Enable gerrit replication to github

gistfile1.sh

Gerrit version 2.8
Replication plugin extracted from gerrit.war and installed over ssh

Installation method ->

a) Relevant configs:

/var/lib/gerrit/etc/replication.config
[remote "aricg-compliance"]
  url = [email protected]:somerepo/${name}.git
  push = +refs/heads/*:refs/heads/*
  push = +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
  timeout = 30
  threads = 3
  remoteNameStyle = dash
  authGroup = GitHub Replication

/var/lib/gerrit/.ssh/config
Host github.com
    User gerrit
    IdentityFile /var/lib/gerrit/.ssh/id_rsa
    StrictHostKeyChecking no
    UserKnownHostsFile /dev/null

note: test sshing as the gerrit user to the remote server

b) Gerrit autorization:

Group Name: GitHub Replication
GitHub Replication denied read to refs/* in all projects
GitHub Replication allowed read to refs/* in in Project compliance/tests

c) enable plugin and start replication:

unzip gerrit.war
cp WEB-INF/plugins/replication.jar /tmp/
ssh -p 29418 pdx-wl-gerrit-1.web.someserver.org gerrit plugin install -n replication -</tmp/replication.jar
ssh -p 29418 pdx-wl-gerrit-1.web.someserver.org gerrit plugin ls
Name                           Version    Status   File
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replication                    v2.8       ENABLED  replication.jar

ssh -p 29418 pdx-wl-gerrit-1.web.someserver.org gerrit plugin reload replication

ssh -p 29418 pdx-wl-gerrit-1.web.someserver.org replication start --wait --all
Replicate compliance/tests to aricgardner.com, Succeeded!
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Replication completed successfully!