homelab/active/podman_gitea/gitea.md

Gitea

• Gitea
  • Gitea on Rootless Podman
    • A note on directories
    • Create the gitea user
    • Convert Compose to Quadlet
    • Install Quadlets
    • Upgrade Quadlets
    • Editing Configs within Container
  • Gitea Runners
    • Firewall Rules
    • Install
    • Cache Cleanup
  • Email Notifications

Gitea on Rootless Podman

A note on directories

RunMode: prod
AppPath: /usr/local/bin/gitea
WorkPath: /data/gitea
CustomPath: /data/gitea
ConfigFile: /data/gitea/conf/app.ini

Data: /data/gitea/data/

Create the gitea user

useradd gitea

su - gitea
ssh-keygen
exit
cp ~/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/gitea/.ssh/authorized_keys
chown gitea:gitea /home/gitea/.ssh/authorized_keys
loginctl enable-linger $(id -u gitea)

SSH into the server as gitea

systemctl --user enable podman-restart
systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket
mkdir -p ~/.config/containers/systemd
mkdir data config postgres

Convert Compose to Quadlet

# Run this in Homelab, not on the server.
mkdir $(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/quadlets

# Generate the systemd service
podman run \
--network none \
--rm \
-v $(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/compose:$(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/compose:z \
-v $(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/quadlets:$(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/quadlets:z \
quay.io/k9withabone/podlet \
-f $(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/quadlets \
-i \
--overwrite \
compose $(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/compose/compose.yaml

# Copy the files to the server
scp -r $(pwd)/active/podman_gitea/quadlets/. gitea:~/.config/containers/systemd/

Install Quadlets

The first user you register will be the admin

ssh gitea systemctl --user daemon-reload
ssh gitea systemctl --user restart gitea postgres
# Enables auto-update service which will pull new container images automatically every day
ssh gitea systemctl --user enable --now podman-auto-update.timer

Upgrade Quadlets

scp -r quadlets/. gitea:~/.config/containers/systemd/
ssh gitea systemctl --user daemon-reload
ssh gitea systemctl --user restart gitea postgres

Editing Configs within Container

apk add vim

Gitea Runners

https://docs.gitea.com/next/usage/actions/act-runner/#install-with-the-docker-image

Firewall Rules

Since our runner will be contacting our public IP, we need to add a firewall rule to allow traffic from our DMZ network to our DMZ network. Do this in Unifi or whatever equivalent you have.

Install

touch config.yaml

export GITEA_TOKEN=
docker run \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-e GITEA_INSTANCE_URL=https://gitea.reeseapps.com \
-e GITEA_RUNNER_REGISTRATION_TOKEN=$GITEA_TOKEN \
-e GITEA_RUNNER_NAME=gitea_runner \
--restart always \
--name gitea_runner \
-d docker.io/gitea/act_runner:latest

Cache Cleanup

Each org or project with a package registry will have its own cleanup rules. For example, services -> settings -> Packages -> Add Cleanup Rule will allow you to create a cleanup rule for packages stored under the "services" org. These cleanup rules should run automatically.

You'll need to enable cron and cron.cleanup_packages in the app.ini (/data/gitea/conf).

Cron: https://docs.gitea.com/administration/config-cheat-sheet#cron-cron

Package Cleanup: https://docs.gitea.com/1.19/administration/config-cheat-sheet#cron---cleanup-hook_task-table-croncleanup_hook_task_table

[cron]
ENABLED             = true
RUN_AT_START        = true
NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS   = true
SCHEDULE            = @midnight

[cron.cleanup_packages]
ENABLED             = true
RUN_AT_START        = true
SCHEDULE            = @midnight
NOTICE_ON_SUCCESS   = true

On the other hand, the docker builder cache will balloon out of control over time. The gitea docker runner is handled outside of Gitea's context, so you'll need to clean it up yourself.

# Check used system resources
docker system df

You should run something like this on a schedule:

# Prune the builder cache
docker builder prune -a

To run it every day at noon: crontab -e

0 12 * * * yes | docker builder prune -a
0 12 * * * docker image prune -a -f

Email Notifications

In /data/gitea/conf/app.ini add (yes, the `` around the password matters):

[mailer]
ENABLED        = true
FROM           = gitea@reeseapps.com
PROTOCOL       = smtps
SMTP_ADDR      = email-smtp.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
SMTP_PORT      = 465
USER           = ABC123
PASSWD         = `ABC123...`