Debian 9: Install cgit for Git web frontend

Install cgit package.

• This article uses default SSL/TLS certicication file for https. Please change your SSL/TLS certification file.
• If you use http instead of https, change 443 to 80 and delete SSLXXX directive in /etc/apache2/conf-available/cgit.conf.
• SCAN_PATH is used to scan-path in /etc/cgitrc.

#!/bin/sh

set -e

[ -z "${SCAN_PATH}" ] && SCAN_PATH=${HOME}/repo

cgit_install()
{
  sudo apt install -y cgit
  echo "scan-path=${SCAN_PATH}" | sudo tee -a /etc/cgitrc
}

apache_install()
{
  sudo cp /etc/apache2/conf-available/cgit.conf \
       /etc/apache2/conf-available/cgit.conf.orig
  cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf-available/cgit.conf
<VirtualHost _default_:443>
  SSLEngine on
  SSLCertificateFile    /etc/ssl/certs/ssl-cert-snakeoil.pem
  SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/ssl-cert-snakeoil.key

$(sed -e 's/^/  /g' /etc/apache2/conf-available/cgit.conf.orig)
</VirtualHost>
EOF
  sudo a2enmod cgid
  sudo a2enmod ssl
  sudo systemctl restart apache2
}

cgit_main()
{
  cgit_install
  apache_install
}

cgit_main

Create repository in scan-path directory.

$ mkdir -p "${SCAN_PATH}"/test.git
$ cd "${SCAN_PATH}"/test.git
$ git init --bare

Access to the following URL.

https://<server>/cgit

Created repository is displayed.