* Download GitList from [https://github.com/patrikx3/gitlist/releases](https://github.com/patrikx3/gitlist/releases/) and decompress to your `/var/www/gitlist` folder, or anywhere else you want to place GitList.
* Rename the `config.example.ini-example` file to `config.ini`.
* Open up the `config.ini` and configure your installation. You'll have to provide where your repositories are located and the base GitList URL (in our case, http://localhost/gitlist).
* Create the cache folder and give read/write permissions to your web server user:
```
cd /var/www/gitlist
Apache is the "default" webserver for GitList. You will find the configuration inside the `.htaccess` file. However, nginx and lighttpd are also supported.
To make it to be more secure:
All `PHP` files will be in the `root` and only `index.php`, `images`, `icons`, `svg`, `css`, `js`bundle files will be in the `public` subdir.
#### Might own NGINX that works with root and subdir as well
```text
server {
server_name gitlist.patrikx3.com;
root /var/www/gitlist.patrikx3.com/public;
location / {
try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
}
location /nested {
alias /var/www/gitlist.patrikx3.com/public;
try_files $uri @nested;
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}
}
location /release {
alias /var/www/gitlist.patrikx3.com/build/release/public;
try_files $uri @release;
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $request_filename;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}
}
location @nested {
rewrite /nested/(.*)$ /nested/index.php?/$1 last;
}
location @release {
rewrite /release/(.*)$ /release/index.php?/$1 last;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}
}
```
### lighthttpd
I do not use `lighthttpd`, but you know what I mean. Make sure only, the `gitlist/public` folder should be enabled.
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