LFS Test Server
LFS Test Server is an example server that implements the Git LFS API. It
is intended to be used for testing the Git LFS client and is not in a
production ready state.
LFS Test Server is written in Go, with pre-compiled binaries available for Mac,
Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD.
See CONTRIBUTING.md for info on working on LFS Test Server and
sending patches.
Installing
Download the latest version. It is a single binary file.
Alternatively, use the Go installer:
$ go install github.com/github/lfs-test-server
Building
To build from source, use the Go tools:
$ go get github.com/github/lfs-test-server
Running
Running the binary will start an LFS server on localhost:8080 by default.
There are few things that can be configured via environment variables:
LFS_LISTEN # The address:port the server listens on, default: "tcp://:8080"
LFS_HOST # The host used when the server generates URLs, default: "localhost:8080"
LFS_METADB # The database file the server uses to store meta information, default: "lfs.db"
LFS_CONTENTPATH # The path where LFS files are store, default: "lfs-content"
LFS_ADMINUSER # An administrator username, default: unset
LFS_ADMINPASS # An administrator password, default: unset
LFS_CERT # Certificate file for tls
LFS_KEY # tls key
LFS_SCHEME # set to 'https' to override default http
LFS_USETUS # set to 'true' to enable tusd (tus.io) resumable upload server; tusd must be on PATH, installed separately
LFS_TUSHOST # The host used to start the tusd upload server, default "localhost:1080"
If the LFS_ADMINUSER and LFS_ADMINPASS variables are set, a
rudimentary admin interface can be accessed via
http://$LFS_HOST/mgmt. Here you can add and remove users.
To use the LFS test server with the Git LFS client, configure it in the repository's .gitconfig file:
[lfs]
url = "http://localhost:8080/"
HTTPS:
NOTE: If using https with a self signed cert also disable cert checking in the client repo.
[lfs]
url = "https://localhost:8080/"
[http]
sslverify = false
An example usage:
Generate a key pair
openssl req -x509 -sha256 -nodes -days 2100 -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout mine.key -out mine.crt
Make yourself a run script
#!/bin/bash
set -eu
set -o pipefail
LFS_LISTEN="tcp://:9999"
LFS_HOST="127.0.0.1:9999"
LFS_CONTENTPATH="content"
LFS_ADMINUSER="<cool admin user name>"
LFS_ADMINPASS="<better admin password>"
LFS_CERT="mine.crt"
LFS_KEY="mine.key"
LFS_SCHEME="https"
export LFS_LISTEN LFS_HOST LFS_CONTENTPATH LFS_ADMINUSER LFS_ADMINPASS LFS_CERT LFS_KEY LFS_SCHEME
./lfs-test-server
Build the server
go build
Run
bash run.sh
Check the managment page
browser: https://localhost:9999/mgmt