git-server

NodeJS Git Server

=========

A multi-tenant git server using NodeJS.

Read the Documented Source Code Here

Made to be able to support many git repo's and users with Read/Write customizable permissions.

Install Git Server

========= To install the git server run:

npm install git-server

Example Usage

========= The GitServer is a very easy to get up and running git server. It uses the Pushover module for listening to git events, and its own layer to do the security for each repo & user.

var GitServer = require('git-server');
var newUser = {
	username:'demo',
	password:'demo'
}
var newRepo = {
	name:'myrepo',
	anonRead:false,
	users: [
		{ user:newUser, permissions:['R','W'] }
	]
}
_g = new GitServer([ newRepo ]);

Event Triggers:

If you want onSuccessful triggers, you can add them to each repo like so:

var newRepo = {
	name:'myrepo',
	anonRead:false,
	users: [
		{ user:newUser, permissions:['R','W'] }
	],
	onSuccessful : {
		fetch : function( repo, method ){
			console.log('Successful fetch/pull/clone on repo:',repo.name);
		}
		push  : function( repo, method ){
			console.log('PUSHed:', repo.name);
			// Possibly do some deploy scripts etc.
		}
	}
}

When we start the git server, it will default to port 7000. We can test this using git on this (or another ) machine.

git clone http://localhost:7000/myrepo.git

Since this repo does NOT allow anonymous reading, it will prompt us for a user/pass

To make this faster, we can use the basic auth structure:

git clone http://demo:demo@localhost:7000/myrepo.git

This should not prompt you for any user/pass. Also in the future when you push changes, or pull, it will not ask you for this info again.

HTTPS

========= The ability to use HTTPS is now implemented for the module (not the cli yet). This is important so that your username & password is encrypted when being sent over the wire. If you are not using username/password then you may want to disregard this section.

To enable HTTPS, send the module the 'cert' param:

var fs = require('fs');
var certs = {
	key		: fs.readFileSync('../certs/privatekey.pem')
	cert	: fs.readFileSync('../certs/certificate.pem')
};
_g = new GitServer([ newRepo ], undefined, undefined, undefined, certs);

To create these certs you can run:

openssl genrsa -out privatekey.pem 1024 
openssl req -new -key privatekey.pem -out certrequest.csr 
openssl x509 -req -in certrequest.csr -signkey privatekey.pem -out certificate.pem

Also, be aware that when using HTTPS for the git server, when you try to clone,etc. It will give you an SSL error because git (which uses CURL) cannot verify the SSL Cert. To correct this, install a actual, verified SSL Cert ( Free ones here: StartCom )

If you want to keep using the self signed cert like we created above ^ just tell git to not verify the cert. ( Other ways to do it here )

export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true

And you are good to go!

CLI Usage

=========

When you install this package globally using

sudo npm install -g git-server

You will now have a CLI interface you can run and interact with.

Get started by typing git-server or gitserver into your terminal.

You should see something similar to this:

With this interface you can type the following to see the available commands:

git-server> help

You will see a list of possible commands, just enter a command and the prompt will ask you for any additional details needed.

TODO Items

=========

• Add HTTPS Support ( partially completed )
• Add onPush & onFetch actions for repos
• Make YouTube demo of the app

This is a work in progress - please feel free to contribute!

please contribute

License

========= (The MIT License)

Copyright (c) 2010 Quinton Pike

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The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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