Gitea - a local selfhosted Github alternative

I saw this project randomly recommended on youtube and though this could be a cool second backup for my existing github Homelab repo. Thankfully, theres also an option to host it via container (otherwise i would'nt even go further from here ;)) I mean, what is better than having everything in the cloud? You're right! Local selfhosting solutions! Not only is it more secure (if you only let it be accessed from localhost), but it's also AI safe!

Configuration

After accessing the gitea webinterface via port 3000 i started to create my first repo called Homelab. Same as my existing one on Github. Then i added my SSH Key to my gitea profile so i can pull and push via ssh for better security. After successful validation of my SSH Key, i added it to my ~/.ssh/config so it uses the right ssh key automatically

nano ~/.ssh/config

Host gitea
    HostName localhost
    User git
    Port 2222
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_gitea
    IdentitiesOnly yes

nano ~/.ssh/config

After that you can try to login to your gitea instance via ssh key

bash

ssh -T gitea

If successful, it should return a message like this:

Hi $USER! You've successfully authenticated, but Gitea does not provide shell access.

I also edited my git remote config, so it pushes my existing Homelab repo both to Github and my local Gitea

bash

# list all existing remote configs
git remote -v

# add gitea url for pushing repo locally
git remote set-url --add --push origin git@localhost:2222:<span class="math">\(USER/\)</span>REPO.git

Now all you have to do is test it!

bash

git push

It should now push your repo to Github and also your local Gitea instance, great!