1

I downloaded it (version 1.6.0), unpacked it in /opt/gitblit (ubuntu server 14.04.1), configured http to 8280 and disabled https assigning 0 (I expose it by https using nginx).

I created gitblit user and added it to 'sudo' group by running: sudo adduser gitblit sudo (gitblit user has a strong password).

I installed it as a service by running: /opt/gitblit/install-service-ubuntu.sh.

I tried to start it by running: sudo service gitblit start. The message Starting gitblit server appears. It's the only message.

When I hit -in the same local machine- http://127.0.0.1:8280, the connection could not be made. When I run sudo netstat -anp | grep 8280, nothing appears.

I see no error messages, but the server is not starting.

Question: What am I missing?

Improve this question
2
  • What do your error logs say?
    – EEAA
    Aug 20, 2014 at 21:56
  • What error logs? could not find them
    – Luis Masuelli
    Aug 21, 2014 at 16:11

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

I had the same problem. The reason the service would not start in my case is that the gitblit user did not have permission to access any of the /opt/gitblit files. This is because (doh) I had installed gitblit as root. The solution was simple:

chown -R gitblit:gitblit /opt/gitblit
Improve this answer
1
  • 1
    This is the correct way: chown -R gitblit:gitblit /opt/gitblit
    – user279039
    Mar 30, 2015 at 12:59

Your Answer

By clicking “Post Your Answer”, you agree to our terms of service, privacy policy and cookie policy

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged or ask your own question.