More detailed documentation on how to set up from binary (#4121)

* More detailed documentation on how to set up from binary
Also change recommended file locations

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/docs/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md b/docs/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md
index 91f81f73f1..9c88592155 100644
--- a/docs/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md
+++ b/docs/content/doc/installation/from-binary.en-us.md
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ embedded assets. This can be different for older releases. Choose the file match
 the destination platform from the [downloads page](https://dl.gitea.io/gitea), copy
 the URL and replace the URL within the commands below:
 
-```
-wget -O gitea https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.3.2/gitea-1.3.2-linux-amd64
+```sh
+wget -O gitea https://dl.gitea.io/gitea/1.4.2/gitea-1.4.2-linux-amd64
 chmod +x gitea
 ```
 
@@ -34,6 +34,54 @@ location. When launched manually, Gitea can be killed using `Ctrl+C`.
 ./gitea web
 ```
 
+## Recommended server configuration
+
+### Prepare environment
+
+Check that git is installed on the server, if it is not install it first.
+```sh
+git --version
+```
+
+Create user to run gitea (ex. `git`)
+```sh
+adduser \
+   --system \
+   --shell /bin/bash \
+   --gecos 'Git Version Control' \
+   --group \
+   --disabled-password \
+   --home /home/git \
+   git
+```
+
+### Create required directory structure
+
+```sh
+mkdir -p /var/lib/gitea/{custom,data,indexers,public,log}
+chown git:git /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
+chmod 750 /var/lib/gitea/{data,indexers,log}
+mkdir /etc/gitea
+chown root:git /etc/gitea
+chmod 770 /etc/gitea
+```
+
+**NOTE:** `/etc/gitea` is temporary set with write rights for user `git` so that Web installer could write configuration file. After installation is done it is recommended to set rights to read-only using:
+```
+chmod 750 /etc/gitea
+chmod 644 /etc/gitea/app.ini
+```
+
+### Copy gitea binary to global location
+
+```
+cp gitea /usr/local/bin/gitea
+```
+
+### Create service file to start gitea automatically
+
+See how to create [Linux service]({{< relref "run-as-service-in-ubuntu.en-us.md" >}})
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 ### Old glibc versions