Gitea

Why this Configuration?

• True Data Sovereignty: 100% GDPR-compliant on-premises deployment. You own your configuration and data without vendor lock-in.
• Hardware Agnostic: Optimized and verified across low-power ARM64 SBCs (Raspberry Pi 5) and x86_64 hypervisors (Proxmox VE LXC & VM).
• Engine Freedom: Tested and supported under standard Docker Engine and unprivileged rootless Podman.
• Platform Verification: Tested on Proxmox LXC: docker (stable, 2026-09-14), podman (stable, 2026-09-14); Proxmox VM: docker (stable, 2026-09-14), podman (stable, 2026-09-14).

Quick Start (Standalone Docker Compose)

The snippet below is immediately ready to run in any standard Docker or Podman environment:

services:
  gitea:
    image: "gitea/gitea:latest"
    container_name: njorddeploy-gitea
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      - "USER_UID=1000"
      - "USER_GID=1000"
      - "GITEA__database__DB_TYPE=sqlite3"
      - "GITEA__database__PATH=/data/gitea/gitea.db"
      - "GITEA__server__DOMAIN=127.0.0.1"
      - "GITEA__server__SSH_PORT=2222"
      - "GITEA__server__ROOT_URL=http://127.0.0.1:3000/"
      - "GITEA__server__HTTP_PORT=3000"
    volumes:
      - "./data/gitea/data:/data"
      - "/etc/timezone:/etc/timezone:ro"
      - "/etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro"
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
      - "2222:22"
    networks:
      - njorddeploy_net

networks:
  njorddeploy_net:

Start the service directly via the command line: docker compose up -d

Configuration & Environment Variables

Key configuration parameters and defaults derived from the NjordDeploy component template:

Ecosystem & Enterprise Integration

• Reverse Proxy Ingress Ready: Pre-configured for Caddy, Traefik, or Nginx Proxy Manager with automatic Let's Encrypt TLS certificates.
• Zero-Trust Mesh VPN: Seamless integration with WireGuard or Tailscale/Headscale mesh networks for secure remote administration.
• Transactional State Backups: Ready for point-in-time database dumps and container-safe persistent volume freezing.