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+date = 2023-09-16T03:10:37+00:00
+title = "GitWeb via Nginx"
+description = "A short guide on how to serve GitWeb via Nginx."
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+
+## Overview
+
+[GitWeb](https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-GitWeb) is a simple 
+web-based visualizer for git repositories.
+By default, GitWeb will only run with the `lighttpd` or `webrick` web servers.
+
+However, this guide will show you how to keep GitWeb running in the background 
+and display information for all repositories in a chosen directory.
+
+See below for the final result:
+
+![Gitweb](https://img.0x4b1d.org/blog/20230915-gitweb/gitweb.png "Gitweb")
+
+## Install Dependencies
+
+To start, you'll need install the following packages:
+
+```sh
+sudo apt install git gitweb fcgiwrap nginx
+```
+
+## Configure Nginx
+
+Once installed, create an Nginx configuration file.
+
+```sh
+sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/git.example.com
+```
+
+```conf
+server {
+        listen 80;
+        server_name example.com;
+
+        location /index.cgi {
+                root /usr/share/gitweb/;
+                include fastcgi_params;
+                gzip off;
+                fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $uri;
+                fastcgi_param GITWEB_CONFIG /etc/gitweb.conf;
+                fastcgi_pass  unix:/var/run/fcgiwrap.socket;
+        }
+
+        location / {
+                root /usr/share/gitweb/;
+                index index.cgi;
+        }
+}
+```
+
+To make the configuration active, you need to symlink it and then restart Nginx.
+
+```sh
+sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/git.example.com /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/git.example.com
+sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
+```
+
+The GitWeb application should now be available via the URL you set in the Nginx 
+configuration above.
+
+## Customize GitWeb
+
+If you need to, you can customize many things about Gitweb by editing the 
+[gitweb.conf](https://git-scm.com/docs/gitweb.conf) file.
+
+```sh
+sudo nano /etc/gitweb.conf
+```