gitserver.net (git-server-dot-net - a fork of Bonobo Git Server)

Thank you for downloading gitserver.net (a fork of Bonobo Git Server).

gitserver.net is a C#/IIS/.NET Framework based HTTP(S) and GIT server (and will remain targed to the .NET Framework).

Roadmap

• Forked project
• Update NuGet dependencies
• Drop DotNetZip dependency for System.IO.Compression
• Cleanup naming conventions
• Update javascript dependencies
• Move AD to OWIN
• Cleanup Tests

CURRENT DEVELOPMENT BRANCH: v6.6.0

Prerequisites

• Microsoft IIS 7.5 or higher
• Windows based OS
  • Windows Vista ¹²
  • Windows 7 ²
  • Windows 8.x ²
  • Windows 10 or higher
  • Windows Server 2008 ¹²
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 ²
  • Windows Server 2012 ²
  • Windows Server 2016
  • Windows Server 2019 or higher
• .NET Framework 4.7.2
  OFFLINE INSTALLERS:
  • Runtime
  • Developer SDK

Update

Before each update please read carefully the information about compatibility issues between your version and the latest one in changelog.

• Delete all the files in the installation folder except App_Data.
  • Default location is C:\inetpub\wwwroot\gitserverdotnet.
  • Inside the App_Data folder, also remove the "Git" folder as well as .gitconfig (a proper Git binary will be automatically installed).
• Copy the files from the downloaded archive to the server location.

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Installation

These steps illustrate simple installation with Windows 2008 R2 Server and IIS 7.5. They are exactly the same for higher platforms (Windows Server 2012+ and IIS 8.0+).

• Extract the files from the installation archive to C:\inetpub\wwwroot

• Allow IIS User to modify C:\inetpub\wwwroot\gitserverdotnet\App_Data folder. To do so

  • select Properties of App_Data folder,
  • go to Security tab,
  • click edit,
  • select IIS user (in my case IIS_IUSRS) and add Modify and Write permission,
  • confirm these settings with Apply button.

• Convert gitserverdotnet to Application in IIS

  • Run IIS Manager and navigate to Sites -> Default Web Site. You should see gitserverdotnet.
  • Right click on gitserverdotnet and convert to application.
  • Check if the selected application pool runs on .NET 4.0 and convert the site.

• Launch your browser and go to http://localhost/gitserverdotnet. Now you can see the initial page of gitserver.net and everything is working.

  • Default credentials are username: admin password: admin

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Footnotes

1. no longer supported - underlying OS does not support .NET Framework v4.7.2 ↩ ↩²

2. underlying OS is EOL by vendor and not recommended for production usage ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶