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+# gitolite install transcript
+
+This is a *complete* transcript of a full gitolite install, *from scratch*,
+using brand new userids ("sita" on the client, "git" on the server). Please
+note that you can use existing userids also, it is not necessary to use
+dedicated user IDs for this. Also, you don't have to use some *other* server
+for all this, both server and client can be "localhost" if you like.
+
+Please note that this entire transcript can be summarised as:
+
+ * create users on client and server (optional)
+ * get pubkey access to server from client (`ssh-copy-id` or manual eqvt)
+ * run one command ***on client*** (`gl-easy-install`)
+
+...and only that last step is actually gitolite. In fact, the bulk of the
+transcript is **non**-gitolite stuff :)
+
+----
+
+### create userids on server and client (optional)
+
+Client side: add user, give him a password
+
+ sita-lt:~ # useradd sita
+
+ sita-lt:~ # passwd sita
+ Changing password for user sita.
+ New UNIX password:
+ Retype new UNIX password:
+ passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
+
+Server side: (log on to server, then) add user, give it a password
+
+ sita-lt:~ # ssh sitaram@server
+ sitaram@server's password:
+ Last login: Fri Dec 18 20:25:06 2009
+ -bash-3.2$ su -
+ Password:
+
+ sita-sv:~ # useradd git
+
+ sita-sv:~ # passwd git
+ Changing password for user git.
+ New UNIX password:
+ Retype new UNIX password:
+ passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully.
+
+Server side: allow ssh access to "git" user
+
+This is done by editing the sshd config file and adding "git" to the
+"AllowUsers" list (the grep command is just confirming the change we made,
+because I'm not showing the actual "vi" session):
+
+ sita-sv:~ # vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+
+ sita-sv:~ # grep -i allowusers /etc/ssh/sshd_config
+ AllowUsers sitaram git
+
+ sita-sv:~ # service sshd restart
+ Stopping sshd: [ OK ]
+ Starting sshd: [ OK ]
+
+----
+
+### get pubkey access from client to server
+
+This involves creating a keypair for yourself (using `ssh-keygen`), and
+copying the public part of that keypair to the `~/.ssh/authorized_keys` file
+on the server (using `ssh-copy-id`, if you're on Linux, or the manual method
+described in the `ssh-copy-id` section in `doc/3-faq-tips-etc.mkd`).
+
+ sita-lt:~ $ su - sita
+ Password:
+
+ sita@sita-lt:~ $ ssh-keygen
+ Generating public/private rsa key pair.
+ Enter file in which to save the key (/home/sita/.ssh/id_rsa):
+ Created directory '/home/sita/.ssh'.
+ Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
+ Enter same passphrase again:
+ Your identification has been saved in /home/sita/.ssh/id_rsa.
+ Your public key has been saved in /home/sita/.ssh/id_rsa.pub.
+ The key fingerprint is:
+ 8a:e0:60:1b:04:58:68:50:a4:d7:d0:3a:a5:2d:bf:0a sita@sita-lt.atc.tcs.com
+ The key's randomart image is:
+ +--[ RSA 2048]----+
+ |===. |
+ |+o oo |
+ |o..=. |
+ |..= . |
+ |.o.+ S |
+ |.oo... . |
+ |E.. ... |
+ | . . |
+ | .. |
+ +-----------------+
+
+ sita@sita-lt:~ $ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa git@server
+ git@server's password:
+ /usr/bin/xauth: creating new authority file /home/git/.Xauthority
+ Now try logging into the machine, with "ssh 'git@server'", and check in:
+
+ .ssh/authorized_keys
+
+ to make sure we haven't added extra keys that you weren't expecting.
+
+Double check to make sure you can log on to `git@server` without a password:
+
+ sita@sita-lt:~ $ ssh git@server pwd
+ /home/git
+
+----
+
+### get gitolite source
+
+ sita@sita-lt:~ $ git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite gitolite-source
+ Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sita/gitolite-source/.git/
+ remote: Counting objects: 1157, done.
+ remote: Compressing objects: 100% (584/584), done.
+ remote: Total 1157 (delta 756), reused 912 (delta 562)
+ Receiving objects: 100% (1157/1157), 270.08 KiB | 61 KiB/s, done.
+ Resolving deltas: 100% (756/756), done.
+
+### install gitolite
+
+Note that gitolite is installed from the *client*. The `easy-install` script
+runs on the client but installs gitolite on the server!
+
+ sita@sita-lt:~ $ cd gitolite-source/src
+
+ **This is the only gitolite specific command in a typical
+install sequence**. Run it without any arguments to see a usage
+message. Run it without the `-q` to get a more verbose, pause-at-every-step,
+install mode that allows you to change the defaults etc.
+
+
+ sita@sita-lt:src $ ./gl-easy-install -q git server sitaram
+ you are upgrading (or installing first-time) to v0.95-38-gb0ce84d
+ setting up keypair...
+ Generating public/private rsa key pair.
+ Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase):
+ Enter same passphrase again:
+ Your identification has been saved in /home/sita/.ssh/sitaram.
+ Your public key has been saved in /home/sita/.ssh/sitaram.pub.
+ The key fingerprint is:
+ 2a:8e:88:42:36:7e:71:e8:cc:ff:4c:54:64:8e:cf:19 sita@sita-lt.atc.tcs.com
+ The key's randomart image is:
+ +--[ RSA 2048]----+
+ | o |
+ | = |
+ | . E |
+ | + o |
+ | . .S+ |
+ | + o ... |
+ |+ = + .. |
+ |oo B .o |
+ |+ o o..o |
+ +-----------------+
+ creating gitolite para in ~/.ssh/config...
+ finding/creating gitolite rc...
+ installing/upgrading...
+ Initialized empty Git repository in /home/git/repositories/gitolite-admin.git/
+ Initialized empty Git repository in /home/git/repositories/testing.git/
+ Pseudo-terminal will not be allocated because stdin is not a terminal.
+ fatal: No HEAD commit to compare with (yet)
+ [master (root-commit) 2f40d4b] start
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 conf/gitolite.conf
+ create mode 100644 keydir/sitaram.pub
+ cloning gitolite-admin repo...
+ Initialized empty Git repository in /home/sita/gitolite-admin/.git/
+ remote: Counting objects: 6, done.
+ remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
+ remote: Total 6 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0)
+ Receiving objects: 100% (6/6), done.
+
+
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ done!
+
+ Reminder:
+ *Your* URL for cloning any repo on this server will be
+ gitolite:reponame.git
+ *Other* users you set up will have to use
+ git@server:reponame.git
+
+ If this is your first time installing gitolite, please also:
+ tail -31 ./gl-easy-install
+ for next steps.
+
+----
+
+### examine what you have
+
+ sita@sita-lt:src $ cd ~/gitolite-admin/
+
+ sita@sita-lt:gitolite-admin $ git --no-pager log --stat
+ commit 2f40d4bb80d424dc39aae5d0973f8c1b2e395666
+ Author: git
+ Date: Thu Dec 24 21:39:15 2009 +0530
+
+ start
+
+ conf/gitolite.conf | 12 ++++++++++++
+ keydir/sitaram.pub | 1 +
+ 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
+
+And that's really all. Add keys to keydir here, edit conf/gitolite.conf as
+needed, then add, commit, and push the changes to the server. Try out that
+`tail -31 ./gl-easy-install` too :)