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h1. How to Install Redmine on CentOS (Detailed) 

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 h2. Introduction 

 I spent a fair bit of time looking for a good issue tracking / project management solution.    Having considered extensively both open source and commercial solutions (up to about $200/month price range like Jira+Confluence and Zoho Projects) I decided to go with Redmine as it offers a good mix of issue tracking and project management capability, most specifically status workflows, sub-tasking and task dependencies and everything else we need. 

 However, when I decided to deploy Redmine I encountered numerous difficulties, as at my workplace we use PHP and are not familiar with Ruby on Rails and setting up Ruby on Rails for anyone not familiar with it is rather difficult, largely due to the various version dependencies and incompatibilities and lack of decent detailed documentation on how to do it.    I managed to setup Redmine on Windows XP using MySQL, Apache and Mongrel, but when I tried to install the same setup on Windows Server 2008 I encountered all sorts of issues with RoR and MySQL, so I decided to setup on CentOS, which is what we use for our production web hosting anyway. 

 CentOS is one of the most frequently chosen Linux operating systems for Linux based production environments. There is extensive documentation available on setting up CentOS and it is arguably the best choice for deploying and running production Linux servers for organisation with all levels of in-house Linux server deployment and administration capability. 

 Redmine is one of the best (if not THE best) open source issue tracking and project management applications, but because it is developed using Ruby on Rails it can be rather complex to deploy for anyone not familiar with the Ruby on Rails environment. 

 This How-To provides detailed steps required to get Redmine up and running on a CentOS operating system using the following components: 
 * Apache web server 
 * MySQL database management system 
 * Ruby on Rails 
 * Mod Passenger Apache module 

 The How-To provides detailed instructions on the installation and explains what each step does, so that it can be easily follows by people experienced and new to the Ruby on Rails environment. 

 h2. Assumptions 

 * CentOS is installed and works 
 * Apache is installed and works  
 * MySQL is installed and works 
 * Your are logged as root 
 * The next steps are done successively without errors 

 h2. Installation Instructions 

 h3. Install gem and passenger dependencies 



 <pre> 
 yum -y install zlib-devel curl-devel openssl-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel mysql-devel 
 </pre> 

 h3. Get Ruby 

 <pre> 
 # Create the directory where you will store the Downloads 
 mkdir ~/Downloads # This can be any directory. 

 # Change to directory where you will store the download 
 cd ~/Downloads # This can be any directory. 

 # FTP to where you will download ruby from. 
 # When asked to login use user/password of anonymous/anonymous 
 ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org  
 Name (ftp.ruby-lang.org:root): anonymous 
 Password: anonymous 

 ftp> cd /pub/ruby 
 ftp> get ruby-1.8.7-pXXX.tar.gz 
 ftp> quit 

 # You have now downloaded ruby and need to untar it 
 tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7-pXXX.tar.gz 

 # Compile ruby 
 cd ruby-1.8.7-pXXX 
 ./configure 
 make 
 make install 

 # Verify ruby installation 
 ruby -v 
 which ruby 

 # Change back into your downloads directory 
 cd .. 
 </pre> 

 h3. Get Gems 1.4.2 (does not work with Gems 1.5) 

 <pre> 
 wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.4.2.tgz 
 tar zxvf rubygems-1.4.2.tgz 
 cd rubygems-1.4.2 
 ruby setup.rb 
 gem -v 
 which gem 
 cd .. 
 </pre> 

 h3. Install Passenger (requires gcc) 

 <pre> 
 gem install passenger 
 passenger-install-apache2-module 
 </pre> 

 An alternate method is to install mod_passenger RPM for Apache from the following location:  
 http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/ 

 RHEL/CentOS 5 
 <pre> 
 rpm -Uvh http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/5/passenger-release.noarch.rpm 
 yum install mod_passenger 
 </pre> 

 RHEL/CentOS 6 
 <pre> 
 rpm --import http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc 
 yum install http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/6/passenger-release.noarch.rpm 
 yum install mod_passenger 
 </pre> 

 h3. Restart Apache 

 <pre>service httpd restart</pre> 

 h3. Download Redmine 

 Download page: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1850 

 <pre> 
 wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75597/redmine-1.3.0.tar.gz    # GET LATEST VERSION ON RUBYFORGE 
 tar zxvf redmine-1.3.0.tar.gz 
 </pre> 

 h3. Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder 

 <pre>cp -av redmine-1.3.0/* /var/www/redmine</pre> 

 h3. Configure Apache to host the documents 

 more information can be found here: [[HowTo configure Apache to run Redmine]] 

 h3. Install Bundler 

 <pre>gem install bundler</pre> 

 h3. Add the Bundler Boot and preinitializer code 

 For more info go to the "Bundler site":http://gembundler.com/. 

 h3. Create the Gemfile and register these gems in it 

 <pre>vi /var/www/redmine/Gemfile</pre> 

 <pre> 
 # file: /var/www/redmine/Gemfile 
 source "http://rubygems.org" 
 gem "rake", "0.8.3" 
 gem "rack", "1.1.0" 
 gem "i18n", "0.4.2" 
 gem "rubytree", "0.5.2", :require => "tree" 
 gem "RedCloth", "~>4.2.3", :require => "redcloth" # for CodeRay 
 gem "mysql" 
 gem "coderay", "~>0.9.7" 
 </pre> 

 <pre>bundle install</pre> 

 h3. Create the Redmine MySQL database 

 <pre> 
 yum install mysql-server 
 chkconfig mysqld on 
 service mysqld start 
 /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation 
 </pre> 

 > For MySQL: 
 > start the mysql client (@mysql -u root -p@) and enter the following commands 
 > > <pre>create database redmine character set utf8; 
 create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password'; 
 grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost'; </pre> 

 > For versions of MySQL prior to 5.0.2 - skip the 'create user' step and instead: 

 > > <pre> grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';</pre> 

 h3. Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml (rename database.yml.example) 

 h3. Set the production environment (optional) 

 Uncomment the following line in file redmine/config/environment.rb: 

 <pre>ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'</pre> 

 h3. Generate the session store 

 <pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake generate_session_store</pre> 

 h3. Migrate the database models 

 <pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate</pre> 

 h3. Load default data (optional) 

 <pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data</pre> 

 Follow instructions. 

 h3. Rename dispatch CGI files in /var/www/redmine/public/ 

 <pre> 
 mv dispatch.cgi.example dispatch.cgi 
 mv dispatch.fcgi.example dispatch.fcgi 
 mv dispatch.rb.example dispatch.rb 
 </pre> 

 h3. Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration 

 <pre> 
 mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess 
 </pre> 

 h3. Chown and Chmod files for read/write access for the Apache user 

 <pre> 
 cd .. 
 chown -R apache:apache redmine-1.x 
 chmod -R 755 redmine-1.x 
 </pre> 

 h3. Redmine should be fully installed now and fully usable 

 Enjoy!