Redmine

Oh, just to clarify on thing... I do not plan to have this server dedicated to Redmine, rather it will host several WordPress websites for clients.

While it would be fairly easy to give you a full walkthrough of what you have to do, I'm going to err on the side of caution and advise you otherwise.

A dedicated Linux server gives you a lot of power, and if you are going to have client sites on it I highly suggest you either get a control panel like WHM/Cpanel or hire a competent linux administrator to get you fully setup and configured (or both). There are a lot of ways you can make minor mistakes which open up vulnerabilities and potential security holes, which you really need experience and expertise to recognize.

Thank you for your quick response. I failed to mention that the server comes with cPanel/WHMCS already loaded so I used that to mange the server thus far to create accounts, quota, set up MySQL for WordPress, etc.

So with cPanle/WHMCS there, would my task of getting Redmine up and running be easier?

Yes, I will give a rough overview below, unfortunately I don't have the time to give step-by-step. This assumes default cpanel everything.

1. Create the account
2. Give account Bash Shell
3. Log into the accounts cpanel
4. SSH into the server as that user
5. Download latest redmine (via svn or package) to /home/accountname/rails_apps/redmine
6. Create the database and user
7. edit config/database.yml with that info
8. Create session store by doing this in /redmine: rake generate_session_store
9. Create the database structure, by running the following command in /redmine: RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate
10. Insert default configuration data in database, by running the following command : REDMINE_LANG=en RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:load_default_data
11. Go to the "rails apps" button in cpanel and create the application
12. Create the rewrite on that page as well
13. Start the app
14. Change the account to Jailed shell

Much appreciated, every bit of info helps. It gives me a better overview; enough to probably tackle.

I suggest someting like this (or even the detailed version) would be very useful to be included in the Redmine wiki installation instructions. Since it is so easy and useful to use, it would be a pitty to loose potential users that are intimidated right off the bat, on hte installation step.

If I may abuse your benevolence one more time, I am a bit unclear on steps 2 and 14. I know that Shell is a way to run commands on the server and I think HostGator some links to some clients taht provide such functionality so I can probably figure out how to establish a Shell sessions and do that. In taht context, could you tell me waht you mean by Bash Shell and Jailed Shell?

If you Login to WHM Main->Manage Shell Access you can see that you can give each account either a Full Bash (basically full access to your server), Jailed shell (They only have access to their own account), or no Shell Access.

The only people with Bash/Full access should be you and your admins.

Great; thanks again for all your assistance; speedy and to the point - much appreciated!!