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title: Setup
---

## System requirements

We currently only support Linux and FreeBSD. Support for other UNIX-like
operating systems may be added in the future, but we do not have any plans to
support Windows.

## Build dependencies

* Git
* GNU Make
* C compiler
* Recent Go toolchain
* [libgit2](https://libgit2.org)
* A recent [mandoc](https://mandoc.bsd.lv)
  (we recommend using the latest CVS checkout)

## Build

Clone the source code and run `gmake`.

Note that setting `GOARCH` to cross compile does not completely work, since the
hooks handler and Git RPC daemon is written in C. You need to customize `CC` to
point to a proper cross compiler.

## Install

We don't provide an `install` target yet, so just copy the files to reasonable
locations.

## Runtime dependencies

* Git
* PostgreSQL 14 or later
* [libgit2](https://libgit2.org)
* A runtime copy of your C library, if you are not statically linking

## Configuration

### Adding a system user

Note that this process may vary depending on your OS distribution.

```
useradd -rmd /var/lib/lindenii/forge/ lindenii-forge
```

### Allowing the binary to listen to low ports

Since we usually listen on port 22 for SSH, it is necessary to allow the
Lindenii Forge binary to use low ports.

```
setcap 'cap_net_bind_service=+ep' /usr/bin/lindenii-forge
```

### Generating SSH host keys

```
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f /etc/lindenii/forge/ssh_forge_ed25519_key -N ''
```

### Initializing PostgreSQL

Assuming that you use UNIX-domain socket authentication on a local PostgreSQL
instance,

```
su - postgres
createuser lindenii-forge
createdb -O lindenii-forge lindenii-forge
psql -f /usr/share/lindenii/forge/schema.sql -d lindenii-forge
```

### Editing the configuration file

Copy `/usr/share/doc/lindenii/forge/forge.scfg` to `/etc/lindenii/forge.scfg`
and edit appropriately.