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git.uuid_prefix.your.domain
-
- - -{% include 'notebox_begin' %} -Here, we show how to install the git hosting services *on the same host as your API server.* Using a different host is not yet fully supported. On this page we will refer to it as your git server. -{% include 'notebox_end' %} - -DNS and network configuration should be set up so port 443 reaches your HTTPS proxy, and port 22 reaches the OpenSSH service on your git server. - -h2. Generate an API token - -{% assign railshost = "gitserver" %} -{% assign railscmd = "bundle exec ./script/create_superuser_token.rb" %} -{% assign railsout = "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" %} -Use the following command to generate an API token. {% include 'install_rails_command' %} - -Copy that token; you'll need it in a minute. - -h2. Install git and other dependencies - -On Debian-based systems: - - -
gitserver:~$ sudo apt-get install git openssh-server
-
- - -On Red Hat-based systems: - - -
gitserver:~$ sudo yum install git perl-Data-Dumper openssh-server
-
- - -{% include 'install_git' %} - -h2. Create a "git" user and a storage directory - -Gitolite and some additional scripts will be installed in @/var/lib/arvados/git@, which means hosted repository data will be stored in @/var/lib/arvados/git/repositories@. If you choose to install gitolite in a different location, make sure to update the @git_repositories_dir@ entry in your API server's @application.yml@ file accordingly: for example, if you install gitolite at @/data/gitolite@ then your @git_repositories_dir@ will be @/data/gitolite/repositories@. - -A new UNIX account called "git" will own the files. This makes git URLs look familiar to users (git@[...]:username/reponame.git). - -On Debian- or Red Hat-based systems: - - -
gitserver:~$ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/arvados/git
-gitserver:~$ sudo useradd --comment git --home-dir /var/lib/arvados/git git
-gitserver:~$ sudo chown -R git:git ~git
-
- - -The git user needs its own SSH key. (It must be able to run ssh git@localhost from scripts.) - - -
gitserver:~$ sudo -u git -i bash
-git@gitserver:~$ ssh-keygen -t rsa -P '' -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-git@gitserver:~$ cp .ssh/id_rsa.pub .ssh/authorized_keys
-git@gitserver:~$ ssh -o stricthostkeychecking=no localhost cat .ssh/id_rsa.pub
-Warning: Permanently added 'localhost' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.
-ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC7aBIDAAgMQN16Pg6eHmvc+D+6TljwCGr4YGUBphSdVb25UyBCeAEgzqRiqy0IjQR2BLtSirXr+1SJAcQfBgI/jwR7FG+YIzJ4ND9JFEfcpq20FvWnMMQ6XD3y3xrZ1/h/RdBNwy4QCqjiXuxDpDB7VNP9/oeAzoATPZGhqjPfNS+RRVEQpC6BzZdsR+S838E53URguBOf9yrPwdHvosZn7VC0akeWQerHqaBIpSfDMtaM4+9s1Gdsz0iP85rtj/6U/K/XOuv2CZsuVZZ52nu3soHnEX2nx2IaXMS3L8Z+lfOXB2T6EaJgXF7Z9ME5K1tx9TSNTRcYCiKztXLNLSbp git@gitserver
-git@gitserver:~$ rm .ssh/authorized_keys
-
- - -h2. Install gitolite - -Check "https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/tags":https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/tags for the latest stable version. This guide was tested with @v3.6.4@. _Versions below 3.0 are missing some features needed by Arvados, and should not be used._ - -Download and install the version you selected. - - -
git@gitserver:~$ echo 'PATH=$HOME/bin:$PATH' >.profile
-git@gitserver:~$ source .profile
-git@gitserver:~$ git clone --branch v3.6.4 https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite
-...
-Note: checking out '5d24ae666bfd2fa9093d67c840eb8d686992083f'.
-...
-git@gitserver:~$ mkdir bin
-git@gitserver:~$ gitolite/install -ln ~git/bin
-git@gitserver:~$ bin/gitolite setup -pk .ssh/id_rsa.pub
-Initialized empty Git repository in /var/lib/arvados/git/repositories/gitolite-admin.git/
-Initialized empty Git repository in /var/lib/arvados/git/repositories/testing.git/
-WARNING: /var/lib/arvados/git/.ssh/authorized_keys missing; creating a new one
-    (this is normal on a brand new install)
-
- - -_If this didn't go well, more detail about installing gitolite, and information about how it works, can be found on the "gitolite home page":http://gitolite.com/._ - -Clone the gitolite-admin repository. The arvados-git-sync.rb script works by editing the files in this working directory and pushing them to gitolite. Here we make sure "git push" won't produce any errors or warnings. - - -
git@gitserver:~$ git clone git@localhost:gitolite-admin
-Cloning into 'gitolite-admin'...
-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.
-Checking connectivity... done.
-git@gitserver:~$ cd gitolite-admin
-git@gitserver:~/gitolite-admin$ git config user.email arvados
-git@gitserver:~/gitolite-admin$ git config user.name arvados
-git@gitserver:~/gitolite-admin$ git config push.default simple
-git@gitserver:~/gitolite-admin$ git push
-Everything up-to-date
-
- - -h3. Configure gitolite - -Configure gitolite to look up a repository name like @username/reponame.git@ and find the appropriate bare repository storage directory. - -Add the following lines to the top of @~git/.gitolite.rc@: - - -
my $repo_aliases;
-my $aliases_src = "$ENV{HOME}/.gitolite/arvadosaliases.pl";
-if ($ENV{HOME} && (-e $aliases_src)) {
-    $repo_aliases = do $aliases_src;
-}
-$repo_aliases ||= {};
-
- - -Add the following lines inside the section that begins @%RC = (@: - - -
    REPO_ALIASES => $repo_aliases,
-
- - -Inside that section, adjust the 'UMASK' setting to @022@, to ensure the API server has permission to read repositories: - - -
    UMASK => 022,
-
- - -Uncomment the 'Alias' line in the section that begins @ENABLE => [@: - - -
            # access a repo by another (possibly legacy) name
-            'Alias',
-
- - -h2. Configure git synchronization - -Create a configuration file @/var/www/arvados-api/current/config/arvados-clients.yml@ using the following template, filling in the appropriate values for your system. -* For @arvados_api_token@, use the token you generated above. -* For @gitolite_arvados_git_user_key@, provide the public key you generated above, i.e., the contents of @~git/.ssh/id_rsa.pub@. - - -
production:
-  gitolite_url: /var/lib/arvados/git/repositories/gitolite-admin.git
-  gitolite_tmp: /var/lib/arvados/git
-  arvados_api_host: uuid_prefix.example.com
-  arvados_api_token: "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
-  arvados_api_host_insecure: false
-  gitolite_arvados_git_user_key: "ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQC7aBIDAAgMQN16Pg6eHmvc+D+6TljwCGr4YGUBphSdVb25UyBCeAEgzqRiqy0IjQR2BLtSirXr+1SJAcQfBgI/jwR7FG+YIzJ4ND9JFEfcpq20FvWnMMQ6XD3y3xrZ1/h/RdBNwy4QCqjiXuxDpDB7VNP9/oeAzoATPZGhqjPfNS+RRVEQpC6BzZdsR+S838E53URguBOf9yrPwdHvosZn7VC0akeWQerHqaBIpSfDMtaM4+9s1Gdsz0iP85rtj/6U/K/XOuv2CZsuVZZ52nu3soHnEX2nx2IaXMS3L8Z+lfOXB2T6EaJgXF7Z9ME5K1tx9TSNTRcYCiKztXLNLSbp git@gitserver"
-
- - -h3. Enable the synchronization script - -The API server package includes a script that retrieves the current set of repository names and permissions from the API, writes them to @arvadosaliases.pl@ in a format usable by gitolite, and triggers gitolite hooks which create new empty repositories if needed. This script should run every 2 to 5 minutes. - -If you are using RVM, create @/etc/cron.d/arvados-git-sync@ with the following content: - - -
*/5 * * * * git cd /var/www/arvados-api/current && /usr/local/rvm/bin/rvm-exec default bundle exec script/arvados-git-sync.rb production
-
- - -Otherwise, create @/etc/cron.d/arvados-git-sync@ with the following content: - - -
*/5 * * * * git cd /var/www/arvados-api/current && bundle exec script/arvados-git-sync.rb production
-
- - -h3. Configure the API server to advertise the correct SSH URLs - -Edit the cluster config at @/etc/arvados/config.yml@ and set @Services.GitSSH.ExternalURL@. Replace @uuid_prefix@ with your cluster id. - - -
Clusters:
-  uuid_prefix:
-    Services:
-      GitSSH:
-        ExternalURL: git@git.uuid_prefix.your.domain:
-
- - -Make sure to include the trailing colon. - -h2. Install the arvados-git-httpd package - -This is needed only for HTTPS access. - -The arvados-git-httpd package provides HTTP access, using Arvados authentication tokens instead of passwords. It is intended to be installed on the system where your git repositories are stored, and accessed through a web proxy that provides SSL support. - -On Debian-based systems: - - -
~$ sudo apt-get install git arvados-git-httpd
-
- - -On Red Hat-based systems: - - -
~$ sudo yum install git arvados-git-httpd
-~$ sudo systemctl enable arvados-git-httpd
-
- - -Verify that @arvados-git-httpd@ and @git-http-backend@ can be run: - - -
~$ arvados-git-httpd -h
-[...]
-Usage: arvados-git-httpd [-config path/to/arvados/git-httpd.yml]
-[...]
-~$ git http-backend
-Status: 500 Internal Server Error
-Expires: Fri, 01 Jan 1980 00:00:00 GMT
-Pragma: no-cache
-Cache-Control: no-cache, max-age=0, must-revalidate
-
-fatal: No REQUEST_METHOD from server
-
- - -h3. Enable arvados-git-httpd - -{% include 'notebox_begin' %} - -The arvados-git-httpd package includes configuration files for systemd. If you're using a different init system, you'll need to configure a service to start and stop an @arvados-git-httpd@ process as desired. - -{% include 'notebox_end' %} - -Edit the cluster config at @/etc/arvados/config.yml@ and set the following values. Replace @uuid_prefix@ with your cluster id. - - -
Clusters:
-  uuid_prefix:
-    Services:
-      GitHTTP:
-        ExternalURL: https://git.uuid_prefix.your.domain/
-        InternalURLs:
-	  "http://localhost:9001": {}
-    Git:
-      GitCommand: /var/lib/arvados/git/gitolite/src/gitolite-shell
-      GitoliteHome: /var/lib/arvados/git
-      Repositories: /var/lib/arvados/git/repositories
-
- - -Make sure to include the trailing slash for @Services.GitHTTP.ExternalURL@. - -Restart the systemd service to ensure the new configuration is used. - - - -
~$ sudo systemctl restart arvados-git-httpd
-
- - -h3. Set up a reverse proxy to provide SSL service - -The arvados-git-httpd service will be accessible from anywhere on the internet, so we recommend using SSL. - -This is best achieved by putting a reverse proxy with SSL support in front of arvados-git-httpd, running on port 443 and passing requests to @arvados-git-httpd@ on port 9001 (or whichever port you used in your run script). - -Add the following configuration to the @http@ section of your Nginx configuration: - - -

-upstream arvados-git-httpd {
-  server                  127.0.0.1:9001;
-}
-server {
-  listen                  [your public IP address]:443 ssl;
-  server_name             git.uuid_prefix.your.domain;
-  proxy_connect_timeout   90s;
-  proxy_read_timeout      300s;
-
-  ssl on;
-  ssl_certificate         /YOUR/PATH/TO/cert.pem;
-  ssl_certificate_key     /YOUR/PATH/TO/cert.key;
-
-  # The server needs to accept potentially large refpacks from push clients.
-  client_max_body_size 50m;
-
-  location  / {
-    proxy_pass            http://arvados-git-httpd;
-  }
-}
-
- - -h2. Restart Nginx - -Restart Nginx to make the Nginx and API server configuration changes take effect. - - -
gitserver:~$ sudo nginx -s reload
-
- - -h2. Clone Arvados repository - -Here we create a repository object which will be used to set up a hosted clone of the arvados repository on this cluster. - - -
~$ uuid_prefix=`arv --format=uuid user current | cut -d- -f1`
-~$ echo "Site prefix is '$uuid_prefix'"
-~$ all_users_group_uuid="$uuid_prefix-j7d0g-fffffffffffffff"
-~$ repo_uuid=`arv --format=uuid repository create --repository "{\"owner_uuid\":\"$uuid_prefix-tpzed-000000000000000\", \"name\":\"arvados\"}"`
-~$ echo "Arvados repository uuid is '$repo_uuid'"
-
 - -Create a link object to make the repository object readable by the "All users" group, and therefore by every active user. This makes it possible for users to run the bundled Crunch scripts by specifying @"script_version":"master","repository":"arvados"@ rather than pulling the Arvados source tree into their own repositories. - - -
~$ read -rd $'\000' newlink <<EOF; arv link create --link "$newlink"
-{
- "tail_uuid":"$all_users_group_uuid",
- "head_uuid":"$repo_uuid",
- "link_class":"permission",
- "name":"can_read"
-}
-EOF
-
 - -In a couple of minutes, your arvados-git-sync cron job will create an empty repository on your git server. Seed it with the real arvados repository. If your git credential helpers were configured correctly when you "set up your shell server":install-shell-server.html, the "git push" command will use your API token instead of prompting you for a username and password. - - -
~$ cd /tmp
-/tmp$ git clone --bare https://github.com/arvados/arvados.git
-/tmp git --git-dir arvados.git push https://git.uuid_prefix.your.domain/arvados.git '*:*'
-
- - -If you did not set up a HTTPS service, you can push to git@git.uuid_prefix.your.domain:arvados.git using your SSH key, or by logging in to your git server and using sudo. - - -
gitserver:~$ sudo -u git -i bash
-git@gitserver:~$ git clone --bare https://github.com/arvados/arvados.git /tmp/arvados.git
-git@gitserver:~$ cd /tmp/arvados.git
-git@gitserver:/tmp/arvados.git$ gitolite push /var/lib/arvados/git/repositories/your_arvados_repo_uuid.git '*:*'
-
-