository:
```
git push --tags
```
- (Re-)sync tags of all repositories within Gitea:
```
gitea admin repo-sync-releases
```
## How can I create users before starting Gitea
Gitea provides a sub-command `gitea migrate` to initialize the database, after which you can use the [admin CLI commands](../administration/command-line.md#admin) to add users like normal.
## How can I enable password reset
There is no setting for password resets. It is enabled when a [mail service](../administration/email-setup.md) is configured, and disabled otherwise.
## How can a user's password be changed
- As an **admin**, you can change any user's password (and optionally force them to change it on next login)...
- By navigating to your `Site Administration -> User Accounts` page and editing a user.
- By using the [admin CLI commands](../administration/command-line.md#admin).
Keep in mind most commands will also need a [global flag](../administration/command-line.md#global-options) to point the CLI at the correct configuration.
- As a **user** you can change it...
- In your account `Settings -> Account` page (this method **requires** you to know your current password).
- By using the `Forgot Password` link.
If the `Forgot Password/Account Recovery` page is disabled, please contact your administrator to configure a [mail service](../administration/email-setup.md).
## Warnings about struct defaults during database startup
Sometimes when there are migrations the old columns and default values may be left
unchanged in the database schema. This may lead to warning such as:
```
2020/08/02 11:32:29 ...rm/session_schema.go:360:Sync() [W] Table user Column keep_activity_private db default is , struct default is 0
```
These can safely be ignored, but you are able to stop these warnings by getting Gitea to recreate these tables using:
```
gitea doctor recreate-table user
```
This will cause Gitea to recreate the user table and copy the old data into the new table
with the defaults set appropriately.
You can ask Gitea to recreate multiple tables using:
```
gitea doctor recreate-table table1 table2 ...
```
And if you would like Gitea to recreate all tables simply call:
```
gitea doctor recreate-table
```
It is highly recommended to back-up your database before running these commands.
## How to adopt repositories from disk
- Add your (bare) repositories to the correct spot for your configuration (`repository.ROOT`), ensuring they are in the correct layout `<REPO_ROOT>/[user]/[repo].git`.
- **Note:** the directory names must be lowercase.
- You can also check `<ROOT_URL>/-/admin/config` for the repository root path.
- Ensure that the user/org exists that you want to adopt repositories for.
- As an admin, go to `<ROOT_URL>/-/admin/repos/unadopted` and search.
- Users can also be given similar permissions via config [`ALLOW_ADOPTION_OF_UNADOPTED_REPOSITORIES`](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#repository-repository).
- If the above steps are done correctly, you should be able to select repositories to adopt.
- If no repositories are found, enable [debug logging](../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#repository-repository) to check for any specific errors.
## Gitea can't start on NFS
In most cases, it's caused by broken NFS lock system. You can try to stop Gitea process and
run `flock -n /data-nfs/gitea/queues/LOCK echo 'lock acquired'` to see whether the lock can be acquired immediately.
If the lock can't be acquired, NFS might report some errors like `lockd: cannot monitor node-3, statd: server rpc.statd not responding, timed out` in its server logs.
Gitea is a painless, self-hosted, all-in-one software development service. It includes Git hosting, code review, team collaboration, package registry, and CI/CD. It is similar to GitHub, Bitbucket and GitLab.
Gitea was originally forked from [Gogs](https://gogs.io) and almost all the code has been changed. See the [Gitea Announcement](https://blog.gitea.com/welcome-to-gitea/) blog post to read about the justification for a fork.
:::warning
Gitea does not send commits to upstream or cherry-pick commits from it, so there is no guarantee it will work if you upgrade from Gogs to Gitea. The recommended method is to migrate repositories from Gogs to Gitea.
:::
## Purpose
The goal of this project is to provide the easiest, fastest, and most painless way of setting
up a self-hosted Git service.
With Go, this can be done platform-independently across
**all platforms** which Go supports, including Linux, macOS, and Windows,
on x86, amd64, ARM and PowerPC architectures.
You can try it out using [the online demo](https://demo.gitea.com).
## Features
- **Code Hosting**
Gitea supports creating and managing repositories, browsing commit history and code files, reviewing and merging code submissions, managing collaborators, handling branches, and more. It also supports many common Git features such as tags, cherry-picking, hooks, integrated collaboration tools, and more.
- **Lightweight and Fast**
One of Gitea's design goals is to be lightweight and fast in response. Unlike some large code hosting platforms, it remains lean, performs well in terms of speed, and is suitable for resource-limited server environments.
- **Easy Deployment and Maintenance**
It can be easily deployed on various servers without complex configurations or dependencies. This makes it convenient for individual developers or small teams to set up and manage their own Git services.
- **Security**
Gitea places a strong emphasis on security, offering features such as user permission management, access control lists, and more to ensure the security of code and data.
- **Code Review**
Code review supports both the Pull Request workflow and AGit workflow. Reviewers can browse code online and provide review comments or feedback. Submitters can receive review comments and respond or modify code online. Code reviews can help individuals and organizations enhance code quality.
- **CI/CD**
Gitea Actions supports CI/CD functionality, compatible with GitHub Actions. Users can write workflows in familiar YAML format and reuse a variety of existing Actions plugins. Actions plugins support downloading from any Git website.
- **Project Management**
Gitea tracks project requirements, features, and bugs through columns and issues. Issues support features like branches, tags, milestones, assignments, time tracking, due dates, dependencies, and more.
- **Artifact Repository**
Gitea supports over 20 different types of public or private software package management, including Cargo, Chef, Composer, Conan, Conda, Container, Helm, Maven, npm, NuGet, Pub, PyPI, RubyGems, Vagrant, and more.
- **Open Source Community Support**
Gitea is an open-source project based on the MIT license. It has an active open-source community that continuously develops and improves the platform. The project also actively welcomes community contributions, ensuring updates and innovation.
- **Multilingual Support**
Gitea provides interfaces in multiple languages, catering to users globally and promoting internationalization and localization.
For more detailed information, please refer to: https://docs.gitea.com/installation/comparison#general-features
## System Requirements
- A Raspberry Pi 3 is powerful enough to run Gitea for small workloads.
- 2 CPU cores and 1GB RAM is typically sufficient for small teams/projects.
- Gitea should be run with a dedicated non-root system account on UNIX-type systems.
- Note: Gitea manages the `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file. Running Gitea as a regular user could break that user's ability to log in.
- [Git](https://git-scm.com/) version 2.0.0 or later is required.
- [Git Large File Storage](https://git-lfs.github.com/) will be available if enabled and if your Git version is >= 2.1.2
- Git commit-graph rendering will be enabled automatically if your Git version is >= 2.18
## Browser Support
- Last 2 versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari and Edge
- Firefox ESR
## Components
- Web server framework: [Chi](http://github.com/go-chi/chi)
To help decide if Gitea is suited for your needs, here is how it compares to other Git self hosted options.
Be warned that we don't regularly check for feature changes in other products, so this list may be outdated. If you find anything that needs to be updated in the table below, please [open an issue](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/new/choose).
_Symbols used in table:_
- _✓ - supported_
- _⁄ - supported with limited functionality_
- _✘ - unsupported_
- _⚙️ - supported through third-party software_
## General Features
| Feature | Gitea | GitHub EE | GitLab CE | GitLab EE | BitBucket | RhodeCode CE | RhodeCode EE |
You need a database to use Gitea. Gitea supports PostgreSQL (>= 12), MySQL (>= 8.0), MariaDB (>= 10.4), SQLite (builtin), and MSSQL (>= 2012 SP4). This page will guide into preparing database. Only PostgreSQL and MySQL will be covered here since those database engines are widely-used in production. If you plan to use SQLite, you can ignore this chapter.
:::warning
Converting one database type to another is not a well-tested process and you may experience issues. It is better to choose the final database type at the type of the first installation. Be aware that SQLite does not scale; if you expect your instance to grow at a later time, you should choose another database type.
:::
If you use an unsupported database version, please [get in touch](/help/support) with us for information on our Extended Support Contracts. We can provide testing and support for older databases and integrate those fixes into the Gitea codebase.
Database instance can be on same machine as Gitea (local database setup), or on different machine (remote database).
:::note
All steps below requires that the database engine of your choice is installed on your system. For remote database setup, install the server application on database instance and client program on your Gitea server. The client program is used to test connection to the database from Gitea server, while Gitea itself use database driver provided by Go to accomplish the same thing. In addition, make sure you use same engine version for both server and client for some engine features to work. For security reason, protect `root` (MySQL) or `postgres` (PostgreSQL) database superuser with secure password. The steps assumes that you run Linux for both database and Gitea servers.
:::
## MySQL/MariaDB
1. For remote database setup, you will need to make MySQL listen to your IP address. Configure the `bind-address` option in `/etc/mysql/my.cnf` on database instance by adding the following lines:
```ini
[mysqld]
bind-address = 203.0.113.3
```
2. On database instance, login to database console as root:
```sh
mysql -u root -p
```
Enter the password as prompted.
3. Create database user which will be used by Gitea, authenticated by password. This example uses `'gitea'` as password. Please use a secure password for your instance.
For local database:
```sql
SET old_passwords=0;
CREATE USER 'gitea'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'gitea';
```
For remote database:
```sql
SET old_passwords=0;
CREATE USER 'gitea'@'192.0.2.10' IDENTIFIED BY 'gitea';
```
where `192.0.2.10` is the IP address of your Gitea instance.
Replace username and password above as appropriate.
4. Create database with UTF-8 charset and case-sensitive collation.
`utf8mb4_bin` is a common collation for both MySQL/MariaDB.
When Gitea starts, it will try to find a better collation (`utf8mb4_0900_as_cs` or `uca1400_as_cs`) and alter the database if it is possible.
If you would like to use other collation, you can set `[database].CHARSET_COLLATION` in the `app.ini` file.
```sql
CREATE DATABASE giteadb CHARACTER SET 'utf8mb4' COLLATE 'utf8mb4_bin';
```
Replace database name as appropriate.
5. Grant all privileges on the database to database user created above.
For local database:
```sql
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON giteadb.* TO 'gitea';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
```
For remote database:
```sql
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON giteadb.* TO 'gitea'@'192.0.2.10';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
```
6. Quit from database console by `exit`.
7. On your Gitea server, test connection to the database:
```
mysql -u gitea -h 203.0.113.3 -p giteadb
```
where `gitea` is database username, `giteadb` is database name, and `203.0.113.3` is IP address of database instance. Omit `-h` option for local database.
You should be connected to the database.
## PostgreSQL
1. For remote database setup, configure PostgreSQL on database instance to listen to your IP address by editing `listen_addresses` on `postgresql.conf` to:
```ini
listen_addresses = 'localhost, 203.0.113.3'
```
2. PostgreSQL uses `md5` challenge-response encryption scheme for password authentication by default. Nowadays this scheme is not considered secure anymore. Use SCRAM-SHA-256 scheme instead by editing the `postgresql.conf` configuration file on the database server to:
```ini
password_encryption = scram-sha-256
```
Restart PostgreSQL to apply the setting.
3. On the database server, login to the database console as superuser:
```
su -c "psql" - postgres
```
4. Create database user (role in PostgreSQL terms) with login privilege and password. Please use a secure, strong password instead of `'gitea'` below:
```sql
CREATE ROLE gitea WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'gitea';
```
Replace username and password as appropriate.
5. Create database with UTF-8 charset and owned by the database user created earlier. Any `libc` collations can be specified with `LC_COLLATE` and `LC_CTYPE` parameter, depending on expected content:
6. Allow the database user to access the database created above by adding the following authentication rule to `pg_hba.conf`.
For local database:
```ini
local giteadb gitea scram-sha-256
```
For remote database:
```ini
host giteadb gitea 192.0.2.10/32 scram-sha-256
```
Replace database name, user, and IP address of Gitea instance with your own.
:::note
Rules on `pg_hba.conf` are evaluated sequentially, that is the first matching rule will be used for authentication. Your PostgreSQL installation may come with generic authentication rules that match all users and databases. You may need to place the rules presented here above such generic rules if it is the case.
:::
Restart PostgreSQL to apply new authentication rules.
7. On your Gitea server, test connection to the database.
For local database:
```bash
psql -U gitea -d giteadb
```
For remote database:
```bash
psql "postgres://gitea@203.0.113.3/giteadb"
```
where `gitea` is database user, `giteadb` is database name, and `203.0.113.3` is IP address of your database instance.
You should be prompted to enter password for the database user, and connected to the database.
## Database Connection over TLS
If the communication between Gitea and your database instance is performed through a private network, or if Gitea and the database are running on the same server, this section can be omitted since the security between Gitea and the database instance is not critically exposed. If instead the database instance is on a public network, use TLS to encrypt the connection to the database, as it is possible for third-parties to intercept the traffic data.
### Prerequisites
- You need two valid TLS certificates, one for the database instance (database server) and one for the Gitea instance (database client). Both certificates must be signed by a trusted CA.
- The database certificate must contain `TLS Web Server Authentication` in the `X509v3 Extended Key Usage` extension attribute, while the client certificate needs `TLS Web Client Authentication` in the corresponding attribute.
- On the database server certificate, one of `Subject Alternative Name` or `Common Name` entries must be the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) of the database instance (e.g. `db.example.com`). On the database client certificate, one of the entries mentioned above must contain the database username that Gitea will be using to connect.
- You need domain name mappings of both Gitea and database servers to their respective IP addresses. Either set up DNS records for them or add local mappings to `/etc/hosts` (`%WINDIR%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts` in Windows) on each system. This allows the database connections to be performed by domain name instead of IP address. See documentation of your system for details.
### PostgreSQL TLS
The PostgreSQL driver used by Gitea supports two-way TLS. In two-way TLS, both database client and server authenticate each other by sending their respective certificates to their respective opposite for validation. In other words, the server verifies client certificate, and the client verifies server certificate.
1. On the server with the database instance, place the following credentials:
You should be prompted to enter password for the database user, and then be connected to the database.
### MySQL/MariaDB TLS
While the MySQL driver used by Gitea also supports two-way TLS, Gitea currently supports only one-way TLS. See issue #10828 for details.
In one-way TLS, the database client verifies the certificate sent from server during the connection handshake, and the server assumes that the connected client is legitimate, since client certificate verification doesn't take place.
1. On the database instance, place the following credentials:
5. The database user for Gitea may have been created earlier, but it would authenticate only against the IP addresses of the server running Gitea. To authenticate against its domain name, recreate the user, and this time also set it to require TLS for connecting to the database:
```sql
DROP USER 'gitea'@'192.0.2.10';
CREATE USER 'gitea'@'example.gitea' IDENTIFIED BY 'gitea' REQUIRE SSL;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON giteadb.* TO 'gitea'@'example.gitea';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
```
Replace database user name, password, and Gitea instance domain as appropriate.
6. Make sure that the CA certificate chain required to validate the database server certificate is on the system certificate store of both the database and Gitea servers. Consult your system documentation for instructions on adding a CA certificate to the certificate store.
7. On the server running Gitea, test connection to the database:
All downloads come with SQLite, MySQL and PostgreSQL support, and are built with
embedded assets. This can be different from Gogs.
## Download
You can find the file matching your platform from the [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.com/gitea/) after navigating to the version you want to download.
### Choosing the right file
**For Linux**, you will likely want `linux-amd64`. It's for 64-bit Intel/AMD platforms, but there are other platforms available, including `arm64` (e.g. Raspberry PI 4), `386` (i.e. 32-bit), `arm-5`, and `arm-6`.
**For Windows**, you will likely want `windows-4.0-amd64`. It's for all modern versions of Windows, but there is also a `386` platform available designed for older, 32-bit versions of Windows.
:::info
There is also a `gogit-windows` file available that was created to help with some [performance problems](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/15482) reported by some Windows users on older systems/versions. You should consider using this file if you're experiencing performance issues, and let us know if it improves performance.
:::
**For macOS**, you should choose `darwin-arm64` if your hardware uses Apple Silicon, or `darwin-amd64` for Intel.
**For FreeBSD**, you should choose `freebsd12-amd64` for 64-bit Intel/AMD platforms.
### Downloading with wget
Copy the commands below and replace the URL within the one you wish to download.
Look for the text `Good signature from "Teabot <teabot@gitea.io>"` to assert a good binary,
despite warnings like `This key is not certified with a trusted signature!`.
## Recommended server configuration
:::note
Many of the following directories can be configured using [Environment Variables](../administration/environment-variables.md) as well!
Of note, configuring `GITEA_WORK_DIR` will tell Gitea where to base its working directory, as well as ease installation.
:::
### Prepare environment
Check that Git is installed on the server. If it is not, install it first. Gitea requires Git version >= 2.0.
```sh
git --version
```
Create a user to run Gitea (e.g. `git`)
```sh
# On Ubuntu/Debian:
adduser \
--system \
--shell /bin/bash \
--gecos 'Git Version Control'\
--group \
--disabled-password \
--home /home/git \
git
# On Fedora/RHEL/CentOS:
groupadd --system git
adduser \
--system \
--shell /bin/bash \
--comment 'Git Version Control'\
--gid git \
--home-dir /home/git \
--create-home \
git
```
### Create required directory structure
```sh
mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,log}
chown -R git:git /var/lib/gitea/
chmod -R 750 /var/lib/gitea/
mkdir /etc/gitea
chown root:git /etc/gitea
chmod 770 /etc/gitea
```
:::note
> `/etc/gitea` is temporarily set with write permissions for user `git` so that the web installer can write the configuration file. After the installation is finished, it is recommended to set permissions to read-only using:
:::
>
> ```sh
> chmod 750 /etc/gitea
> chmod 640 /etc/gitea/app.ini
> ```
If you don't want the web installer to be able to write to the config file, it is possible to make the config file read-only for the Gitea user (owner/group `root:git`, mode `0640`) however you will need to edit your config file manually to:
* Set `INSTALL_LOCK= true`,
* Ensure all database configuration details are set correctly
* Ensure that the `SECRET_KEY` and `INTERNAL_TOKEN` values are set. (You may want to use the `gitea generate secret` to generate these secret keys.)
* Ensure that any other secret keys you need are set.
See the [command line documentation](../administration/command-line.md) for information on using `gitea generate secret`.
### Configure Gitea's working directory
:::note
If you plan on running Gitea as a Linux service, you can skip this step, as the service file allows you to set `WorkingDirectory`. Otherwise, consider setting this environment variable (semi-)permanently so that Gitea consistently uses the correct working directory.
:::
```sh
exportGITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea/
```
### Copy the Gitea binary to a global location
```sh
cp gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea
```
### Adding shell autocompletion (from 1.25)
Shell completion can be generated directly from binary with:
```sh
gitea completion <shell>
```
Supported values for `<shell>` are `bash`, `fish`, `pwsh` and `zsh`. Details on how to load the completion for your shell can be found in the completion command help.
## Running Gitea
After you complete the above steps, you can run Gitea two ways:
### 1. Creating a service file to start Gitea automatically (recommended)
See how to create [Linux service](installation/run-as-service-in-ubuntu.md)
### 2. Running from command-line/terminal
```sh
GITEA_WORK_DIR=/var/lib/gitea/ /usr/local/bin/gitea web -c /etc/gitea/app.ini
```
## Updating to a new version
You can update to a new version of Gitea by stopping Gitea, replacing the binary at `/usr/local/bin/gitea` and restarting the instance.
The binary file name should not be changed during the update to avoid problems in existing repositories.
It is recommended that you make a [backup](../administration/backup-and-restore.md) before updating your installation.
If you have carried out the installation steps as described above, the binary should
have the generic name `gitea`. Do not change this, i.e. to include the version number.
### 1. Restarting Gitea with systemd (recommended)
As we explained before, we recommend to use systemd as the service manager. In this case, `systemctl restart gitea` should be fine.
### 2. Restarting Gitea without systemd
To restart your Gitea instance, we recommend to use SIGHUP signal. If you know your Gitea PID, use `kill -1 $GITEA_PID`, otherwise you can use `killall -1 gitea`.
To gracefully stop the Gitea instance, a simple `kill $GITEA_PID` or `killall gitea` is enough.
:::note
We don't recommend to use the SIGKILL signal (`-9`); you may be forcefully stopping some of Gitea's internal tasks, and it will not gracefully stop (tasks in queues, indexers, etc.)
:::
See below for troubleshooting instructions to repair broken repositories after
an update of your Gitea version.
## Troubleshooting
### Old glibc versions
Older Linux distributions (such as Debian 7 and CentOS 6) may not be able to load the
Gitea binary, usually producing an error such as `./gitea: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6:
version 'GLIBC\_2.14' not found (required by ./gitea)`. This is due to the integrated
SQLite support in the binaries provided by dl.gitea.com. In this situation, it is usually
possible to [install from source](installation/from-source.md), without including
SQLite support.
### Running Gitea on another port
For errors like `702 runWeb()] [E] Failed to start server: listen tcp 0.0.0.0:3000:
bind: address already in use`, Gitea needs to be started on another free port. This
is possible using `./gitea web -p $PORT`. It's possible another instance of Gitea
is already running.
### Running Gitea on Raspbian
As of v1.8, there is a problem with the arm7 version of Gitea, and it doesn't run on Raspberry Pis and similar devices.
It is recommended to switch to the arm6 version, which has been tested and shown to work on Raspberry Pis and similar devices.
{/* please remove after fixing the arm7 bug */}
### Git error after updating to a new version of Gitea
If during the update, the binary file name has been changed to a new version of Gitea,
Git Hooks in existing repositories will not work any more. In that case, a Git
error will be displayed when pushing to the repository.
```
remote: ./hooks/pre-receive.d/gitea: line 2: [...]: No such file or directory
```
The `[...]` part of the error message will contain the path to your previous Gitea
binary.
To solve this, go to the admin options and run the task `Resynchronize pre-receive,
update and post-receive hooks of all repositories` to update all hooks to contain
the new binary path. Please note that this overwrites all Git Hooks, including ones
with customizations made.
If you aren't using the Gitea built-in SSH server, you will also need to re-write
the authorized key file by running the `Update the '.ssh/authorized_keys' file with
Currently, the only supported method of installation on MacOS is [Homebrew](http://brew.sh/).
Following the [deployment from binary](installation/from-binary.md) guide may work,
@@ -27,9 +20,9 @@ but is not supported. To install Gitea via `brew`:
brew install gitea
```
# Unofficial packages
## Unofficial packages
## Alpine Linux
### Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux has [Gitea](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=gitea&branch=edge) in its community repository which follows the latest stable version.
@@ -37,7 +30,7 @@ Alpine Linux has [Gitea](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=gitea&branch
apk add gitea
```
## Arch Linux
### Arch Linux
The rolling release distribution has [Gitea](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/gitea/) in their official extra repository and package updates are provided with new Gitea releases.
@@ -45,7 +38,7 @@ The rolling release distribution has [Gitea](https://www.archlinux.org/packages/
pacman -S gitea
```
## Arch Linux ARM
### Arch Linux ARM
Arch Linux ARM provides packages for [aarch64](https://archlinuxarm.org/packages/aarch64/gitea), [armv7h](https://archlinuxarm.org/packages/armv7h/gitea) and [armv6h](https://archlinuxarm.org/packages/armv6h/gitea).
@@ -53,7 +46,7 @@ Arch Linux ARM provides packages for [aarch64](https://archlinuxarm.org/packages
pacman -S gitea
```
## Gentoo Linux
### Gentoo Linux
The rolling release distribution has [Gitea](https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/www-apps/gitea) in their official community repository and package updates are provided with new Gitea releases.
@@ -61,20 +54,21 @@ The rolling release distribution has [Gitea](https://packages.gentoo.org/package
emerge gitea -va
```
## Canonical Snap
### Canonical Snap
There is a [Gitea Snap](https://snapcraft.io/gitea) package which follows the latest stable version.
*Note: The Gitea snap package is [strictly confined](https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-confinement). Strictly confined snaps run in complete isolation, so some of the Gitea functionals may not work with the confinement*
```sh
snap install gitea
```
## SUSE and openSUSE
### SUSE and openSUSE
OpenSUSE build service provides packages for [openSUSE and SLE](https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=gitea&project=devel%3Atools%3Ascm)
in the Development Software Configuration Management Repository
## Windows
### Windows
There is a [Gitea](https://chocolatey.org/packages/gitea) package for Windows by [Chocolatey](https://chocolatey.org/).
@@ -84,7 +78,7 @@ choco install gitea
Or follow the [deployment from binary](installation/from-binary.md) guide.
## FreeBSD
### FreeBSD
A FreeBSD port `www/gitea` is available. To install the pre-built binary package:
@@ -107,7 +101,7 @@ is in `/usr/local/etc/rc.d/gitea`.
To enable Gitea to run as a service, run `sysrc gitea_enable=YES` and start it with `service gitea start`.
## Others
### Others
Various other third-party packages of Gitea exist.
To see a curated list, head over to [awesome-gitea](https://gitea.com/gitea/awesome-gitea/src/branch/master/README.md#user-content-packages).
Next, [install Node.js with npm](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) which is
required to build the JavaScript and CSS files. The minimum supported Node.js
version is @minNodeVersion@ and the latest LTS version is recommended.
:::note
Go version @minGoVersion@ or higher is required. However, it is recommended to
obtain the same version as our continuous integration, see the advice given in
[Hacking on Gitea](development/hacking-on-gitea.md)
:::
## Download
First, we must retrieve the source code. Since, the advent of go modules, the
simplest way of doing this is to use Git directly as we no longer have to have
Gitea built from within the GOPATH.
```bash
git clone https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea
```
(Previous versions of this document recommended using `go get`. This is
no longer necessary.)
Decide which version of Gitea to build and install. Currently, there are
multiple options to choose from. The `main` branch represents the current
development version. To build with main, skip to the [build section](#build).
To work with tagged releases, the following commands can be used:
```bash
git branch -a
git checkout @sourceBranch@
```
To validate a Pull Request, first enable the new branch (`xyz` is the PR id;
for example `2663` for [#2663](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/2663)):
```bash
git fetch origin pull/xyz/head:pr-xyz
```
To build Gitea from source at a specific tagged release (like @sourceVersion@), list the
available tags and check out the specific tag.
List available tags with the following.
```bash
git tag -l
git checkout @sourceVersion@ # or git checkout pr-xyz
```
## Build
To build from source, the following programs must be present on the system:
-`go`@minGoVersion@ or higher, see [here](https://go.dev/dl/)
-`node`@minNodeVersion@ or higher with `npm`, see [here](https://nodejs.org/en/download/)
-`make`, see [here](development/hacking-on-gitea.md#installing-make)
Various [make tasks](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/Makefile)
are provided to keep the build process as simple as possible.
Depending on requirements, the following build tags can be included.
-`bindata`: Build a single monolithic binary, with all assets included. Required for production build.
-`sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify`: Enable support for a
[SQLite3](https://sqlite.org/) database. Suggested only for tiny
installations.
-`pam`: Enable support for PAM (Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules). Can
be used to authenticate local users or extend authentication to methods
available to PAM.
-`gogit`: (EXPERIMENTAL) Use go-git variants of Git commands.
Bundling all assets (JS/CSS/templates, etc) into the binary. Using the `bindata` build tag is required for
production deployments. You could exclude `bindata` when you are developing/testing Gitea or able to separate the assets correctly.
To include all assets, use the `bindata` tag:
```bash
TAGS="bindata" make build
```
In the default release build of our continuous integration system, the build
tags are: `TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"`. The simplest
recommended way to build from source is therefore:
```bash
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build
```
The `build` target is split into two sub-targets:
-`make backend` which requires [Go @minGoVersion@](https://go.dev/dl/) or greater.
-`make frontend` which requires [Node.js @minNodeVersion@](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) or greater.
If pre-built frontend files are present it is possible to only build the backend:
```bash
TAGS="bindata" make backend
```
## Test
After following the steps above, a `gitea` binary will be available in the working directory.
It can be tested from this directory or moved to a directory with test data. When Gitea is
launched manually from command line, it can be killed by pressing `Ctrl + C`.
```bash
./gitea web
```
## Changing default paths
Gitea will search for a number of things from the _`CustomPath`_. By default this is
the `custom/` directory in the current working directory when running Gitea. It will also
look for its configuration file _`CustomConf`_ in `$(CustomPath)/conf/app.ini`, and will use the
current working directory as the relative base path _`AppWorkPath`_ for a number configurable
values. Finally the static files will be served from _`StaticRootPath`_ which defaults to the _`AppWorkPath`_.
These values, although useful when developing, may conflict with downstream users preferences.
One option is to use a script file to shadow the `gitea` binary and create an appropriate
environment before running Gitea. However, when building you can change these defaults
using the `LDFLAGS` environment variable for `make`. The appropriate settings are as follows
- To set the _`CustomPath`_ use `LDFLAGS="-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomPath=custom-path\""`
- For _`CustomConf`_ you should use `-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.CustomConf=conf.ini\"`
- For _`AppWorkPath`_ you should use `-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.AppWorkPath=working-path\"`
- For _`StaticRootPath`_ you should use `-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting.StaticRootPath=static-root-path\"`
- To change the default PID file location use `-X \"code.gitea.io/gitea/cmd.PIDFile=/run/gitea.pid\"`
Add as many of the strings with their preceding `-X` to the `LDFLAGS` variable and run `make build`
with the appropriate `TAGS` as above.
Running `gitea help` will allow you to review what the computed settings will be for your `gitea`.
## Cross Build
The `go` compiler toolchain supports cross-compiling to different architecture targets that are supported by the toolchain. See [`GOOS` and `GOARCH` environment variable](https://go.dev/doc/install/source#environment) for the list of supported targets. Cross compilation is helpful if you want to build Gitea for less-powerful systems (such as Raspberry Pi).
To cross build Gitea with build tags (`TAGS`), you also need a C cross compiler which targets the same architecture as selected by the `GOOS` and `GOARCH` variables. For example, to cross build for Linux ARM64 (`GOOS=linux` and `GOARCH=arm64`), you need the `aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc` cross compiler. This is required because Gitea build tags uses `cgo`'s foreign-function interface (FFI).
Cross-build Gitea for Linux ARM64, without any tags:
```
GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 make build
```
Cross-build Gitea for Linux ARM64, with recommended build tags:
```
CC=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu-gcc GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm64 TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify" make build
```
Replace `CC`, `GOOS`, and `GOARCH` as appropriate for your architecture target.
You will sometimes need to build a static compiled image. To do this you will need to add:
```
LDFLAGS="-linkmode external -extldflags '-static' $LDFLAGS" TAGS="netgo osusergo $TAGS" make build
```
This can be combined with `CC`, `GOOS`, and `GOARCH` as above.
### Adding shell autocompletion (from 1.25)
Shell completion can be generated directly from binary with:
```sh
gitea completion <shell>
```
Supported values for `<shell>` are `bash`, `fish`, `pwsh` and `zsh`. Details on how to load the completion for your shell can be found in the completion command help.
## Compile or cross-compile using Linux with Zig
Follow [Getting Started of Zig](https://ziglang.org/learn/getting-started/#installing-zig) to install zig.
- Compile (Linux ➝ Linux)
```sh
CC="zig cc -target x86_64-linux-gnu"\
CGO_ENABLED=1\
CGO_CFLAGS="-O2 -g -pthread"\
CGO_LDFLAGS="-linkmode=external -v"
GOOS=linux \
GOARCH=amd64 \
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"\
make build
```
- Cross-compile (Linux ➝ Windows)
```sh
CC="zig cc -target x86_64-windows-gnu"\
CGO_ENABLED=1\
CGO_CFLAGS="-O2 -g -pthread"\
GOOS=windows \
GOARCH=amd64 \
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"\
make build
```
## Compile or cross-compile with Zig using Windows
Compile with `GIT BASH`.
- Compile (Windows ➝ Windows)
```sh
CC="zig cc -target x86_64-windows-gnu"\
CGO_ENABLED=1\
CGO_CFLAGS="-O2 -g -pthread"\
GOOS=windows \
GOARCH=amd64 \
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"\
make build
```
- Cross-compile (Windows ➝ Linux)
```sh
CC="zig cc -target x86_64-linux-gnu"\
CGO_ENABLED=1\
CGO_CFLAGS="-O2 -g -pthread"\
CGO_LDFLAGS="-linkmode=external -v"
GOOS=linux \
GOARCH=amd64 \
TAGS="bindata sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"\
make build
```
## Source Maps
By default, gitea generates reduced source maps for frontend files to conserve space. This can be controlled with the `ENABLE_SOURCEMAP` environment variable:
-`ENABLE_SOURCEMAP=true` generates all source maps, the default for development builds
-`ENABLE_SOURCEMAP=reduced` generates limited source maps, the default for production builds
-`ENABLE_SOURCEMAP=false` generates no source maps
You can run Gitea as service, using either systemd or supervisor. The steps below tested on Ubuntu 16.04, but those should work on any Linux distributions (with little modification).
You can run Gitea as a Linux service, using either systemd or supervisor. The steps below tested on Ubuntu 16.04, but those should work on any Linux distributions (with little modification).
#### Using systemd
## Using systemd
Copy the sample [gitea.service](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/blob/main/contrib/systemd/gitea.service) to `/etc/systemd/system/gitea.service`, then edit the file with your favorite editor.
@@ -41,7 +32,7 @@ If you have systemd version 220 or later, you can enable and immediately start G
sudo systemctl enable gitea --now
```
#### Using supervisor
## Using supervisor
Install supervisor by running below command in terminal:
The following changes are made in C:\gitea\custom\conf\app.ini:
```
```ini title="app.ini"
RUN_USER = COMPUTERNAME$
```
@@ -27,21 +20,21 @@ Sets Gitea to run as the local system user.
COMPUTERNAME is whatever the response is from `echo %COMPUTERNAME%` on the command line. If the response is `USER-PC` then `RUN_USER = USER-PC$`
## Use absolute paths
### Use absolute paths
If you use SQLite3, change the `PATH` to include the full path:
```
```ini title="app.ini"
[database]
PATH = c:/gitea/data/gitea.db
```
# Register as a Windows Service
## Register Gitea
To register Gitea as a Windows service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator,
then run the following command:
```
```sh
sc.exe create gitea start= auto binPath= "\"C:\gitea\gitea.exe\" web --config \"C:\gitea\custom\conf\app.ini\""
```
@@ -51,29 +44,29 @@ Open "Windows Services", search for the service named "gitea", right-click it an
"Run". If everything is OK, Gitea will be reachable on `http://localhost:3000` (or the port
that was configured).
## Service startup type
### Service startup type
It was observed that on loaded systems during boot Gitea service may fail to start with timeout records in Windows Event Log.
In that case change startup type to `Automatic-Delayed`. This can be done during service creation, or by running config command
```
```sh
sc.exe config gitea start= delayed-auto
```
## Adding startup dependencies
### Adding startup dependencies
To add a startup dependency to the Gitea Windows service (eg Mysql, Mariadb), as an Administrator, then run the following command:
```
```sh
sc.exe config gitea depend= mariadb
```
This will ensure that when the Windows machine restarts, the automatic starting of Gitea is postponed until the database is ready and thus mitigate failed startups.
## Unregister as a service
## Unregister Gitea
To unregister Gitea as a service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator and run:
To unregister Gitea as a Windows service, open a command prompt (cmd) as an Administrator and run:
Note that the volume should be owned by the user/group with the UID/GID specified in the config file. By default Gitea in docker will use uid:1000 gid:1000. If needed you can set ownership on those folders with the command:
```sh
sudo chown 1000:1000 config/ data/
```
> If you don't give the volume correct permissions, the container may present the following errors in the logs:
For a stable release you could use `:latest-rootless`, `:1-rootless` or specify a certain release like `:@dockerVersion@-rootless`, but if you'd like to use the latest development version then `:nightly-rootless` would be an appropriate tag. If you'd like to run the latest commit from a release branch you can use the `:1.x-nightly-rootless` tag, where x is the minor version of Gitea. (e.g. `:1.16-nightly-rootless`)
## Named volumes
To use named volumes instead of host volumes, define and use the named volume
within the `docker-compose.yml` configuration. This change will automatically
create the required volume. You don't need to worry about permissions with
named volumes; Docker will deal with that automatically.
Gitea provides automatically updated Docker images within its Docker Hub organization. It is
possible to always use the latest stable tag or to use another service that handles updating
Docker images.
This reference setup guides users through the setup based on `docker compose`.
Docker compose has been included in the Docker Engine since the shift to Compose v2.
If, for some reason, compose is not available on your system, follow the official [install instructions](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/).
This document targets for the default rootful image. For the rootless image,
see "[Installation with Docker (rootless)](./with-docker-rootless.md)"
ATTENTION: the rootful/rootless images are not compatible with the other.
If you have chosen one, you should always use the same one,
don't switch to the other one by changing the compose file's `image` value.
## Basics
The most simple setup just creates a volume and a network and starts the `docker.gitea.com/gitea:latest`
image as a service. Since there is no database available, one can be initialized using SQLite3.
Create a directory like `gitea` and paste the following content into a file named `docker-compose.yml`.
Note that the volume should be owned by the user/group with the UID/GID specified in the config file.
If you don't give the volume correct permissions, the container may not start.
For a stable release you can use `:latest`, `:1` or specify a certain release like `:@dockerVersion@`, but if you'd like to use the latest development version of Gitea then you could use the `:nightly` tag. If you'd like to run the latest commit from a release branch you can use the `:1.x-nightly` tag, where x is the minor version of Gitea. (e.g. `:1.16-nightly`)
```yaml
networks:
gitea:
external:false
services:
server:
image:docker.gitea.com/gitea:@dockerVersion@
container_name:gitea
environment:
- USER_UID=1000
- USER_GID=1000
restart:always
networks:
- gitea
volumes:
- ./gitea:/data
- /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
ports:
- "3000:3000"
- "222:22"
```
## Ports
To bind the integrated OpenSSH daemon and the webserver on a different port, adjust
the port section. It's common to just change the host port and keep the ports within
the container like they are.
```diff
networks:
gitea:
external: false
services:
server:
image: docker.gitea.com/gitea:@dockerVersion@
container_name: gitea
environment:
- USER_UID=1000
- USER_GID=1000
restart: always
networks:
- gitea
volumes:
- ./gitea:/data
- /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
ports:
- - "3000:3000"
- - "222:22"
+ - "8080:3000"
+ - "2221:22"
```
## Databases
### MySQL database
To start Gitea in combination with a MySQL database, apply these changes to the
`docker-compose.yml` file created above.
```diff
networks:
gitea:
external: false
services:
server:
image: docker.gitea.com/gitea:@dockerVersion@
container_name: gitea
environment:
- USER_UID=1000
- USER_GID=1000
+ - GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=mysql
+ - GITEA__database__HOST=db:3306
+ - GITEA__database__NAME=gitea
+ - GITEA__database__USER=gitea
+ - GITEA__database__PASSWD=gitea
restart: always
networks:
- gitea
volumes:
- ./gitea:/data
- /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
ports:
- "3000:3000"
- "222:22"
+ depends_on:
+ - db
+
+ db:
+ image: docker.io/library/mysql:8
+ restart: always
+ environment:
+ - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=gitea
+ - MYSQL_USER=gitea
+ - MYSQL_PASSWORD=gitea
+ - MYSQL_DATABASE=gitea
+ networks:
+ - gitea
+ volumes:
+ - ./mysql:/var/lib/mysql
```
### PostgreSQL database
To start Gitea in combination with a PostgreSQL database, apply these changes to
the `docker-compose.yml` file created above.
```diff
networks:
gitea:
external: false
services:
server:
image: docker.gitea.com/gitea:@dockerVersion@
container_name: gitea
environment:
- USER_UID=1000
- USER_GID=1000
+ - GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=postgres
+ - GITEA__database__HOST=db:5432
+ - GITEA__database__NAME=gitea
+ - GITEA__database__USER=gitea
+ - GITEA__database__PASSWD=gitea
restart: always
networks:
- gitea
volumes:
- ./gitea:/data
- /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
ports:
- "3000:3000"
- "222:22"
+ depends_on:
+ - db
+
+ db:
+ image: docker.io/library/postgres:14
+ restart: always
+ environment:
+ - POSTGRES_USER=gitea
+ - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=gitea
+ - POSTGRES_DB=gitea
+ networks:
+ - gitea
+ volumes:
+ - ./postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
```
## Named volumes
To use named volumes instead of host volumes, define and use the named volume
within the `docker-compose.yml` configuration. This change will automatically
create the required volume. You don't need to worry about permissions with
named volumes; Docker will deal with that automatically.
```diff
networks:
gitea:
external: false
+volumes:
+ gitea:
+ driver: local
+
services:
server:
image: docker.gitea.com/gitea:@dockerVersion@
container_name: gitea
restart: always
networks:
- gitea
volumes:
- - ./gitea:/data
+ - gitea:/data
- /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro
- /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
ports:
- "3000:3000"
- "222:22"
```
MySQL or PostgreSQL containers will need to be created separately.
## Startup
To start this setup based on `docker compose`, execute `docker compose up -d`,
to launch Gitea in the background. Using `docker compose ps` will show if Gitea
started properly. Logs can be viewed with `docker compose logs`.
To shut down the setup, execute `docker compose down`. This will stop
and kill the containers. The volumes will still exist.
:::note
If using a non-3000 port on http, change app.ini to match
`LOCAL_ROOT_URL = http://localhost:3000/`.
:::
## Installation
After starting the Docker setup via `docker compose`, Gitea should be available using a
favorite browser to finalize the installation. Visit http://server-ip:3000 and follow the
installation wizard. If the database was started with the `docker compose` setup as
documented above, please note that `db` must be used as the database hostname.
## Configure the user inside Gitea using environment variables
-`USER`: **git**: The username of the user that runs Gitea within the container.
-`USER_UID`: **1000**: The UID (Unix user ID) of the user that runs Gitea within the container. Match this to the UID of the owner of the `/data` volume if using host volumes (this is not necessary with named volumes).
-`USER_GID`: **1000**: The GID (Unix group ID) of the user that runs Gitea within the container. Match this to the GID of the owner of the `/data` volume if using host volumes (this is not necessary with named volumes).
## Customization
Customization files described [here](../administration/customizing-gitea.md) should
be placed in `/data/gitea` directory. If using host volumes, it's quite easy to access these
files; for named volumes, this is done through another container or by direct access at
`/var/lib/docker/volumes/gitea_gitea/_data`. The configuration file will be saved at
`/data/gitea/conf/app.ini` after the installation.
Example: Analogous to the non-docker-installation customization linked above, you can create a `/public` folder within `/data/gitea` and place your custom `robots.txt` there which will then be served normally.
## Upgrading
:::warning
Make sure you have volumed data to somewhere outside Docker container
:::
To upgrade your installation to the latest release:
```bash
# Edit `docker-compose.yml` to update the version, if you have one specified
# Pull new images
docker compose pull
# Start a new container, automatically removes old one
docker compose up -d
```
## Managing Deployments With Environment Variables
In addition to the environment variables above, any settings in `app.ini` can be set
or overridden with an environment variable of the form: `GITEA__section_name__KEY_NAME=value`.
These settings are applied each time the docker container starts by `environment-to-ini` command
(a warpper of `gitea config edit-ini`), and won't be passed into Gitea's sub-processes.
See `./gitea config edit-ini --help` for more details.
These environment variables can be passed to the docker container in `docker-compose.yml`.
The following example will enable an smtp mail server if the required env variables
`GITEA__mailer__FROM`, `GITEA__mailer__HOST`, `GITEA__mailer__PASSWD` are set on the host
or in a `.env` file in the same directory as `docker-compose.yml`.
The settings can be also set or overridden with the content of a file by defining an environment variable of the form:
`GITEA__section_name__KEY_NAME__FILE` that points to a file.
```yaml
...
services:
server:
environment:
- GITEA__mailer__ENABLED=true
- GITEA__mailer__FROM=${GITEA__mailer__FROM:?GITEA__mailer__FROM not set}
- GITEA__mailer__PROTOCOL=smtps
- GITEA__mailer__SMTP_ADDR=${GITEA__mailer__SMTP_ADDR:?GITEA__mailer__SMTP_ADDR not set}
- GITEA__mailer__SMTP_PORT=${GITEA__mailer__SMTP_PORT:?GITEA__mailer__SMTP_PORT not set}
- GITEA__mailer__PASSWD="""${GITEA__mailer__PASSWD:?GITEA__mailer__PASSWD not set}"""
```
Gitea will generate new secrets/tokens for every new installation automatically and write them into the app.ini. If you want to set the secrets/tokens manually, you can use the following docker commands to use of Gitea's built-in [generate utility functions](../administration/command-line.md#generate). Do not lose/change your SECRET_KEY after the installation, otherwise the encrypted data can not be decrypted anymore.
The following commands will output a new `SECRET_KEY` and `INTERNAL_TOKEN` to `stdout`, which you can then place in your environment variables.
```bash
docker run -it --rm docker.gitea.com/gitea:1 gitea generate secret SECRET_KEY
docker run -it --rm docker.gitea.com/gitea:1 gitea generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN
```
```yaml
...
services:
server:
environment:
- GITEA__security__SECRET_KEY=[value returned by generate secret SECRET_KEY]
- GITEA__security__INTERNAL_TOKEN=[value returned by generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN]
```
### SSH with multiple IP addresses
This assumes that the host machine has more than one reachable IP address: `192.168.1.1` (host) `192.168.1.2` (gitea)
On the host machine, configure SSHD in `/etc/ssh/sshd_config` to listen on one IP address `ListenAddress 192.168.1.1`. In the compose file the SSH port forwarding then needs to be changed to `"192.168.1.2:22:22"`. The port forwarding needs to be adjusted similarily for all other forwarded ports to avoid problems with DNS.
And there are some differences for permissions between individual repositories and organization repositories.
## Individual Repository
For individual repositories, the creators are the only owners of repositories and have no limit to change anything of this
repository or delete it. Repositories owners could add collaborators to help maintain the repositories. Collaborators could have `Read`, `Write` and `Admin` permissions.
For a private repository, the experience is similar to visiting an anonymous public repository. You have access to all the available content within the repository, including the ability to clone the code, create issues, respond to issue comments, submit pull requests, and more. If you have 'Write' permission, you can push code to specific branches of the repository, provided it's permitted by the branch protection rules. Additionally, you can make changes to the wiki pages. With 'Admin' permission, you have the ability to modify the repository's settings.
But you cannot delete or transfer this repository if you are not that repository's owner.
## Organization Repository
For individual repositories, the owner is the user who created it. For organization repositories, the owners are the members of the owner team on this organization. All the permissions depends on the team permission settings.
### Owner Team
The owner team will be created when the organization is created, and the creator will become the first member of the owner team. The owner team cannot be deleted and there is at least one member.
### Admin Team
When creating teams, there are two types of teams. One is the admin team, another is the general team. An admin team can be created to manage some of the repositories, whose members can do anything with these repositories. Only members of the owner or admin team can create a new team.
### General Team
A general team in an organization has unit permissions settings. It can have members and repositories scope.
- A team could access all the repositories in this organization or special repositories.
- A team could also be allowed to create new repositories or not.
The General team can be created to do the operations allowed by their permissions. One member could join multiple teams.
Protected branches prevent unwanted changes by enforcing push and merge policies on selected branches. The rules are enforced for every Git protocol (HTTP(S), SSH), the web editor, the API, and background jobs such as auto-merge. Only repository owners and administrators can manage the rules, and the Branches page is read-only while a repository is archived.
## Creating or editing a rule
1. Open the repository and select **Settings → Branches** (repository admin permission required).
2. Select **Add new rule** or **Edit** next to an existing rule.
3. Fill in the **Protected branch name pattern** and optional file patterns, then configure the push, merge, and review options described below.
4. Select **Save rule**.
The rule immediately applies to all matching branches, even if the branches are created in the future.
## Rule matching and priorities
- The **Protected branch name pattern** accepts [glob](https://github.com/gobwas/glob) expressions and matches the entire branch name. Patterns are case-sensitive. Using a simple name such as `main` without glob special characters always matches that specific branch (case-insensitive).
- If multiple rules match the same branch, only the first rule is used. Reorder the list on the **Branches** page by dragging the grab handle. The first entry (priority 1) has the highest priority, so place patterns such as `main` or `release/*` before generic fallbacks such as `*`.
| `hotfix/**` | Nested branches such as `hotfix/security/CVE` |
| `*` | Every branch (use as a fallback) |
### File-level pattern controls
- **Protected file patterns** block changes to sensitive files (for example `.drone.yml` or `/docs/**/*.txt`). Patterns are case-insensitive and separated by semicolons. Commits and merge attempts that touch one of the files are rejected.
- **Unprotected file patterns** do the opposite: if pushes are blocked, users with write access can still push commits that modify only the listed files. This is useful for letting contributors update documentation while still requiring pull requests for code.
Both fields use the same `glob` syntax and match paths relative to the repository root.
## Controlling direct pushes
The **Push** section controls direct pushes (including the web editor and API).
- **Disable push** makes the branch read-only. Any attempt to push directly fails, and changes must be merged through pull requests.
- **Enable push** allows anyone with [write access](./permissions.md) to push (force pushes are still blocked unless explicitly allowed).
- **Allowlist restricted push** requires being on the allowlist. Choose users and, for organization-owned repositories, teams. Deploy keys that already have write access can also be allowlisted.
When a push is blocked, the server-side hook rejects the update with an explanation.
### Force pushes
Force pushes have their own set of options:
- **Disable force push** completely forbids rewriting history on the branch.
- **Enable force push** allows anyone who can push to also force push.
- **Allowlist restricted force push** limits force pushes to a separate allowlist (users, teams, and optionally deploy keys) **and** requires the person to already have regular push access.
## Pull request merges and approvals
- **Merge allowlist**: keep the default to let anyone with write access merge pull requests, or enable the allowlist to restrict merges to selected users/teams.
- **Required approvals**: specify how many approvals are needed before a merge is allowed. Reviews from users with write access count, unless the **Restrict approvals to allowlisted users or teams** option is enabled.
- **Dismiss stale approvals** removes existing approvals whenever new commits that change the pull request content are pushed.
- **Ignore stale approvals** keeps approvals but does not count reviews that were made on older commits. This option is disabled while dismissal of stale approvals is enabled.
- **Block merge on rejected reviews** prevents merging while any official reviewer has requested changes.
- **Block merge on official review requests** blocks merges while there are outstanding review requests (for example when CODEOWNERS requires a review).
- **Block merge if the pull request is outdated** makes sure the head branch is up to date with the base branch before it can be merged.
- **Administrators must follow branch protection rules** removes the ability for repository administrators to bypass the rules with the "Force merge" button.
Protected file patterns apply to pull requests as well. When a pull request changes one of the protected files, the pull request banner shows the affected paths and merging stays disabled.
## Status checks
Enable status checks to require one or more CI jobs to succeed before merging:
1. Check **Enable status check**.
2. Enter one pattern per line in **Status check patterns**. Each pattern is a `glob` expression that matches the context name reported by Actions, Drone, Woodpecker, or another Check API client (for example `actions/test-*`).
3. Pick contexts from the table of jobs that have reported results in the last week to verify their names.
When the option is active, Gitea requires at least one context that matches each pattern to report success on the pull request head commit. An empty list is not allowed; use `*` to require the latest commit to be successful regardless of the context name.
## Signed commits and other safeguards
- **Require signed commits** rejects pushes that contain unsigned or unverifiable commits. The check runs inside the server hook before the push is accepted.
- **Protected file patterns** (see above) prevent both pushes and merges that modify sensitive files.
- **Unprotected file patterns** allow limited pushes while keeping the branch protected.
Gitea has its builtin Badge system which allows you to display the status of your repository in other places. You can use the following badges:
## Workflow Badge
The Gitea Actions workflow badge is a badge that shows the status of the latest workflow run.
It is designed to be compatible with [GitHub Actions workflow badge](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/monitoring-and-troubleshooting-workflows/adding-a-workflow-status-badge).
Even though Gitea Actions is designed to be compatible with GitHub Actions, there are some differences between them.
## Additional features
### Absolute action URLs
Gitea Actions supports defining actions via absolute URL, which means that you can use actions from any git repository.
Like `uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4` or `uses: http://your_gitea.com/owner/repo@branch`.
### Actions written in Go
Gitea Actions supports writing actions in Go.
See [Creating Go Actions](https://blog.gitea.com/creating-go-actions/).
### Support the non-standard syntax @yearly, @monthly, @weekly, @daily, @hourly on schedule
Github Actions doesn't support that. https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#schedule
## Unsupported workflows syntax
### `jobs.<job_id>.timeout-minutes`
See [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idtimeout-minutes).
It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
### `jobs.<job_id>.continue-on-error`
See [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idcontinue-on-error).
It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
### `jobs.<job_id>.environment`
See [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idenvironment).
It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
### Complex `runs-on`
See [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on).
Gitea Actions only supports `runs-on: xyz` or `runs-on: [xyz]` now.
## Missing features
### Package repository authorization
The `GITEA_TOKEN` for a job running within a repository should be able to publish to the associated package repository (i.e. to upload OCI images). See the "packages" scope for the "default access" in [Automatic token authentication](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-for-github-actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#permissions-for-the-github_token).
This is not implemented in Gitea Actions now. A workaround for Gitea Actions is to use a Personal Access Token (PAT). See this [github issue and comment](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/23642#issuecomment-2119876692) for tracking this feature.
### Problem Matchers
Problem Matchers are a way to scan the output of actions for a specified regex pattern and surface that information prominently in the UI.
See [Problem matchers](https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/docs/problem-matchers.md).
It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
### Create an error annotation
See [Creating an annotation for an error](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#example-creating-an-annotation-for-an-error)
It's ignored by Gitea Actions now.
### Expressions
For [expressions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions), only [`always()`](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/expressions#always) is supported.
## Missing UI features
### Pre and Post steps
Pre and Post steps don't have their own section in the job log user interface.
### Services steps
Services steps don't have their own section in the job log user interface.
## Different behavior
### Job token permissions (`permissions`)
Gitea supports `permissions` and `jobs.<job_id>.permissions` to control the default `GITEA_TOKEN` permissions.
The effective permissions are clamped by the repository/owner settings and are further restricted for fork pull requests and cross-repository access.
GitHub-only scopes such as `statuses`, `checks`, `deployments`, `id-token`, `security-events`, and `pages` are not supported, while Gitea-specific scopes such as `code`, `releases`, `wiki`, and `projects` are available.
See [Actions job token permissions](token-permissions.md).
### Downloading actions
Previously (Pre 1.21.0), `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` defaulted to `https://gitea.com`.
We have since restricted this option to only allow two values (`github` and `self`).
When set to `github`, the new default, Gitea will download non-fully-qualified actions from `https://github.com`.
For example, if you use `uses: actions/checkout@v4`, it will download the checkout repository from `https://github.com/actions/checkout.git`.
If you want to download an action from another git hoster, you can use an absolute URL, e.g. `uses: https://gitea.com/actions/checkout@v4`.
If your Gitea instance is in an intranet or a restricted area, you can set the URL to `self` to only download actions from your own instance by default.
Of course, you can still use absolute URLs in workflows.
More details about the `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` configuration can be found in the [Configuration Cheat Sheet](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions)。
### Context availability
Context availability is not checked, so you can use the env context on more places.
See [Context availability](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/contexts#context-availability).
Gitea Actions has multiple components. This document describes them individually.
## Gitea Runner
Gitea Runner is based on a hard fork of [nektos/act](https://github.com/nektos/act).
Like other CI runners, we designed it as an external part of Gitea, which means it should run on a different server than Gitea.
To ensure that the runner connects to the correct Gitea instance, we need to register it with a token.
Additionally, the runner will introduce itself to Gitea and declare what kind of jobs it can run by reporting its labels.
Earlier, we mentioned that `runs-on: ubuntu-latest` in a workflow file means that the job will be run on a runner with the `ubuntu-latest` label.
But how does the runner know to run `ubuntu-latest`? The answer lies in mapping the label to an environment.
That's why when you add custom labels during registration, you will need to input some complex content like `my_custom_label:docker://centos:7`.
This means that the runner can take the job which needs to run on `my_custom_label`, and it will run it via a docker container with the image `centos:7`.
Docker isn't the only option, though.
The runner also supports running jobs directly on the host.
This is achieved through labels like `linux_arm:host`.
This label indicates that the runner can take a job that needs to run on `linux_arm` and run it directly on the host.
The label's design follows the format `label[:schema[:args]]`.
If the schema is omitted, it defaults to `host`.
So,
-`my_custom_label:docker://node:18`: Run jobs labeled with `my_custom_label` using the `node:18` Docker image.
-`my_custom_label:host`: Run jobs labeled with `my_custom_label` directly on the host.
-`my_custom_label`: Same as `my_custom_label:host`.
-`my_custom_label:vm:ubuntu-latest`: (Example only, not implemented) Run jobs labeled with `my_custom_label` using a virtual machine with the `ubuntu-latest` ISO.
## Communication protocol
As the runner is an independent part of Gitea, we needed a protocol for runners to communicate with the Gitea instance.
However, we did not think it was a good idea to have Gitea listen on a new port.
Instead, we wanted to reuse the HTTP port, which means we needed a protocol that is compatible with HTTP.
We chose to use gRPC over HTTP.
We use [actions-proto-def](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-def) and [actions-proto-go](https://gitea.com/gitea/actions-proto-go) to wire them up.
More information about gRPC can be found on [its website](https://grpc.io/).
## Network architecture
Let's examine the overall network architecture.
This will help you troubleshoot some problems and explain why it's a bad idea to register a runner with a loopback address of the Gitea instance.

There are four network connections marked in the picture, and the direction of the arrows indicates the direction of establishing the connections.
### Connection 1, runner to Gitea instance
The runner must be able to connect to Gitea to receive tasks and send back the execution results.
### Connection 2, job containers to Gitea instance
The job containers have different network namespaces than the runner, even if they are on the same machine.
They need to connect to Gitea to fetch codes if there is `actions/checkout@v4` in the workflow, for example.
Fetching code is not always necessary to run some jobs, but it is required in most cases.
If you use a loopback address to register a runner, the runner can connect to Gitea when it is on the same machine.
However, if a job container tries to fetch code from localhost, it will fail because Gitea is not in the same container.
### Connection 3, runner to internet
When you use some actions like `actions/checkout@v4`, the runner downloads the scripts, not the job containers.
By default, it downloads from [github.com](http://github.com/), so it requires access to the internet. If you configure the `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` to `self`, then it will download from your Gitea instance by default. Then it will not connect to internet when downloading the action itself.
It also downloads some docker images from Docker Hub by default, which also requires internet access.
However, internet access is not strictly necessary.
You can configure your Gitea instance to fetch actions or images from your intranet facilities.
In fact, your Gitea instance can serve as both the actions marketplace and the image registry.
You can mirror actions repositories from GitHub to your Gitea instance, and use them as normal.
And [Gitea Container Registry](usage/packages/container.md) can be used as a Docker image registry.
### Connection 4, job containers to internet
When using actions such as `actions/setup-go@v5`, it may be necessary to download resources from the internet to set up the Go language environment in job containers.
Therefore, access to the internet is required for the successful completion of these actions.
However, it is optional as well.
You can use your own custom actions to avoid relying on internet access, or you can use your packaged Docker image to run jobs with all dependencies installed.
## Summary
Using Gitea Actions only requires ensuring that the runner can connect to the Gitea instance.
Internet access is optional, but not having it will require some additional work.
In other words: The runner works best when it can query the internet itself, but you don't need to expose it to the internet (in either direction).
If you encounter any network issues while using Gitea Actions, hopefully the image above can help you troubleshoot them.
This page contains some common questions and answers about Gitea Actions.
## Is it possible to disable Actions for new repositories by default for my own instance?
Yes, when you enable Actions for the instance, you can choose to enable the `actions` unit for all new repositories by default.
```ini
[repository]
; remove repo.actions will not enable actions for newly created repositories.
DEFAULT_REPO_UNITS=...,repo.actions
```
## Should we use `${{ github.xyz }}` or `${{ gitea.xyz }}` in workflow files?
You can use `github.xyz` and Gitea will work fine.
As mentioned, Gitea Actions is designed to be compatible with GitHub Actions.
However, we recommend using `gitea.xyz` in case Gitea adds something that GitHub does not have to avoid different kinds of secrets in your workflow file (and because you are using this workflow on Gitea, not GitHub).
Still, this is completely optional since both options have the same effect at the moment.
## Where will the runner download scripts when using actions such as `actions/checkout@v4`?
There are tens of thousands of [actions scripts](https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions) in GitHub, and when you write `uses: actions/checkout@v4`, it downloads the scripts from [github.com/actions/checkout](http://github.com/actions/checkout) by default.
But what if you want to use actions from other places such as gitea.com instead of GitHub?
The good news is that you can specify the URL prefix to use actions from anywhere.
This is an extra syntax in Gitea Actions.
For example:
-`uses: https://gitea.com/xxx/xxx@xxx`
-`uses: https://github.com/xxx/xxx@xxx`
-`uses: http://your_gitea_instance.com/xxx@xxx`
Be careful, the `https://` or `http://` prefix is necessary!
This is one of the differences from GitHub Actions which supports actions scripts only from GitHub.
But it should allow users much more flexibility in how they run Actions.
Alternatively, if you want your runners to download actions from your own Gitea instance by default, you can configure it by setting `[actions].DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL`.
See [Configuration Cheat Sheet](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions).
## How to limit the permission of the runners?
Runners have no more permissions than simply connecting to your Gitea instance.
When any runner receives a job to run, it will temporarily gain limited permission to the repository associated with the job.
If you want to give more permissions to the runner, allowing it to access more private repositories or external systems, you can pass [secrets](usage/actions/secrets.md) to it.
Refined permission control to Actions is a complicated job.
In the future, we will add more options to Gitea to make it more configurable, such as allowing more write access to repositories or read access to all repositories in the same organization.
## Which operating systems are supported by Gitea Runner?
We released official binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows.
While other operating systems are theoretically supported if it is supported by golang and docker(docker mode enabled).
One thing to note is that if you choose to run jobs directly on the host instead of in job containers, the environmental differences between operating systems may cause unexpected failures.
For example, bash is not available on Windows in most cases, while act tries to use bash to run scripts by default.
Therefore, you need to specify `powershell` as the default shell in your workflow file, see [defaults.run](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#defaultsrun).
```yaml
defaults:
run:
shell:powershell
```
## How to avoid being hacked?
There are two types of possible attacks: unknown runner stealing the code or secrets from your repository, or malicious scripts controlling your runner.
Avoiding the former means not allowing people you don't know to register runners for your repository, organization, or instance.
The latter is a bit more complicated.
If you're using a private Gitea instance for your company, you may not need to worry about security since you trust your colleagues and can hold them accountable.
For public instances, things are a little different.
Here's how we do it on [gitea.com](http://gitea.com/):
- We only register runners for the "gitea" organization, so our runners will not execute jobs from other repositories.
- Our runners always run jobs with isolated containers. While it is possible to do this directly on the host, we choose not to for more security.
- To run actions for fork pull requests, approval is required. See [#22803](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/pull/22803).
- If someone registers their own runner for their repository or organization on [gitea.com](http://gitea.com/), we have no objections and will just not use it in our org. However, they should take care to ensure that the runner is not used by other users they do not know.
## Why choose GitHub Actions? Why not something compatible with GitLab CI/CD?
[@lunny](https://gitea.com/lunny) has explained this in the [issue to implement actions](https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/issues/13539).
Furthermore, Actions is not only a CI/CD system but also an automation tool.
There have also been numerous [marketplace actions](https://github.com/marketplace?type=actions) implemented in the open-source world.
It is exciting to be able to reuse them.
## What if it runs on multiple labels, such as `runs-on: [label_a, label_b]`?
This is valid syntax.
It means that it should run on runners that have both the `label_a`**and**`label_b` labels, see [Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#jobsjob_idruns-on).
Unfortunately, the runner does not work this way until v0.2.11.
As mentioned, we map labels to environments:
-`ubuntu` → `ubuntu:22.04`
-`centos` → `centos:8`
But we need to map label groups to environments instead, like so:
-`[ubuntu]` → `ubuntu:22.04`
-`[with-gpu]` → `linux:with-gpu`
-`[ubuntu, with-gpu]` → `ubuntu:22.04_with-gpu`
We also need to re-design how tasks are assigned to runners.
A runner with `ubuntu`, `centos`, or `with-gpu` does not necessarily indicate that it can accept jobs with `[centos, with-gpu]`.
Therefore, the runner should inform the Gitea instance that it can only accept jobs with `[ubuntu]`, `[centos]`, `[with-gpu]`, and `[ubuntu, with-gpu]`.
This is not a technical problem, it was just overlooked in the early design.
See [runtime.go#L65](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/src/commit/90b8cc6a7a48f45cc28b5ef9660ebf4061fcb336/runtime/runtime.go#L65).
Currently, the runner attempts to match everyone in the labels and uses the first match it finds.
## What is the difference between agent labels and custom labels for a runner?

Agent labels are reported to the Gitea instance by the runner during registration.
Custom labels, on the other hand, are added manually by a Gitea administrator or owners of the organization or repository (depending on the level of the runner).
However, the design here needs improvement, as it currently has some rough edges.
You can add a custom label such as `centos` to a registered runner, which means the runner will receive jobs with `runs-on: centos`.
However, the runner may not know which environment to use for this label, resulting in it using a default image or leading to a logical dead end.
This default may not match user expectations.
See [runtime.go#L71](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/src/commit/90b8cc6a7a48f45cc28b5ef9660ebf4061fcb336/runtime/runtime.go#L71).
In the meantime, we suggest that you re-register your runner if you want to change its labels.
## Will there be more implementations for Gitea Actions runner?
Although we would like to provide more options, our limited manpower means that Gitea Runner will be the only officially supported runner at the moment.
However, both Gitea and Gitea Runner are completely open source under MIT License, so anyone can modify the code to satisfy their requirements.
In case you fork Gitea Runner to create your own version: Please contribute the changes back if you can and if you think your changes will help others as well.
## What workflow trigger events does Gitea support?
All events listed in this table are supported events and are compatible with GitHub.
For events supported only by GitHub, see GitHub's [documentation](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows).
> For `pull_request` events, in [GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/events-that-trigger-workflows#pull_request), the `ref` is `refs/pull/:prNumber/merge`, which is a reference to the merge commit preview. However, Gitea has no such reference.
> Therefore, the `ref` in Gitea Actions is `refs/pull/:prNumber/head`, which points to the head of pull request rather than the preview of the merge commit.
## How to share actions and reusable workflows from private repositories?
Go to the repository's **Settings** > **Actions** > **General** page and add collaborative owners.
The private repositories of collaborative owners are allowed to access the actions and workflows in the current repository.
Starting with Gitea **1.19**, Gitea Actions are available as a built-in CI/CD solution.
## Name
It is similar and mostly compatible to [GitHub Actions](https://github.com/features/actions), and its name is inspired by it too.
To avoid confusion, we have clarified the spelling here:
- "Gitea Actions" (with an "s", both words capitalized) is the name of the Gitea feature.
- "GitHub Actions" is the name of the GitHub feature.
- "Actions" could refer to either of the above, depending on the context. So it refers to "Gitea Actions" in this document.
- "action" or "actions" refer to some scripts/plugins to be used, like "actions/checkout@v4" or "actions/cache@v3".
## Runners
Just like other CI/CD solutions, Gitea doesn't run the jobs itself, but delegates the jobs to runners.
The runner of Gitea Actions is called [Gitea Runner](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner), it is a standalone program and also written in Go.
An important part of the application comes from a hard fork of [nektos/act](http://github.com/nektos/act).
Because the runner is deployed independently, there could be potential security issues.
To avoid them, please follow two simple rules:
- Don't use a runner you don't trust for your repository, organization or instance.
- Don't provide a runner to a repository, organization or instance you don't trust.
For Gitea instances used internally, such as instances used by enterprises or individuals, neither of these two rules is a problem, they are naturally so.
However, for public Gitea instances, such as [gitea.com](https://gitea.com), these two rules should be kept in mind when adding or using runners.
## Status
Gitea Actions is stable enough for production usage and we use Gitea Actions in all the repositories in https://gitea.com/gitea.
This page will guide you through the process of using Gitea Actions.
## Set up Gitea
First of all, you need a Gitea instance.
You can follow the [documentation](installation/from-package.md) to set up a new instance or upgrade your existing one.
It doesn't matter how you install or run Gitea, as long as its version is 1.19.0 or higher.
Since 1.21.0, Actions are enabled by default. If you are using versions before 1.21.0, you need to add the following to the configuration file to enable it:
```ini
[actions]
ENABLED=true
```
If you want to learn more or encounter any problems while configuring it, please refer to the [Configuration Cheat Sheet](../../administration/config-cheat-sheet.md#actions-actions).
### Set up runner
Gitea Actions requires [Gitea Runner](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner) to run the jobs.
In order to avoid consuming too many resources and affecting the Gitea instance, it is recommended to start runners on separate machines from the Gitea instance.
You can use the [pre-built binaries](http://dl.gitea.com/gitea-runner) or the [docker images](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitea/runner/tags) to set up the runner.
Before proceeding any further, we suggest running it as a command line with pre-built binaries to ensure that it works with your environment, especially if you are running a runner on your localhost.
And it could be easier to debug if something goes wrong.
The runner can run the jobs in isolated Docker containers, so you need to make sure that the Docker has been installed and Docker daemon is running.
While it is not strictly necessary, because the runner can also run the jobs directly on the host, it depends on how you configure it.
However, it is recommended to use Docker to run the jobs, because it is more secure and easier to manage.
Before running a runner, you should first register it to your Gitea instance using the following command:
You will need to study [the workflow syntax](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions) for Actions and write the workflow files you want.
However, we can just start from a simple demo:
```yaml
name:Gitea Actions Demo
run-name:${{ gitea.actor }} is testing out Gitea Actions 🚀
on:[push]
jobs:
Explore-Gitea-Actions:
runs-on:ubuntu-latest
steps:
- run:echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ gitea.event_name }} event."
- run:echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by Gitea!"
- run:echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ gitea.ref }} and your repository is ${{ gitea.repository }}."
- name:Check out repository code
uses:actions/checkout@v4
- run:echo "💡 The ${{ gitea.repository }} repository has been cloned to the runner."
- run:echo "🖥️ The workflow is now ready to test your code on the runner."
- name:List files in the repository
run:|
ls ${{ gitea.workspace }}
- run:echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
```
:::warning
Certain actions may not function correctly within SHA256 repositories or when Gitea runs on subpath. This includes [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/1843).
:::
You can upload it as a file with the extension `.yaml` in the directory `.gitea/workflows/` of the repository, for example `.gitea/workflows/demo.yaml`.
You might notice that this is fairly similar from the [Quickstart for GitHub Actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/quickstart).
That is because Gitea Actions is designed to be compatible with GitHub Actions wherever possible.
Be careful, the demo file contains some emojis.
Please make sure your database supports them, especially when using MySQL.
If the charset is not `utf8mb4`, errors will occur, such as `Error 1366 (HY000): Incorrect string value: '\\xF0\\x9F\\x8E\\x89 T...' for column 'name' at row 1`.
See [Database Preparation](../../installation/database-preparation.md#mysqlmariadb) for more information.
Alternatively, you can remove all emojis from the demo file and try again.
The line `on: [push]` indicates that the workflow will be triggered when you push commits to this repository.
However, when you upload the YAML file, it also pushes a commit, so you should see a new task in the Actions tab.

Great job! You have successfully started working with Actions.
This page will introduce the [Gitea Runner](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner) in detail, which is the runner for Gitea Actions.
## Requirements
Currently the runner supports three modes in which it can be run.
1. Host: runner will run as an application on the host. This provides no encapsulation.
2. Docker (recommended): Runs jobs in a [Docker](https://docker.com) container. If you choose this mode, you need to [install Docker](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/) first and make sure that the Docker daemon is running.
3. Docker-in-Docker (DinD): Puts the runner into rootless mode. It then runs in a Docker container with its own Docker daemon that has fewer privileges. It will spawn job containers from there. Best security but more complex setup.
Other OCI container engines which are compatible with Docker's API should also work, but are untested.
However, if you are sure that you want to run jobs directly on the host only, then Docker is not required.
There are multiple ways to install the runner.
## Installation with binary
### Download the binary
You can download the binary from the [release page](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/releases).
However, if you want to use the latest nightly build, you can download it from the [download page](https://dl.gitea.com/gitea-runner/).
When you download the binary, please make sure that you have downloaded the correct one for your platform.
You can check it by running the following command if you are in a Unix-style OS.
```bash
chmod +x runner
./runner --version
```
If you see the version information, it means that you have downloaded the correct binary.
### Obtain a registration token
You can register a runner at different levels. It can be:
- Instance level: The runner will run jobs for all repositories in the instance.
- Organization level: The runner will run jobs for all repositories in the organization.
- Repository level: The runner will run jobs for the repository it belongs to.
Note that the repository may still use instance-level or organization-level runners even if it has its own repository-level runners. A future release may provide an option to allow more control over this.
Before registering the runner and running it, you need a registration token. The level of the runner determines where to obtain the registration token.
- Instance level: The admin settings page, like `<your_gitea.com>/-/admin/actions/runners`.
- Organization level: The organization settings page, like `<your_gitea.com>/<org>/settings/actions/runners`.
- Repository level: The repository settings page, like `<your_gitea.com>/<owner>/<repo>/settings/actions/runners`.
If you cannot see the settings page, please make sure that you have the right permissions and that Actions have been enabled.
The format of the registration token is a random string `D0gvfu2iHfUjNqCYVljVyRV14fISpJxxxxxxxxxx`.
A registration token can also be obtained from the Gitea [command-line interface](../../administration/command-line.md#actions-generate-runner-token):
You can also use `GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN`/`GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN_FILE` environment variables to set a global runner registration token when Gitea starts, for example:
The token from the environment is valid until you reset the token (re-create a new one) via the web UI or API.
Tokens are valid for registering multiple runners, until they are revoked and replaced by a new token using the token reset link in the web interface.
### Configuration
Configuration is done via a configuration file. It is optional, and the default configuration will be used when no configuration file is specified. You can generate a configuration file by running the following command:
```bash
./runner generate-config
```
The default configuration is safe to use without any modification, so you can just use it directly.
```bash
./runner generate-config > config.yaml
./runner --config config.yaml [command]
```
### Register the runner
Registration is required before running Gitea Runner, because the runner needs to know where to get jobs from. It is also important for the Gitea instance to identify the runner.
If this has been installed using the binary package, the runner can be registered by running the following command.
```bash
./runner register
```
Alternatively, you can use the `--config` option to specify the configuration file mentioned in the previous section.
```bash
./runner --config config.yaml register
```
You will be asked to input the registration information step by step. This includes:
- The Gitea instance URL, like `https://gitea.com/` or `http://192.168.8.8:3000/`.
- The registration token.
- The runner name, which is optional. If you leave it blank, the hostname will be used.
- The runner labels, which is optional. If you leave it blank, the default labels will be used.
You may be confused about the runner labels, which will be explained later.
If you want to register the runner in a non-interactive way, you can use arguments to do it.
When you have registered the runner, you can find a new file named `.runner` in the current directory.
This file stores the registration information.
Please do not edit it manually.
If this file is missing or corrupted, you can simply remove it and register again.
If you want to store the registration information in another place, you can specify it in the configuration file,
and don't forget to specify the `--config` option.
#### Ephemeral Runners
Ephemeral runners provide a security hardening mechanism for enabling organization- or instance-wide runners without requiring full user trust. Once a job is assigned within a spot VM or container, the runner's exposed credentials are automatically revoked—blocking it from polling further jobs before any untrusted code runs, while still allowing it to report progress until completion by either Gitea or the runner.
Gitea Runner **0.2.12+** is required.
The updated commands for registering the runner as ephemeral are listed below. Refer to the previous section for detailed information on registering the runner.
The runner must be registered each time it is intended to receive a job. After completing the single job it is designed to execute, the runner terminates.
To automate the registration and startup of new runners when a job is queued, use the `workflow_job` webhook.
### Start the runner from the command line
After you have registered the runner, you can run it with the following command:
```shell
./runner daemon
```
or
```bash
./runner daemon --config config.yaml
```
The runner will fetch jobs from the Gitea instance and run them automatically.
### Start the runner with Systemd
It is also possible to run Gitea Runner as a [systemd](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd) service. Create an unprivileged `runner` user on your system, and create the following file in `/etc/systemd/system/runner.service`. The paths in `ExecStart` and `WorkingDirectory` may need to be adjusted depending on where you installed the `runner` binary, its configuration file, and the home directory of the `runner` user.
If using Docker, the `runner` user should also be added to the `docker` group before starting the service. Keep in mind that this effectively gives `runner` root access to the system [[1]](https://docs.docker.com/engine/security/#docker-daemon-attack-surface).
### Start the runner with LaunchDaemon (macOS)
Mac uses `launchd` in place of systemd for registering daemon processes. By default, daemons run as the root user, so if desired an unprivileged `_runner` user can be created via the `dscl` tool. The following file should then be created in the directory `/Library/LaunchDaemon/com.gitea.runner.plist`. The paths for `WorkingDirectory`, `ProgramArguments`, `StandardOutPath`, `StandardErrPath`, and the `HOME` environment variable may need to be updated to reflect your installation. Also note that any executables outside of the example `PATH` shown will need to be explicitly included and will not be inherited from existing configurations.
```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
You can also set up a Linux or Windows service to let the runner run automatically.
## Install with the docker image
### Pull the image
You can use the docker image from [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/gitea/runner/tags).
Just like the binary, you can use the latest nightly build by using the `nightly` tag, while the `latest` tag is the latest stable release.
```bash
docker pull docker.io/gitea/runner:latest # for the latest stable release
```
If you want to use the newest or experimental features, you can also use the nightly image.
```bash
docker pull docker.io/gitea/runner:nightly # for the latest nightly build
```
### Configuration
Configuration is optional, but you can also generate a config file with docker:
```bash
docker run --entrypoint="" --rm -it docker.io/gitea/runner:latest runner generate-config > config.yaml
```
When you are using the docker image, you can specify the configuration file by using the `CONFIG_FILE` environment variable. Make sure that the file is mounted into the container as a volume:
```bash
docker run -v $PWD/config.yaml:/config.yaml -e CONFIG_FILE=/config.yaml ...
```
You may notice the commands above are incomplete because it is not time to run the runner yet.
Before running the runner, we need to register it to your Gitea instance first.
### Start the runner with docker
If you are using the docker image, behavior will be slightly different. Registration and running are combined into one step in this case, so you need to specify the registration information when running the runner.
A quick start with docker run along with a minimal parameter set is shown below. You need to get the `<registration_token>` from the above step, and set a unique name for `<gitea_runner_name>` and for `<container_name>`.
You may notice that we have mounted `/var/run/docker.sock` into the container.
This is because with this setup, the runner will execute jobs in temporary Docker containers, so it needs to communicate with the Docker daemon.
As mentioned, you can remove it if you want to run jobs on the host directly.
To be clear, the "host" actually means the container that is running the runner now, instead of the host machine.
---
To enable ephemeral runners, set the environment variable `GITEA_RUNNER_EPHEMERAL=1` in the runner image. This setup doesn't use a `/data` volume because the credentials are single-use and not intended to be reused. You can find more details about this mode under [Ephemeral runners](#ephemeral-runners).
Mounting the host's Docker socket using `/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock` introduces a potential security vulnerability. If a job can access this socket, the reusable `GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN` could be exposed through Docker inspect data.
### Start the runner using docker compose
You could also set up the runner using the following `docker-compose.yml`:
When using docker, there is no requirement to enter the container and manually run `./runner daemon` command as shown below. Once the container has been started successfully, it will show up as an active runner in your Gitea instance.
---
To enable ephemeral runners, set the environment variable `GITEA_RUNNER_EPHEMERAL=1` in the runner image. This setup doesn't use a `/data` volume because the credentials are single-use and not intended to be reused. You can find more details about this mode under [Ephemeral runners](#ephemeral-runners).
Mounting the host's Docker socket using `/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock` introduces a potential security vulnerability. If a job can access this socket, the reusable `GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN` could be exposed through Docker inspect data.
### More start examples
A couple more usage examples can be found in the [runner](https://gitea.com/gitea/runner/src/branch/main/examples) repository.
## Advanced Configurations
### Configuring cache when starting a runner using the docker image
If you do not intend to use `actions/cache` in your workflow, you can ignore this section.
If you use `actions/cache` without any additional configuration, it will return the following error:
> Failed to restore: getCacheEntry failed: connect ETIMEDOUT IP:PORT
The error occurs because the runner container and job container are on different networks, so the job container cannot access the runner container.
Therefore, it is essential to configure the cache action to ensure its proper functioning. Follow these steps:
- 1. Obtain the LAN IP address of the host machine where the runner container is running.
- 2. Find an available port number on the host machine where the runner container is running.
- 3. Configure the following settings in the configuration file:
```yaml
cache:
enabled: true
dir: ""
# Use the LAN IP obtained in step 1
host: "192.168.8.17"
# Use the port number obtained in step 2
port: 8088
```
- 4. When starting the container, map the cache port to the host machine:
```bash
docker run \
--name gitea-docker-runner \
-p 8088:8088 \
-d docker.io/gitea/runner:nightly
```
### Labels
The labels of a runner are used to determine which jobs the runner can run, and how to run them.
The default labels are `ubuntu-latest:docker://node:16-bullseye,ubuntu-22.04:docker://node:16-bullseye,ubuntu-20.04:docker://node:16-bullseye,ubuntu-18.04:docker://node:16-buster`.
It is a comma-separated list, and each item is a label.
Let's take `ubuntu-22.04:docker://node:16-bullseye` as an example.
It means that the runner can run jobs with `runs-on: ubuntu-22.04`, and the job will be run in a docker container with the image `node:16-bullseye`.
If the default image is insufficient for your needs, and you have enough disk space to use a better and bigger one, you can change it to `ubuntu-22.04:docker://<the image you like>`.
You can find more useful images on [act images](https://github.com/nektos/act/blob/master/IMAGES.md).
If you want to run jobs on the host directly, you can change it to `ubuntu-22.04:host` or just `ubuntu-22.04`; `:host` is optional.
However, we suggest you use a special name like `linux_amd64:host` or `windows:host` to avoid misusing it.
Starting with Gitea 1.21, you can change labels by modifying `runners.labels` in the runner configuration file (if you don't have a configuration file, please refer to [configuration tutorials](#configuration)).
The runner will use these new labels as soon as you restart it, i.e., by calling `./runner daemon --config config.yaml`.
@@ -36,4 +25,11 @@ The following rules apply to secret names:
For example, a secret created at the repository level must have a unique name in that repository, and a secret created at the organization level must have a unique name at that level.
### Using secrets
After creating configuration variables, they will be automatically filled in the `secrets` context.
They can be accessed through expressions like `${{ secrets.SECRET_NAME }}` in the workflow.
### Precedence
If a secret with the same name exists at multiple levels, the secret at the lowest level takes precedence. For example, if an organization-level secret has the same name as a repository-level secret, then the repository-level secret takes precedence.
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