forgejo/README.md

Gitea - Ansible Role

This role covers deployment, configuration and software updates of Gitea/Forgejo. This role is released under MIT Licence and we give no warranty for this piece of software. Currently supported OS - Debian.

You can deploy test instance using Vagrantfile attached to the role. vagrant up

ansible-playbook -b Playbooks/gitea.yml

Then you can then access gitea from your computer on http://192.168.33.14:3000

Gitea or Forgejo

This role allows for deployment of gitea and forgejo. By default the role deploys forgejo and this is the flavor that is supported and maintained. Installing Gitea using the role is possible however starting from version 1.18.2 is no longer maintained by Disroot team. To switch to gitea, update following variables in your Playbook/host_vars:

gitea_flavour: 'gitea'
gitea_version: '1.18.2'
gitea_arch: 'linux-amd64'
gitea_download_url: 'https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/releases/download/v{{ gitea_version }}/gitea-{{ gitea_version }}-{{ gitea_arch }}'

Playbook

The playbook includes postgresql role and deploys entire stack needed to run Gitea. Additional roles are also available in the Ansible roles repos in git.

Customization

You can deploy custom themes with this role. To do so, uncomment gitea_theme_dir and gitea_custom_themes from defaults/main.yml. Add the theme repos' address and name there, enable them and then deploy with ansible-playbook -b Playbooks/gitea.yml --tags theme.

You can also add you own images like favicon, icons, etc. See https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/customizing-gitea/ to see how to prepare your images. Then, copy them in the img folder of this role and uncomment gitea_extra_files_path and gitea_theme_dir from defaults/main.yml. You can then deploy with ansible-playbook -b Playbooks/gitea.yml --tags config.

For more information about customizaton, check https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/customizing-gitea/.