simplified steps for moving servers
The instructions were written before gl-admin-push was created, I guess, making things sound a lot more complicated than they should be. Thanks to Nick (see gitolite mailing list messages, subject line "replicating a gitolite installation") for helping me realise this needed fixing.
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@ -278,84 +278,47 @@ owner name for wild repos. The rest of the setup is in the conf file.
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[**NOTE**: I would appreciate help testing these instructions]
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Just copying everything won't work unless everything on the new server is
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exactly the same. I suggest you don't try it unless you know what you're
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doing.
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Here's the simplest set of instructions, assuming the destination is a recent
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gitolite (has the 'gl-admin-push' command). Unless specified, all steps are
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on the *new* server.
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**Assumptions**
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* **install** gitolite. Don't worry about the pubkey used in the gl-setup
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step -- for example this will do fine:
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* you have not changed `$REPO_BASE` on either of the servers; if you did,
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substitute accordingly
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* the admin's name is "YourName" -- again, substitute accordingly!
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* the "hosting user" on both servers is "git". Substitute whatever you're
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actually using (for example, if you're installing using RPM/DEB, this
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would be "gitolite")
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ssh-keygen -q -N '' -f dummy
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gl-setup -q dummy.pub
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There are many ways of doing this, but the most *generic* set of steps are
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given below. Please follow all the steps; do not skip or improvise! Ask me
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if things are not clear -- you can help me fine tune this document :-)
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* **edit** the rc file to have similar settings to the old one.
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* (workstation, old server) **pull** the latest changes to the
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`gitolite-admin` repo to your workstation, if you don't have them
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already. You'll need them later on.
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* (old server) **disable** the old server so your users will not push any
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changes to it. There are several ways to do this, but the simplest is to
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insert this line at the top of `~/.gitolite.rc` on the old server:
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Do not copy the entire file outright -- some of the variables (notably
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`GL_PACKAGE_CONF` and `GL_PACKAGE_HOOKS`) are installation dependent and
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should not be touched! Do a diff or a vimdiff and copy across only what
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you know *you* changed on the old server.
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* **disable** the old server so your users will not push any changes to it.
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There are several ways to do this, but the simplest is to insert this line
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at the top of `~/.gitolite.rc` on the old server:
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exit 1;
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* (new server) **copy** the repos to the new server, **except** the
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`gitolite-admin` repo and files called `gitolite-hooked` in the `hooks`
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directory of each repo.
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* **copy** the contents of `$REPO_BASE` in the old server to `$REPO_BASE` on
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the new server. By default, as you know, these are both
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`$HOME/repositories`.
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That sounds complicated but it's not. It's just:
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* **`chown -R`** the files to the correct user if you copied using root.
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cd $HOME
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rsync -a olduser@oldhost:repositories .
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mv repositories/gitolite-admin.git $HOME/old-gitolite-admin.git
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find repositories -name gitolite-hooked | xargs rm
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* **fix up** the hooks
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Don't forget to chown repositories if git's UID changed. Gitolite expects
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the hosting user to own all the files and directories it manages.
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gl-setup
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* (workstation, new server) **install** gitolite normally on your new
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server. Use whatever install method suits you, but you must use the
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**same** name for the admin ("YourName" in the install instructions). You
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may use a different keypair if you need to, or use the same one that
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currently gets access to the old server.
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* **trigger** a push to the admin repo
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* (new server) **edit** the `~/.gitolite.rc` file to match the settings on
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the old server, if needed. Do not copy the entire file outright -- some
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of the variables (notably `GL_PACKAGE_CONF` and `GL_PACKAGE_HOOKS`) are
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installation dependent and should not be touched! Do a diff or a vimdiff
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and copy across only what you know *you* changed on the old server.
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git clone repositories/gitolite-admin.git /tmp/gitolite-admin
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cd /tmp/gitolite-admin
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git commit --allow-empty -m 'trigger compile on new server'
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gl-admin-push -f
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* (workstation) **push** the config to the new server. To do this, go to
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your admin clone, and:
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* if you used a different keypair when installing to the new server,
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copy that pubkey to this clone into `keydir/Yourname.pub`, then add
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and commit the change to the pubkey
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cd gitolite-admin
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cp path/to/new/YourName.pub keydir/YourName.pub
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git add keydir
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git commit -m "new server, new key"
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* if you did *not* use a different keypair, just make a dummy commit
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git commit -m "new server" --allow-empty
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* set the URL for the new server
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git remote set-url origin git@newserver:gitolite-admin
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* push the config, including past history
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git push -f
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And that should be that!
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Done.
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### custom git config
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