Manual install of the GitBlit project on openSUSE

gitblit_on_opensuse

#folder structure
#GITBLIT_PATH=/opt/gitblit/app/[VERSION]
#GITBLIT_BASE_FOLDER=/opt/gitblit/data
#GITBLIT_HTTP_PORT=0
#GITBLIT_HTTPS_PORT=8443
#GITBLIT_LOG=/opt/gitblit/app/[VERSION]/gitblit.log

#run as gitblit user
groupadd gitblit
useradd -g gitblit -d /opt/gitblit gitblit

# Install Gitblit
wget http://dl.bintray.com/gitblit/releases/gitblit-1.6.2.tar.gz
#[VERSION]- 1.6.2
mkdir -p /opt/gitblit/app/[VERSION]
tar -xvzf gitblit-1.6.2.tar.gz -C /opt/gitblit/app/[VERSION]

# Move the data files to a separate directory
mkdir -p /opt/gitblit/data
#mv /opt/gitblit/app/[VERSION]/data/* /opt/gitblit/data
mv /opt/gitblit/app/1.6.2/data/* /opt/gitblit/data

chown -R gitblit.gitblit /opt/gitblit
#I think it is not needed do this: chmod -r 750 /opt/gitblit

#Running with default setup
su - gitblit        
cd /opt/gitblit/app/1.6.2
nohup java -server -Xmx1024M -Djava.awt.headless=true -jar /opt/gitblit/app/1.6.2/gitblit.jar --baseFolder /opt/gitblit/data >> /opt/gitblit/app/1.6.2/gitblit.log 2>&1 &

#monitor
su - gitblit        
cd app/1.6.2
tail -n 50 -f gitblit.log

#Run it as OS service
mv /opt/gitblit/data/gitblit.properties /opt/gitblit/data/default.properties

# Adjust the default Gitblit settings to bind to 80, 443, 9418, 29418, and allow RPC administration.
# YOU NEED TO KNOW THE INPLICATIONS OF USING PORTS < 1024
# Note: we are writing to a different file here because sed doesn't like to the same file it
# is streaming.  This is why the original properties file was renamed earlier.
sed -e "s/server\.httpsPort\s=\s8443/server\.httpsPort=443/" \
        -e "s/server\.httpPort\s=\s0/server\.httpPort=80/" \
        -e "s/server\.redirectToHttpsPort\s=\sfalse/server\.redirectToHttpsPort=true/" \
        -e "s/web\.enableRpcManagement\s=\sfalse/web\.enableRpcManagement=true/" \
        -e "s/web\.enableRpcAdministration\s=\sfalse/web.enableRpcAdministration=true/" \
        /opt/gitblit/data/default.properties > /opt/gitblit/data/gitblit.properties

#Create systemd config file
vi /etc/systemd/system/gitblit.service
...

[Unit]
Description= Gitblit server
After=network.target remote-fs.target

[Service]
User=gitblit
EnvironmentFile=/etc/default/gitblit
WorkingDirectory=/opt/gitblit/app/1.8.0

ExecStart=/usr/bin/java $JAVA_OPTS -jar gitblit.jar --baseFolder /opt/gitblit/data --shutdownPort=-1
ExecStop=/usr/bin/java $JAVA_OPTS -jar gitblit.jar --baseFolder /opt/gitblit/data --stop

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
...

#Create Environment file
vi /etc/default/gitblit
...
# file /etc/default/gitblit
MODE=service
#-Dlog4j.configuration=file:/opt/gitblit/data/log4j.properties  
JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx128M -Dcom.unboundid.ldap.sdk.debug.enabled=true -Dcom.unboundid.ldap.sdk.debug.level=DEBUG"
...

#Enable systemd gitblit service
systemctl daemon-reload && systemctl enable gitblit.service && systemctl start gitblit.service

#monitor
systemctl status gitblit.service

#check logging
journalctl -u gitblit.service