Homebox - Users personal git server

Because not every git project has to be hosted on the big cloud providers, you can create a personal git server for each user. This is very useful for small personal projects, dot files (e.g. .bashrc, etc.) or text files backups.

Git server server

Repositories are accessed over SSH only, no web front-end.
Git repositories are automatically created on first push.
Repository names validation.
Repositories are stored in /home/archives/$USER/git/repositories.
Directory and files are only readable and writable by the original user.
SSH certificates and configuration files dynamically generated and sent by email.

Configuration example

                
                    users:
                      - uid: alice
                        [...]
                        ssh:
                          - comment: git-2024
                            type: ssh-ed25519
                            data: AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAUmspI/sxaHxkpPx0KCunUwhtWdX8ERWwyl/CHfPVxDYu
                            usage: git
                      - uid: bob
                        [...]
                        ssh:
                          - comment: git-2024
                            type: ssh-ed25519
                            data: AAAAC3NzaC1lrVT63F9QZDe3O9iqLYI1swRgGAcEHBo2zIhj42iisEbzQXxbpwEufmbS
                            usage: git

Generated configuration sample

                
                    Host git.homebox.me
                      Hostname hansolo.homebox.me
                      VerifyHostKeyDNS yes
                      User alice
                      IdentityFile ~/.ssh/git-2024
                      CertificateFile ~/.ssh/git-2024-cert.pub
                      HostKeyAlias pigment.homebox.me
                      PasswordAuthentication no

Create a repository

                
                    git remote add personal alice@domain.com:repo-name.git
                    git push --all --tags personal

List existing repositories

                
                    ssh git.domain.com repo list

                    Repositories list
                    Repository         | Size | Accessed            | Modified
                    ---                | ---  | ---                 | ---
                    manuscript.git     | 15M  | 2024-05-23 11:52:55 | 2024-05-23 11:53:08
                    homebox.git        | 11M  | 2024-05-20 17:56:10 | 2024-05-20 18:02:28
                    go-exercises.git   | 200K | 2024-05-07 07:22:04 | 2024-05-07 07:22:04
                    ansible-gpg.git    | 144K | 2024-05-06 19:52:26 | 2024-05-06 19:52:26
                    rust-exercises.git | 152K | 2024-05-06 19:33:41 | 2024-05-06 19:33:41
                    homebox-site.git   | 8.3M | 2024-05-06 14:48:53 | 2024-05-06 14:48:53
                    rodier.me.git      | 6.8M | 2024-05-06 08:48:21 | 2024-05-06 08:48:21

Personal git server

Git server server

Configuration example

Generated configuration sample

Create a repository

List existing repositories