# Host Your Own GitHub Alternative with Gitea Docker Container

## What is Gitea

> Gitea is a community managed lightweight code hosting solution written in Go. -https://gitea.io/

## Installing Docker

1. Log into the Linux based device
2. Run the following commands in the terminal
   # install prerequisites
   sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y
   # add docker gpg key
   curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
   # add docker software repository
   sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"
   # install docker
   sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y
   # enable and start docker service
   sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker
   # add the current user to the docker group
   sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
   # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect
   su - $USER

## Running Gitea

1. Now that Docker is installed, run the following commands to setup the Gitea Docker container and run it
   # create working directory
   sudo mkdir /home/$USER/docker/gitea -p && sudo mkdir /home/$USER/docker/mariadb -p
   # run the mariadb docker container
   docker run --name mariadb -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=p@$$word -e MYSQL_USER=gitea_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=G1te@ -e MYSQL_DATABASE=gitea -v /home/$USER/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql -p 3306:3306 -d mariadb
   # run the Gitea docker container
   docker run --name gitea -d -p 3000:3000 -p 222:22 -v /home/$USER/docker/gitea:/data -v /etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro -e USER_UID=1000 -e USER_GID=1000 -e GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=mysql -e GITEA__database__HOST=DNSorIP:3306 -e GITEA__database__NAME=gitea -e GITEA__database__USER=gitea_rw -e GITEA__database__PASSWD=G1te@ --restart=unless-stopped gitea/gitea:latest
2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3000
3. Confirm the settings on the Initial Configuration screen > Click the Install Gitea button
4. Click the Register Now link
5. Enter a username, email and password > Click the Register Account button
6. Welcome to Gitea running in a Docker container

Documentation: https://hub.docker.com/r/gitea/gitea