🦊 RIT Freshers Hub - Gitea CI/CD Pipeline Guide

Automate your deployments from your self-hosted Gitea repository (https://git.rit-services.in/ShanmugaKrishnanSM/RIT-nexus.git) directly to your live VPS!

🛠️ Choose Your Preferred Gitea CI/CD Method:

Method 1: Gitea Actions (Recommended if Gitea Actions is enabled) — Uses .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml with identical syntax to GitHub Actions.
Method 2: Gitea Webhook + Lightweight VPS Script (Fastest & Zero Setup) — Gitea sends an HTTP trigger on push to automatically execute git pull && npm run build on your VPS.

🚀 Method 1: Setting Up Gitea Actions

Step 1: Add Secrets in Gitea

Open your repository in Gitea: https://git.rit-services.in/ShanmugaKrishnanSM/RIT-nexus
Click Settings (top right) ➔ Actions ➔ Secrets.
Add these 3 secrets:
- VPS_HOST: 129.121.126.66
- VPS_USERNAME: root
- VPS_SSH_KEY: Paste your SSH Private Key (cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa from VPS).

Step 2: Push Workflow File

The Gitea workflow file is located at .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml.

Every git push origin main will automatically run the deployment steps on your VPS!

⚡ Method 2: Setting Up Gitea Webhook (Lightweight & Instant)

If Gitea Actions runner is not active on your Gitea instance, you can use a native Gitea Webhook:

Step 1: Create a Deploy Script on VPS

On your VPS terminal (ssh root@129.121.126.66), create a deployment shell script:

cat << 'EOF' > /var/www/freshers-hub/deploy.sh
#!/bin/bash
echo "🚀 Deploying latest code from Gitea..."
cd /var/www/freshers-hub
git pull origin main
npm run build
cd chatbot-service && go build -o chatbot-service main.go
systemctl restart springboot chatbot telegram-bot nginx
echo "✅ Deployment finished!"
EOF

chmod +x /var/www/freshers-hub/deploy.sh

Step 2: Add Webhook in Gitea

Go to your Gitea Repo ➔ Settings ➔ Webhooks.
Click Add Webhook ➔ Select Gitea.
Target URL: http://129.121.126.66:9000/hooks/deploy (or your webhook port).
HTTP Method: POST
Trigger On: Push Events.
Click Add Webhook.

Whenever you push code to Gitea, it triggers deploy.sh on your VPS instantly!

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