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Source Code Sovereignty

  • Understanding why cloud Git platforms may expose proprietary code and trade secrets.
  • Gitea architecture and comparisons with GitHub, GitLab, and Forgejo.
  • Considerations regarding licensing, terms of service, and data export.

Installation and Configuration

  • Deployment using Docker Compose with PostgreSQL and Redis.
  • Binary installation on Linux with systemd service configuration.
  • Configuration of reverse proxy, TLS, and SSH ports.
  • Initial setup wizard: database setup, admin account creation, and app.ini tuning.

Repository Management

  • Creating organizations, teams, and repositories.
  • Implementing branch protection, required reviews, and signed commits.
  • Managing issue tracking, labels, milestones, and Kanban boards.
  • Utilizing Wiki features and hosting release artifacts.

CI/CD with Gitea Actions

  • Enabling Gitea Actions and registering act runners.
  • Writing workflow YAML files for build, test, and deploy stages.
  • Ensuring security for self-hosted runners and container isolation.
  • Implementing artifact caching and matrix builds.

Migration from Cloud Forges

  • Mirroring repositories and importing data from GitHub/GitLab.
  • Migrating issues, pull requests, and release notes.
  • Preserving commit signatures and GPG key trust relationships.

Authentication and Access Control

  • Integrating LDAP, Active Directory, and OpenID Connect.
  • Managing two-factor authentication and deploy tokens.
  • Setting repository visibility scopes: public, internal, and private.

Security and Compliance

  • Enforcing commit signing using GPG and SSH keys.
  • Maintaining audit logs for repository access and administrative changes.
  • Utilizing dependency scanning and vulnerability webhook alerts.

Maintenance and Scaling

  • Developing backup strategies for Git data, issues, and attachments.
  • Optimizing database performance and offloading attachments to S3.
  • Upgrading Gitea and managing breaking changes.

Requirements

  • Intermediate knowledge of Git and version control concepts.
  • Experience with Linux server administration, including Docker.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and webhooks.

Audience

  • Development teams looking to replace GitHub or GitLab.com.
  • Organizations requiring on-premise custody of their source code.
  • Government and defense contractors bound by code export restrictions.
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