Installing and Configuring Gogs with MariaDB on a Linux Server

First, install MariaDB on the server:

yum install mariadb mariadb-server -y

Enable and start the service:

systemctl enable mariadb

systemctl restart maridb

Run the security script to set the root password and secure the installation:

mysql_secure_installation

Log into MySQL as root:

mysql -uroot -p123456

Create the Gogs database and a dedicated user, then grant privileges:

create database gogs character set utf8 collate utf8_bin;

grant all privileges on gogs.* to 'gogs'@'127.0.0.1' identified by '123456';

flush privileges;

Test the new user login:

mysql -ugogs -p123456 -h 127.0.0.1 -A

Next, install Git and create a non‑login user for it:

yum -y install git

useradd git -s /sbin/nologin

Extract the Gogs binary package to /usr/local/ :

tar -zxvf gogs_0.11.86_linux_amd64.tar.gz -C /usr/local/

Verify the installation directory:

cd /usr/local/gogs

List the files to see the Gogs layout (LICENSE, public, README, scripts, templates, etc.).

Start Gogs:

/usr/local/gogs/gogs web

The console outputs initialization messages, confirming the version, enabled services, run mode, and listening address (http://0.0.0.0:3000).

Configure Gogs by editing /usr/local/gogs/custom/conf/app.ini . Set the database connection credentials and disable user registration for security by adding:

DISABLE_REGISTRATION = true

After saving the configuration, Gogs is ready for use as a lightweight Git server.

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