Re: How to setup a public reposistory?

[Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>]

Gary Yang wrote:
> I followed the steps outlined by the links below. But, I am still not able to setup the public repository. I got, fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection refused). What I did wrong? Please help.
> 
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/user-manual.html#setting-up-a-public-repository
> http://dtcsupport.gplhost.com/Git/Public-Repo-Howto
> 
> 0. Prepare your name and email address
> cat ~gyang/.gitconfig
> [user]
>         email = gyang@mycompany.com
>         name = Gary Yang
> 
> 
> 1. Create an archive to send to the server
> 
> /home/gyang% git clone http://git.gplhost.com/dtc-xen.git
> 
> /home/gyang% git clone --bare dtc-xen dtc-xen.git
> 
> /home/gyang% touch dtc-xen.git/git-daemon-export-ok
> 
> /home/gyang% tar -cvzf dtc-xen.git.tar.gz dtc-xen.git
> 
> 
> 2. Install the archive on the web server
> 
> /pub/git% tar -xvzf /home/gyang/dtc-xen.git.tar.gz
> 
> /pub/git/dtc-xen.git% git --bare update-server-info
> 
> /pub/git/dtc-xen.git% mv hooks/post-update.sample hooks/post-update
> 
> /pub/git/dtc-xen.git% chmod +x hooks/post-update
> 
> /pub/git/dtc-xen.git% cat hooks/post-update
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # An example hook script to prepare a packed repository for use over
> # dumb transports.
> #
> # To enable this hook, rename this file to "post-update".
> 
> exec git-update-server-info
> 
> 
> 3. Configure and start git daemon at the web server
> 
> /pub/git/dtc-xen.git% grep 9418 /etc/services
> git             9418/tcp                        # Git Version Control System
> 
> 
> /pub/git/dtc-xen.git% sudo git daemon --verbose --inetd --export-all /pub/git &
> 

You shouldn't give "--inetd" when starting from command line. Do like this:

  sudo git daemon --detach --verbose --export-all --base-path=/pub/git

Then clone dtc-xen.git using the following command:

  git clone git://git.mycompany.com/dtc-xen.git test-git

> 
> 4. At my local machine. I did
> 
> /home/gyang% git clone git://git.mycompany.com/pub/git/dtc-xen.git test-git
> 
> Initialized empty Git repository in //home/gyang/test-git/.git/
> git.mycompany.com[0: 10.66.4.168]: errno=Connection refused
> fatal: unable to connect a socket (Connection refused)
> 
> 
> ps -efww | grep git
> root      9626 22321  0 11:31 pts/1    00:00:00 git-daemon --verbose --inetd --export-all /pub/git
> 

Yes, it's waiting for input from stdin, which is what "--inetd" does to a
process. Do what I told you above and it'll work just grand.


For further troubleshooting, here are some things to try before asking
about git-daemon again:

ping git.mycompany.com
  # should show reasonable response times

nc git.mycompany.com 9418
  # should give "connection refused", or there's a bug somewhere

ip=$(host git.mycompany.com | sed -n 's/.*has address //p'); echo $ip
  # should list the proper ip address

ssh root@git.mycompany.com "ip addr show | grep 'inet $ip'"
  # should list one ip-address

ssh root@git.mycompany.com "ps -efww | grep git-daemon"
  # should list one process

ssh root@git.mycompany.com "netstat -tpan | grep 0.0.0.0:9418"
  # should list the git-daemon

ssh root@git.mycompany.com "grep git-daemon /var/log/messages"
  # might show error messages from git-daemon

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