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Git : Access to Repos via HTTP2026/07/06
 

Configure to access to Repos via HTTP.

[1]

Install Apache2, refer to here.

[2]

Configure SSL/TLS settings, refer to here (Optional).

[3] Configure Apache2 to access to Git repositories.
For example, set [/var/www/git] as a root directory for Git repositories.
root@dlp:~#
vi /etc/apache2/conf-available/git.conf
# create new

SetEnv GIT_PROJECT_ROOT /var/www/git
SetEnv GIT_HTTP_EXPORT_ALL
ScriptAlias /git/ /usr/lib/git-core/git-http-backend/

<Location /git>
    Options FollowSymLinks ExecCGI
    AuthName "Git for HTTP"
    AuthType Basic
    AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/.htpasswd
    Require valid-user
</Location>
root@dlp:~#
a2enconf git

root@dlp:~#
a2enmod cgid rewrite alias env

root@dlp:~#
systemctl restart apache2
# add user : create a new file with [-c]

root@dlp:~#
htpasswd -Bc /etc/apache2/.htpasswd ubuntu

New password:    
# set password

Re-type new password:
Adding password for user ubuntu
[4] Create a Git repository under the root directory.
root@dlp:~#
mkdir /var/www/git

root@dlp:~#
cd /var/www/git

root@dlp:/var/www/git#
git init --bare project01.git 

hint: Using 'master' as the name for the initial branch. This default branch name
hint: will change to "main" in Git 3.0. To configure the initial branch name
hint: to use in all of your new repositories, which will suppress this warning,
hint: call:
hint:
hint:   git config --global init.defaultBranch <name>
hint:
hint: Names commonly chosen instead of 'master' are 'main', 'trunk' and
hint: 'development'. The just-created branch can be renamed via this command:
hint:
hint:   git branch -m <name>
hint:
hint: Disable this message with "git config set advice.defaultBranchName false"
Initialized empty Git repository in /var/www/git/project01.git/
root@dlp:/var/www/git#
chown -R www-data project01.git
[5] Verify to access to a Git repository via HTTP.
resolute@node01:~$
mkdir work

resolute@node01:~$
cd work
# the user is you added with htpasswd on [3]

resolute@node01:~/work$
git clone https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world/git/project01.git 

Cloning into 'project01'...
Password for 'https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world':
warning: You appear to have cloned an empty repository.
resolute@node01:~/work$
cd project01

resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
git config --global user.name "Server World"

resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
git config --global user.email "resolute@node01.srv.world"
resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
echo testfile > testfile1.txt

resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
git add testfile1.txt

resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
git commit testfile1.txt -m "Initial Commit" 

[master (root-commit) ce17540] Initial Commit
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 testfile1.txt
resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
git remote -v 

origin  https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world/git/project01.git (fetch)
origin  https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world/git/project01.git (push)
resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
git push origin master 

Password for 'https://ubuntu@dlp.srv.world':
Enumerating objects: 3, done.
Counting objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 236 bytes | 236.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
To https://dlp.srv.world/git/project01.git
 * [new branch]      master -> master
resolute@node01:~/work/project01$
git ls-files

testfile1.txt
Matched Content