Git server setup via ssh

Add git user and setup ssh key

$ sudo adduser git --disabled-password

$ ssh-keygen -t rsa

$ sudo mkdir /home/git/.ssh

$ sudo mv ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub /home/git/.ssh/authorized_keys

$ sudo chown -R git:git /home/git/.ssh

$ sudo chmod 600 /home/git/.ssh/*

$ sudo chmod 700 /home/git/.ssh

Add your repositories

$ ssh git@localhost

$ mkdir myproject

$ cd myproject

$ mkdir first.git

$ cd first.git

$ git --bare init

Make SSH more secure

This has been extensively covered by the excellent Slicehost tutorial, but just to recap:

Edit the SSH config:

$ sudo vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config

And change the following values:

Port 2207

...

PermitRootLogin no

...

AllowUsers myuser git

...

PasswordAuthentication no

Where 2207 is a port of your choosing. Make sure to add this so your Git remote:

$ git remote add origin ssh://git@localhost:2207/~/myrepo.git