Hi geeks, today I want to install Gitness. Gitness is an alternative to GitLab, especially in Iran. For installing Gitness you should have a VPS with GNU/Linux OS. After buying VPS, you should run these commands in your shell.

Step 1 -> Update Package manager

# Debian Base command
sudo apt update -y
#Red hat base command
sudo dnf update -y

Step 2 -> Installing dependency

# Debain base command
sudo apt install docker docker-compose nginx -y

Step 3 -> Clone project from GitHub

git clone https://github.com/harness/gitness.git
cd gitness

Step 4 -> Running Gitness project

docker run -d \
  -e GITNESS_URL_BASE=https://YOUR-DOMAIN \
  -p 5550:3000 \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v /mnt/gitness-data:/data \
  --name gitness \
  --restart always \
  harness/gitness

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Step 5 -> Setup DNS

For Setup DNS and make DNS Record, I utilize cloudflare.

Open CLOUDFLARE and logged in to your account. After logged in click on your domain and follow this flow: DNS -> Records -> Add record.

Well, now you should set a subdomain and insert your IP for pointing domain/subdomain to server. in other world, make an A record.

Step 6 -> Config Nginx Web server

Make a file:

touch /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitness.conf

Open file and and insert config:

vim /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitness.conf

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name gitness.huntcon.ir;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:5550;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

Update Nginx:

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/gitness.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx.service

Step 7 -> Sing up to Gitness

First user is admin in Gitness.

Well, now you should create a porject.

Step 8 -> Get token

The End

Thank you for reading this article🫶🫶.