Installing Gitblit on CentOS

Gitblit is an open-source Java tool with a single-stack solution to manage Git repositories. This post will cover how to install Gitblit on CentOS.

1. Download latest JDK

   wget --no-cookies --no-check-certificate --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u71-b15/jdk-8u71-linux-x64.rpm"

2. Unpack JDK

   # rpm -Uvh jdk-8u71-linux-x64.rpm

3. Set JAVA_HOME

   # echo "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.8.0_71" > /etc/profile.d/java.sh

4. Reset profile

   # . /etc/profile

5. Install Gitblit

   wget "http://dl.bintray.com/gitblit/releases/gitblit-1.7.1.tar.gz"

6. Un-tar the package

   # tar -xvzf gitblit-1.7.1.tar.gz

7. Add HTTP port to data/gitblit.properties

   server.httpPort = 8080

8. Run Gitblit

   # ./gitblit.sh