Host a git repository on Amazon EC2

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Set Up CentOS Server
  Use Rightscale CentOS Community Server Image ami-09496d4c
  *****AS ROOT*****
  $ yum update
  $ yum install git mysql mysql-libs httpd php php-mysql php-gd php-imap php-ldap php-odbc php-pear php-xml php-xmlrpc php-pecl-apc php-mcrypt
  $ echo 'service httpd restart' >> /etc/rc.local
  $ ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "email@example.com"
  $ useradd git
  $ passwd git
  $ cd /home/git
  $ mkdir .ssh
  $ cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> .ssh/authorized_keys
  $ chown git:git .ssh
  $ chown git:git .ssh/authorized_keys
  $ chown git:git /var/www/html/

Setup the remote repository on the EC2 Instance:
  $ ssh git@example.com
  $ mkdir my_project.git
  $ cd my_project.git
  $ git init --bare
  $ cat > hooks/post-receive
    #!/bin/sh
    GIT_WORK_TREE=/var/www/html git checkout -f
  $ chmod +x hooks/post-receive

On local machine:
  $ cd my_project
  $ git init
  $ git add *
  $ git commit -m "My initial commit message"
  $ git remote add origin git@example.com:my_project.git
  $ git push origin master