A script to install gitea and run it as a service on Ubuntu

install_gitea.sh

#!/bin/sh

mkdir gitea
cd gitea/

# Replace this with whatever version is relevant now.
wget https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.4.1/gitea-1.4.1-linux-amd64

# Same here
mv gitea-1.4.1-linux-amd64 gitea

# Make the file executable
sudo chmod +x gitea

# Create the user that will be running gitea. Please don't use root :(
sudo useradd -m git

# Create the service file and move it to the systemd folder 
echo "
[Unit]
Description=Gitea service
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=simple
User=git
Group=git
ExecStart=/home/git/gitea
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
" > ./gitea.service
sudo mv ./gitea.service /etc/systemd/system/

# Send the executable to our newly created user
sudo mv gitea /home/git/
cd /home/git/

# Give him some permission over it
sudo chown git:git gitea

# Make sure it won't comeback to haunt us
sudo usermod -s /sbin/nologin git

# Activate the service and start it!
sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl start gitea.service

# Open port in firewall
sudo ufw allow 3000