aiforge/docs/content/doc/usage/command-line.md

• Command Line
• • Usage
  • Global options
  • Commands
  • • web
    • admin
    • cert
    • dump
    • generate

Command Line

Usage

gitea [global options] command [command options] [arguments...]

Global options

• --help, -h: Show help text and exit. Optional. This can be used with any of the
  subcommands to see help text for it.
• --version, -v: Show version and exit. Optional. (example: Gitea version 1.1.0+218-g7b907ed built with: bindata, sqlite).

Commands

web

Starts the server:

• Options:
  • --port number, -p number: Port number. Optional. (default: 3000). Overrides configuration file.
  • --config path, -c path: Gitea configuration file path. Optional. (default: custom/conf/app.ini).
  • --pid path, -P path: Pidfile path. Optional.
• Examples:
  • gitea web
  • gitea web --port 80
  • gitea web --config /etc/gitea.ini --pid /var/run/gitea.pid
• Notes:
  • Gitea should not be run as root. To bind to a port below 1000, you can use setcap on
    Linux: sudo setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /path/to/gitea. This will need to be
    redone every time you update Gitea.

admin

Admin operations:

• Commands:
  • create-user
    • Options:
      • --name value: Username. Required.
      • --password value: Password. Required.
      • --email value: Email. Required.
      • --admin: If provided, this makes the user an admin. Optional.
      • --config path: Gitea configuration file path. Optional. (default: custom/conf/app.ini).
    • Examples:
      • gitea admin create-user --name myname --password asecurepassword --email me@example.com
  • change-password
    • Options:
      • --username value, -u value: Username. Required.
      • --password value, -p value: New password. Required.
    • Examples:
      • gitea admin change-password --username myname --password asecurepassword

cert

Generates a self-signed SSL certificate. Outputs to cert.pem and key.pem in the current
directory and will overwrite any existing files.

• Options:
  • --host value: Comma seperated hostnames and ips which this certificate is valid for.
    Wildcards are supported. Required.
  • --ecdsa-curve value: ECDSA curve to use to generate a key. Optional. Valid options
    are P224, P256, P384, P521.
  • --rsa-bits value: Size of RSA key to generate. Optional. Ignored if --ecdsa-curve is
    set. (default: 2048).
  • --start-date value: Creation date. Optional. (format: Jan 1 15:04:05 2011).
  • --duration value: Duration which the certificate is valid for. Optional. (default: 8760h0m0s)
  • --ca: If provided, this cert generates it's own certificate authority. Optional.
• Examples:
  • gitea cert --host git.example.com,example.com,www.example.com --ca

dump

Dumps all files and databases into a zip file. Outputs into a file like gitea-dump-1482906742.zip
in the current directory.

• Options:
  • --config path, -c path: Gitea configuration file path. Optional. (default: custom/conf/app.ini).
  • --tempdir path, -t path: Path to the temporary directory used. Optional. (default: /tmp).
  • --verbose, -v: If provided, shows additional details. Optional.
• Examples:
  • gitea dump
  • gitea dump --verbose

generate

Generates random values and tokens for usage in configuration file. Useful for generating values
for automatic deployments.

• Commands:
  • secret:
    • Options:
      • INTERNAL_TOKEN: Token used for an internal API call authentication.
      • LFS_JWT_SECRET: LFS authentication secret.
      • SECRET_KEY: Global secret key.
    • Examples:
      • gitea generate secret INTERNAL_TOKEN
      • gitea generate secret LFS_JWT_SECRET
      • gitea generate secret SECRET_KEY