ansible role gitea

This role installs and manages gitea - Git with a cup of tea. A painless self-hosted Git service. Gitea is a community managed lightweight code hosting solution written in Go. Source code & screenshots.

Sample example of use in a playbook

The following code has been tested with Debian 8, it should work on Ubuntu as well.

- name: "Install gitea"
  hosts: all
  vars:
    gitea_user: "gitea"
    gitea_home: "/var/lib/gitea"
    # To limit your users to 30 repos
    gitea_user_repo_limit: 30
    # Don't use a public CDN for frontend assets
    gitea_offline_mode: true

    # Some 'rendering' options for your URLs
    gitea_http_domain: git.yourdomain.fr
    gitea_root_url: https://git.yourdomain.fr

    # Here we assume we are behind a reverse proxy that will
    # handle https for us, so we bind on localhost:3000 using HTTP
    gitea_protocol: http
    gitea_http_listen: 127.0.0.1
    gitea_http_port: 3000

    # SSH server configuration
    gitea_ssh_listen: 0.0.0.0
    gitea_ssh_port: 2222
    # For URLs rendering again
    gitea_ssh_domain: git.yourdomain.fr
    gitea_start_ssh: true

    gitea_secret_key: 3sp00ky5me
    gitea_disable_gravatar: true
    # To make at least your first user register
    gitea_disable_registration: false
    gitea_require_signin: true
    gitea_enable_captcha: true

    gitea_show_user_email: false
  roles:
    - gitea

Variables

Here is a deeper insight into the variables of this gitea role. For the exact function of some variables and the possibility to add more options we recommend a look at the config cheat sheet. For the exact function of some variables and the possibility to add more options we recommend a look at this config cheat sheet.

gitea version

variable name	default value	description
gitea_version	(see defaults/main.yml)	The gitea version this role shoud install
gitea_version_check	true	Check if installed version != gitea_version before initiating binary download
gitea_dl_url	(see defaults/main.yml)	The path from where this role downloads the gitea binary
gitea_gpg_key	7C9E68152594688862D62AF62D9AE806EC1592E2	the gpg key the gitea binary is signed with
gitea_gpg_server	hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80	A gpg key server where this role can download the gpg key

gitea in the linux world

variable name	default value	description
gitea_group	gitea	UNIX group used by Gitea
gitea_home	/var/lib/gitea	Base directory to work
gitea_shell	/bin/false	UNIX shell used by gitea. Set it to /bin/bash if you don't use the gitea built-in ssh server.

Overall (DEFAULT)

variable name	default value	description
gitea_app_name	Gitea	Displayed application name
gitea_user	gitea	UNIX user used by Gitea
gitea_run_mode	prod	Application run mode, affects performance and debugging. Either “dev”, “prod” or “test”.

Repository (repository)

variable name	default value	description
gitea_repository_root	{{ gitea_home }}/repos	Root path for storing all repository data. It must be an absolute path.
gitea_force_private	false	Force every new repository to be private.
gitea_user_repo_limit	-1	Limit how many repos a user can have (-1 for unlimited)
gitea_disable_http_git	false	Disable the ability to interact with repositories over the HTTP protocol. (true/false)
gitea_default_branch	main	Default branch name of all repositories.
gitea_repository_extra_config	''	you can use this variable to pass additional config parameters in the [repository] section of the config.

UI (ui)

variable name	default value	description
gitea_show_user_email	false	Do you want to display email addresses ? (true/false)
gitea_theme_default	gitea	Default theme
gitea_themes	gitea,arc-green	List of enabled themes
gitea_ui_extra_config	''	you can use this variable to pass additional config parameters in the [ui] section of the config.

Server (server)

variable name	default value	description
gitea_protocol	http	Listening protocol [http, https, fcgi, unix, fcgi+unix]
gitea_http_domain	localhost	Domain name of this server. Set it to the FQDN where you can reach your gitea server
gitea_root_url	http://localhost:3000	Root URL used to access your web app (full URL)
gitea_http_listen	127.0.0.1	HTTP listen address
gitea_http_port	3000	Bind port (redirect from 80 will be activated if value is 443)
gitea_http_letsencrypt_mail	undefined	Enable Let`s Encrypt if a email address is given
gitea_start_ssh	true	When enabled, use the built-in SSH server.
gitea_ssh_domain	{{ gitea_http_domain	Domain name of this server, used for displayed clone URL
gitea_ssh_port	2222	SSH port displayed in clone URL.
gitea_ssh_listen	0.0.0.0	Listen address for the built-in SSH server.
gitea_offline_mode	true	Disables use of CDN for static files and Gravatar for profile pictures. (true/false)
gitea_lfs_enabled	false	Enable GIT-LFS Support (git large file storeage: git-lfs).
gitea_lfs_content_path	{{ gitea_home }}/data/lfs	LFS content path. (if it is on local storage.)
gitea_lfs_jwt_secret	''	LFS authentication secret. Can be generated with gitea generate secret JWT_SECRET. Will be autogenerated if not defined
gitea_server_extra_config	''	you can use this variable to pass additional config parameters in the [ui] section of the config.

Database (database)

variable name	default value	description
gitea_db_type	sqlite3	The database type in use [mysql, postgres, mssql, sqlite3].
gitea_db_host	127.0.0.0:3306	Database host address and port or absolute path for unix socket [mysql, postgres] (ex: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock).
gitea_db_name	root	Database name
gitea_db_user	gitea	Database username
gitea_db_password	lel	Database password. PLEASE CHANGE
gitea_db_ssl	disable	Configure SSL only if your database type supports it. Have a look into the config-cheat-sheet for more detailed information
gitea_db_path	{{ gitea_home }}/data/gitea.db	DB path, if you use sqlite3.
gitea_database_extra_config	''	you can use this variable to pass additional config parameters in the [database] section of the config.

Indexer (indexer)

variable name	default value	description
gitea_repo_indexer_enabled	false	Enables code search (uses a lot of disk space, about 6 times more than the repository size).
gitea_repo_indexer_include	''	Glob patterns to include in the index (comma-separated list). An empty list means include all files.
gitea_repo_indexer_exclude	''	Glob patterns to exclude from the index (comma-separated list).
gitea_repo_exclude_vendored	true	Exclude vendored files from index.
gitea_repo_indexer_max_file_size	1048576	Maximum size in bytes of files to be indexed.
gitea_indexer_extra_config	''	you can use this variable to pass additional config parameters in the [indexer] section of the config.

Look and feel

variable name	default value	description
gitea_disable_gravatar	true	Do you want to disable Gravatar ? (privacy and so on) (true/false)
gitea_disable_registration	false	Do you want to disable user registration? (true/false)
gitea_register_email_confirm	false	Enable this to ask for mail confirmation of registration. Requires gitea_mailer_enabled to be enabled.
gitea_only_allow_external_registration	false	Set to true to force registration only using third-party services (true/false)
gitea_show_registration_button	true	Here you can hide the registration button. This will not disable registration! (true/false)
gitea_require_signin	true	Do you require a signin to see repo's (even public ones)? (true/false)
gitea_enable_captcha	true	Do you want to enable captcha's ? (true/false)
gitea_enable_notify_mail	false	Enable this to send e-mail to watchers of a repository when something happens, like creating issues (true/false)
gitea_auto_watch_new_repos	true	Enable this to let all organisation users watch new repos when they are created (true/false)

Security

variable name	default value	description
gitea_secret_key	''	Global secret key. Will be autogenerated if not defined. Should be unique.
gitea_internal_token	''	Internal API token. Will be autogenerated if not defined. Should be unique.
gitea_disable_git_hooks	true	Set to false to enable users with git hook privilege to create custom git hooks. Can be dangerous.
gitea_oauth2_jwt_secret	''	Oauth2 JWT secret. Can be generated with gitea generate secret JWT_SECRET. Will be autogenerated if not defined.

HTTP configuration

SSH configuration

Database configuration

Mailer configuration

• gitea_mailer_enabled: Whether to enable the mailer. Default: false
• gitea_mailer_skip_verify: Skip SMTP TLS certificate verification (true/false)
• gitea_mailer_tls_enabled: Enable TLS for SMTP connections (true/false)
• gitea_mailer_host: SMTP server hostname and port
• gitea_mailer_user: SMTP server username
• gitea_mailer_password: SMTP server password
• gitea_mailer_from: Sender mail address
• gitea_subject_prefix: Prefix to be placed before e-mail subject lines (Default: ``)
• gitea_enable_notify_mail: Whether e-mail should be send to watchers of a repository when something happens. Default: false

LFS configuration

Log configuration

• gitea_log_systemd Disable logging into file, use systemd-journald
• gitea_log_only_warning Log only warnings or above, no http access or sql logging (Default: true)

Fail2Ban configuration

If enabled, this will deploy a fail2ban filter and jail config for Gitea as described in the Gitea Documentation.

As this will only deploy config files, fail2ban already has to be installed or otherwise the role will fail.

• gitea_fail2ban_enabled: Whether to deploy the fail2ban config or not
• gitea_fail2ban_jail_maxretry: fail2ban jail maxretry setting. Default: 10
• gitea_fail2ban_jail_findtime: fail2ban jail findtime setting. Default: 3600
• gitea_fail2ban_jail_bantime: fail2ban jail bantime setting. Default: 900
• gitea_fail2ban_jail_action: fail2ban jail action setting. Default: iptables-allports

Oauth2 provider configuration

• gitea_oauth2_enabled: Enable the Oauth2 provider (true/false)

Metrics endpoint configuration

• gitea_metrics_enabled: Enable the metrics endpoint
• gitea_metrics_token: Bearer token for the Prometheus scrape job

Repository Indexer configuration

backup on upgrade

• gitea_backup_on_upgrade: Optionally a backup can be created with every update of gitea. Default: false

• gitea_backup_location: Where to store the gitea backup if one is created with this role. Default: {{ gitea_home }}/backups/

• gitea_systemd_cap_net_bind_service: Adds AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE to systemd service file

• gitea_extra_config: Additional configuration

Contributing

Don't hesitate to create a pull request, and when in doubt you can reach me on Mastodon @l3d@chaos.social.

I'm happy to fix any issue that's been opened, or even better, review your pull requests :)

Testing

Testing uses molecule. To start the tests, install the dependencies first. I would recommend you use a virtual env for that but who am I to tell you what to do.

pip install pew # install pew to manage the venvs
pew new ansible # create the venv
pip install -r requirements-travis.txt # install the requirements
molecule test # Run the actual tests

Note: you need Docker installed

Known testing limitations

Currently it's mainly validating that the playbook runs, the lint is ok, and that kind of things. Since it runs in Docker, we currently have no way to check if the service is actually launched by systemd and so on. This has to be worked on.

License

Copyright (c) 2019 - today L3D <l3d@c3woc.de>
Copyright (c) 2019 - 2021 Thomas Maurice

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