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title: Gitea Setup
created_date: 2024-12-02
updated_date: 2024-12-02
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# Gitea Setup


> [!INFO] Gitea -VPS Setup 
> [gitea.claudiofritsche.com](gitea.claudiofritsche.com)
> Ports: 8083 and 8022 (ssh)
> Admin User: Ecuashungo
> Obsidian User: obsidian

## Motivation
### Why do I want my own git server?
I do not want to share my obsidian vault with any third party server, because it contains sensitive information. Using Syncthing to synchronize between devices works well, but lacks a backup feature. Using [obisian-git](https://github.com/Vinzent03/obsidian-git) is a very easy way to do a daily backup for which a git server is needed. 

### How does the entire Obsidian Syncthing Gitea System work?
The live synchronization happens through syncthing. The 3 participants are my Macbook, my iPhone and my NAS. From my macbook however twice a day the obsidian-git plugin pushes to the gitea server to create a backup. It is the only instance pushing, which means we cannot have merge conflicts, nor is the git based system used for synchronization.
## Setup
In order to setup the service on my VPS I used the instructions from [digital ocean](https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-gitea-on-ubuntu-using-docker) as well as [this YouTube Video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATmZLwBvOrk&ab_channel=HardwoodHomelab).

### .gitignore and .stignore
Important to note here is that I added `.git/**` to all `.stignore` files before adding the git folder to my macbook, like that this doesn't get synced by syncthing.
In the gitignore file I've added all syncthing related files and folders.