Redmine

The Notification Plugin for Redmine helps teams stay updated with real-time project activity and issue changes directly within Redmine. It allows users to receive in-app, desktop, Microsoft Teams, and Slack notifications for issue updates, comments, assignments, and status changes. Teams can easily manage notification settings, track notification history, and configure project-wise notification channels for better communication and collaboration.

Key Features of Redmineflux Notification Plugin¶

• Receive real-time notifications for issue updates and project activities.
• Get notified for issue creation, updates, comments, assignments, and status changes.
• View notification history from a dedicated notification panel.
• Enable browser desktop notifications for instant activity alerts.
• Configure real-time notifications using Faye server integration.
• Integrate Microsoft Teams to receive project notifications directly in Teams channels.
• Integrate Slack to receive issue updates directly in Slack channels.
• Configure global notification settings for all projects.
• Set up project-specific Teams and Slack notification channels.
• Display watchers and issue details directly in notification messages.
• Manage notification preferences from user account settings.
• Enable or disable notifications for specific projects when required.
• Route notifications automatically based on project-level settings.
• Keep teams informed with centralized and organized notification management.
• Configure project-wise Microsoft Teams channels for better team communication.
• Configure project-wise Slack channels for different project notifications.
• Send notifications automatically to the respective project Teams or Slack channel.

To install Redmineflux Notification Plugin follow these steps:

• Make sure you have a working installation of Redmine.
• Unzip the plugin and copy it to redmine_root/plugins or copy the archive in the same location and perform the unzip command in the console. Do not change the plugin folder name.

redmineflux_notification

• Run the following command to install the required dependencies:

bundle install

• Run the migrate command for database migration.

For Production:

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rails redmine:plugins:migrate

For Development:

RAILS_ENV=development bundle exec rails redmine:plugins:migrate

• Run the following command to enable real-time notifications. This will establish a connection to the Faye server:

rackup plugins/redmineflux_notification/faye.ru -E production

• This command starts a background service that listens for notifications in real time and enables them to be sent from the server.

• Restart Redmine.

• Login as an administrator.
• Navigate to the Administration tab from the top menu.
• Click on Plugins and locate the Redmineflux Notification Plugin.
• Click on the Configure link for the Redmineflux Notification Plugin.
• Navigate to the Redmine Notifications tab.
• In the settings page, you will see an input field labelled:

Address of faye server (leave empty for turned off)

• To enable real-time notifications, provide the address of your Faye server in this field.

Example:

http://your_server_ip_or_domain:9292/faye

• Select the required notification events:

• Issue added
• Issue updated
• Issue note added
• Issue status updated
• Issue assigned
• Issue priority updated
• Issue target version updated

• Click Apply to save the settings.

Microsoft Teams Integration¶

• Navigate to:

Administration > Plugins > Redmineflux Notification Plugin > Configure > Teams Notifications

• Enable Microsoft Teams notifications.
• Create an Incoming Webhook in your Microsoft Teams channel.
• Copy the generated webhook URL.
• Paste the webhook URL into:

Global Teams Webhook URL

• Configure notification options and click Apply.

• Teams notifications support:

• New issue creation
• Issue updates
• Issue notes
• Status and priority changes
• Assignee updates
• Watcher details

Slack Integration¶

• Navigate to:

Administration > Plugins > Redmineflux Notification Plugin > Configure > Slack Notifications

• Enable Slack notifications.
• Create a Slack App in your workspace.
• Install the Slack App and copy the Bot User OAuth Token.

Example:

xoxb-xxxxxxxxxxxx

• Paste the token into:

Slack Bot Token

• Enter the Slack Signing Secret and Default Slack Channel.
• Configure notification options and click Apply.

• Slack notifications support:

• New issue creation
• Issue updates
• Issue notes
• Status and field changes
• Assignee updates

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