kallithea Installation Guide Installation Guide

kallithea is a free and open-source source code management. Kallithea provides source code management for Git and Mercurial

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 1GB minimum

Storage: 5GB for repos

Network: HTTP/SSH access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 5000 (default kallithea port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install kallithea
sudo dnf install -y kallithea

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kallithea

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install kallithea
sudo apt install -y kallithea

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kallithea

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 5000

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Install kallithea
sudo pacman -S kallithea

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kallithea

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Install kallithea
apk add --no-cache kallithea

# Enable and start service
rc-update add kallithea default
rc-service kallithea start

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Install kallithea
sudo zypper install -y kallithea

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now kallithea

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install kallithea

# Start service
brew services start kallithea

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install kallithea

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'kallithea_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service kallithea start

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install kallithea

# Or using Scoop
scoop install kallithea

# Verify installation
kallithea --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/kallithea

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
kallithea --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable kallithea

# Start service
sudo systemctl start kallithea

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop kallithea

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart kallithea

# Check status
sudo systemctl status kallithea

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u kallithea -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add kallithea default

# Start service
rc-service kallithea start

# Stop service
rc-service kallithea stop

# Restart service
rc-service kallithea restart

# Check status
rc-service kallithea status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'kallithea_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service kallithea start

# Stop service
service kallithea stop

# Restart service
service kallithea restart

# Check status
service kallithea status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start kallithea
brew services stop kallithea
brew services restart kallithea

# Check status
brew services list | grep kallithea

powershell

# Start service
net start kallithea

# Stop service
net stop kallithea

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service kallithea
Stop-Service kallithea
Restart-Service kallithea

# Check status
Get-Service kallithea

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream kallithea_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:5000;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name kallithea.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name kallithea.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/kallithea.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/kallithea.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://kallithea_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName kallithea.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://kallithea.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName kallithea.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/kallithea.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/kallithea.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:5000/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:5000/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend kallithea_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/kallithea.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend kallithea_backend

backend kallithea_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server kallithea1 127.0.0.1:5000 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R kallithea:kallithea /etc/kallithea
sudo chmod 750 /etc/kallithea

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=5000/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status kallithea

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u kallithea -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep kallithea)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/kallithea"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/kallithea-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/kallithea /var/lib/kallithea

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/kallithea-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop kallithea

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/kallithea/kallithea-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start kallithea

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u kallithea -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/kallithea/kallithea.log

# Check configuration
kallithea --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/kallithea

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 5000

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 5000

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep kallithea)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep kallithea)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 5000

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  kallithea:
    image: kallithea:latest
    ports:
      - "5000:5000"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/kallithea
      - ./data:/var/lib/kallithea
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update kallithea

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade kallithea

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu kallithea

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade kallithea

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update kallithea

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade kallithea

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/kallithea-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/kallithea

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart kallithea

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/kallithea

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/kallithea -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/kallithea

Official Documentation: https://docs.kallithea.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/kallithea/kallithea

Community Forum: https://forum.kallithea.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.kallithea.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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