How To Setup Git Server On Synology Nas

Gavin Y. · March 26, 2021

Howto

This post explains how to setup git server on Synology nas.

  • NAS: Synology DS418

Steps

Enable SSL

  • Open Control Panel -> Terminal & SNMP
  • Check Enable SSH service

Install Git Server

The first step is to install Git Server Package.

  • Open Package Center and search Git Server
  • Install it

Create Git Folder

This step is to create root folder for git repos.

  • Connect to NAS via SSH
  • Create git root folder: sudo mkdir /volume1/git

Create User (optional)

This step is optional. You can use your main user to do this work.

  • Open Control Panel -> User
  • Create

Config Git Server

Ensure Git Server Show Existing Users

In my case, git server complains that I haven’t created any user although there are several users. This can be fixed by changing file "SYNO.Git.lib".

  • Stop Git Server
  • Connect to NAS via SSH
  • Open file "SYNO.Git.lib"
sudo vi /var/packages/Git/target/webapi/SYNO.Git.lib
  • Look for “appPriv”: “SYNO.SDS.GIT.Instance”
  • Remove the text between the quotes: “appPriv”: ““
  • Save and quit
  • Run Git Server again
  • Open Git Server to ensure all users appear in git Server’s Web GUI

Setup New Repo

Use following commands to create a new repo.

# Connect
ssh <user>@<nashost>
# Init new git repo
cd /volume1/git
sudo git init --bare --shared <repo-name>.git
# Set owner
sudo chown -R <user>:users <repo-name>.git
# Ensure owner have Write permission
chmod u+w <repo-name>.git
# Update
sudo git update-server-info

Clone Repo

  • Clone git clone ssh://<user>@<nashost>/volume1/git/<repo-name>.git
  • Try basic operations (pull, push, etc.) to ensure everything works.

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