Forgejo

Forgejo is a self-hosted lightweight software forge

Port	3000
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/forgejo
Source	https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo
Website	https://forgejo.org/

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
15 / lts	Built from latest upstream source release of the v15 branch.	Alternative build.
15-latest / lts-latest	Built from latest upstream source release of the v15 branch with latest FreeBSD packages.	Most users — recommended.
15-pkg-latest / lts-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.
16	Built from latest upstream source release of the v16 branch.	Alternative build.
16-latest	Built from latest upstream source release of the v16 branch with latest FreeBSD packages.	Alternative build.
16-pkg-latest	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Prerequisites

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  forgejo:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/forgejo:15"
    container_name: forgejo
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
      - SSH_PORT=2222  # Published port for sshd (used in clone URLs)
      - SSH_LISTEN_PORT=22  # Port on which sshd listens inside the container
    volumes:
      - "/containers/forgejo:/config"
    ports:
      - "3000:3000"
      - "2222:22"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

AppJail Director

.env:

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=forgejo
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC
SSH_PORT=2222
SSH_LISTEN_PORT=22

appjail-director.yml:

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  forgejo:
    name: forgejo
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - expose: '3000:3000 proto:tcp'
      - expose: '2222:22 proto:tcp'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
        - SSH_PORT: !ENV '${SSH_PORT}'
        - SSH_LISTEN_PORT: !ENV '${SSH_LISTEN_PORT}'
    volumes:
      - forgejo: /config
volumes:
  forgejo:
    device: '/containers/forgejo'

Makejail:

# Makejail

ARG tag=15

OPTION container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/forgejo:${tag}

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

To avoid exposing ports, just remove the expose option in your appjail-director.yml or from your command-line arguments.

Bastille

Warning

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

services:
  forgejo:
    name: forgejo
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/forgejo:15"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
      - SSH_PORT=2222
      - SSH_LISTEN_PORT=22
    volumes:
      - "/containers/forgejo:/config"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

Access at: http://localhost:3000

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
PUID	1000	User ID for the application process
PGID	1000	Group ID for the application process
TZ	UTC	Timezone for the container
SSH_PORT	2222	Published port for sshd (used in clone URLs)
SSH_LISTEN_PORT	22	Port on which sshd listens inside the container

Volumes

Path	Description
/config	Configuration, repositories, and data directory

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
3000	TCP	Web UI
22	TCP	SSH port

First run

If no configuration file exists when the container starts, it will generate an initial default config file at /config/custom/conf/app.ini. You can make configuration changes in this file later (e.g. SMTP configuration) and they will be preserved across container restarts.

SSH Setup

If you modify the port mapping from the default 2222:22 you need to update the 2 environment variables described below accordingly.

SSH_LISTEN_PORT env var

This variable indicates on which port Forgejo's ssh server listens inside the container. If your port mapping for ssh is 2222:22, this variable should be set to 22. This variable is used on every container start to modify the sshd_config config file.

SSH_PORT env var

This variable tells Forgejo on which port the ssh server is reachable from the outside and is used when constructing the ssh URLs shown in Forgejo's web UI. If your port mapping for ssh is 2222:22, this variable should be set to 2222. This variable is used only during the first container startup to create the initial configuration file for Forgejo. If you want to modify the SSH_PORT later, you need to change the configuration in the [server] section of /config/custom/conf/app.ini.

Architectures: amd64, aarch64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.1

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