This is the ad hoc tutorial on how to setup remote GIT repository server on CentOS 7.

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Below content is complementary to the video tutorial above.

Server Side Configuration

1. Initial Configuration

Update the system and install some standard utilities

Install Git and enable Git shell

Create new group for Git users and specify passwordless authentication for this group:

Add the following lines to /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Restart SSH service

Create new folder to hold the future git remote repositories:

2. User Management

Create a Git user and authorized_keys file to hold SSH public keys:

3. Remote Repository Creation

4. SSH Authorization and Access Management

Provide access for git_user1 to repository git_repo1:

Client Side Configuration

1. Download and install Git from https://git-scm.com/downloads. We will need Git bash tool to generate public/private key pair and to establish ssh connection to the server.

2. Open Git Bash and generate public/private key pair using the following command:

3. Copy the contents of the public key file (by default: path_to_key/id_rsa.pub)

Server Side Configuration (continued)

5. Use the following commands to authorize your public key for the previously created user:

Testing

1. Create new folder on the client side, initialize git here and push it to git repository server (replace username and git server address and repo name with your own):

2. Create another folder and clone the remote repository to this folder:

Related resources:

•   Link to Google Docs Document
•   Watch this Tutorial on Youtube