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h1. HowTo Install Redmine 1.2.x with Mercurial and Subversion on Ubuntu Server 10.04 {{toc}} h2. Redmine Installation # Install the LAMP stack <pre> $ sudo tasksel install lamp-server </pre> # Install the required packages <pre> $ sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion llibmysqlclient15-dev libdigest-sha1-perl libgemplugin-ruby libgemplugin-ruby1.8 libruby-extras libruby1.8-extras rails rake ruby rubygems rubygems1.8 ruby1.8-dev libopenssl-ruby1.8 </pre> # Install the required Ruby gems <pre> $ sudo gem install rails -v=2.3.11 --no-ri --no-rdoc $ sudo gem install rake -v=0.8.7 --no-ri --no-rdoc $ sudo gem uninstall rake -v=0.9.2 $ sudo gem install i18n -v=0.4.2 --no-ri --no-rdoc $ sudo gem install mysql --no-ri --no-rdoc </pre> # Download Redmine into /user/share/redmine directory <pre> $ sudo svn co http://redmine.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/1.2-stable /usr/share/redmine </pre> # Create an empty MySQL database and accompanying user named redmine for example. <pre> $ mysql -u root -p (enter the mysql root user password) > create database redmine character set utf8; > create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by '[password]'; > grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by '[password]'; > exit </pre> # Copy config/database.yml.example to config/database.yml and edit this file in order to configure your database settings for "production" environment. <pre> $ sudo cp /usr/share/redmine/config/database.yml.example /usr/share/redmine/config/database.yml $ sudo nano /usr/share/redmine/config/database.yml Modify to the following and save (ctrl+x) production: adapter: mysql socket: /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock database: redmine host: localhost username: redmine password: [password] encoding: utf8 </pre> # Generate a session store secret. <pre> $ cd /usr/share/redmine $ sudo rake generate_session_store </pre> # Create the database structure, by running the following command under the application root directory: <pre> $ cd /usr/share/redmine $ sudo rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production" </pre> # Insert default configuration data in database, by running the following command: <pre> $ sudo RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:load_default_data </pre> # Setting up permissions <pre> $ cd /usr/share/redmine $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data files log tmp public/plugin_assets $ sudo chmod -R 755 files log tmp public/plugin_assets </pre> # Test using the webrick web server <pre> $ cd /usr/share/redmine $ ruby script/server webrick -e production Point your web browser at http://[my server ip]:3000 You should now see the application welcome page. </pre> h2. Apache Integration # Install the required packages <pre> $ sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-passenger </pre> # Add a symbolic link to the public redmine web directory <pre> $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/public /var/www/redmine </pre> # Configure Passanger to run as www-data <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/passenger.conf Add the follow line and save (ctrl+x) PassengerDefaultUser www-data </pre> # Create a new Apache site file <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine </pre> Add the following lines and save (ctrl+x) <pre> <VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /var/www ServerName myservername RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/$ /redmine [R] <Directory /var/www/redmine> RailsBaseURI /redmine PassengerResolveSymlinksInDocumentRoot on </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. LogLevel warn CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined </VirtualHost> </pre> For SSL add the following text instead <pre> <VirtualHost *:443> ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost DocumentRoot /var/www ServerName myservername SSLEngine On SSLCertificateFile /etc/apache2/ssl/redmine.pem RewriteEngine on RewriteRule ^/$ /redmine [R] <Directory /var/www/redmine> RailsBaseURI /redmine PassengerResolveSymlinksInDocumentRoot on </Directory> ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log # Possible values include: debug, info, notice, warn, error, crit, # alert, emerg. LogLevel warn CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined </VirtualHost> </pre> # Enable the Redmine website <pre> $ sudo a2dissite default $ sudo a2ensite redmine </pre> # Enable the Passenger and Rewite modules and restart Apache <pre> $ sudo a2enmod passenger $ sudo a2enmod rewrite $ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart </pre> # Test the setup <pre> Open up your favorite web browser and goto http://[my site or ip]/redmine </pre> h2. Mercurial Integration # Install the latest Mercurial release <pre> $ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mercurial-ppa/releases $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install mercurial libapache-dbi-perl libapache2-mod-perl2 </pre> # Create the hg web directory <pre> $ sudo mkdir -p /var/hg/repos </pre> # Create the web cgi script file <pre> $ sudo nano /var/hg/hgwebdir.cgi Add the following and save #!/usr/bin/env python # from mercurial import demandimport; demandimport.enable() from mercurial.hgweb.hgwebdir_mod import hgwebdir import mercurial.hgweb.wsgicgi as wsgicgi application = hgwebdir('hgweb.config') wsgicgi.launch(application) </pre> # Create the cgi web config file <pre> $ sudo nano /var/hg/hgweb.config Add the following and save [paths] /=/var/hg/repos/** [web] allow_push = * push_ssl = false allowbz2 = yes allowgz = yes allowzip = yes </pre> # Setup permissions <pre> $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/hg $ sudo chmod gu+x /var/hg/hgwebdir.cgi </pre> # Create a Apache config file <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/hg.config Add the following and save PerlLoadModule Apache::Redmine ScriptAlias /hg "/var/hg/hgwebdir.cgi" <Location /hg > AuthType Basic AuthName "Redmine Mercurial Repository" Require valid-user #Redmine auth PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler RedmineDSN "DBI:mysql:database=redmine;host=localhost" RedmineDbUser "redmine" RedmineDbPass "password" </Location> </pre> # Add a symbolic link to Redmine.pm <pre> $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/Redmine.pm /usr/lib/perl5/Apache/Redmine.pm $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/Redmine.pm /usr/lib/perl5/Apache2/Redmine.pm </pre> # Enable the required Apache modules and restart Apache <pre> $ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart </pre> # Create a new test repository and project in Redmine <pre> $ sudo hg init /var/hg/repos/test $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/hg/repos/test Create a new project with and identifier 'test' In the project Settings > Repository set SCM: Mercurial Path to repository: /var/hg/repos/test Press the 'Create' button Goto to the Repository tab of the test project </pre> # View the test repository in the web browser <pre> > http://[my site name]/hg/test </pre> h2. Subversion Integration # Install the latest Mercurial release <pre> $ sudo apt-get install subversion libapache2-svn libapache-dbi-perl libapache2-mod-perl2 </pre> # Create the svn repository directory <pre> $ sudo mkdir /var/svn </pre> # Setup permissions <pre> $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/svn </pre> # Add a symbolic link to Redmine.pm <pre> $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/Redmine.pm /usr/lib/perl5/Apache/Redmine.pm $ sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/Redmine.pm /usr/lib/perl5/Apache2/Redmine.pm </pre> # Create a Apache config file <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/svn.config </pre> Add the following and save <pre> PerlLoadModule Apache::Redmine <Location /svn> DAV svn SVNParentPath "/var/svn" Order deny,allow Deny from all Satisfy any PerlAccessHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::access_handler PerlAuthenHandler Apache::Authn::Redmine::authen_handler AuthType Basic AuthName "Redmine Subversion Repository" #read-only access <Limit GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT> Require valid-user Allow from [my server ip] # Allow from another-ip Satisfy any </Limit> # write access <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT> Require valid-user </LimitExcept> ## for mysql RedmineDSN "DBI:mysql:database=redmine;host=localhost" RedmineDbUser "redmine" RedmineDbPass "password" </Location> </pre> # Enable the required Apache modules and restart Apache <pre> $ sudo a2enmod dav_svn $ sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart </pre> # Create a new test repository <pre> $ sudo svnadmin create /var/svn/test $ sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/svn/test </pre> h2. Automate Repository Creation # Enable WS for repository management and generate and API key <pre> * From the Redmine Administration menu select Settings * Click on the Repositories tab * Enable the 'Enable WS for repository management' checkbox * Click the 'Generate a key' link * Press the 'Save' button </pre> # Modify reposman.rb <pre> $ sudo nano /usr/share/extra/svn/reposman.rb Add the following to module SCM and save module Mercurial def self.create(path) Dir.mkdir path Dir.chdir(path) do system_or_raise "hg init" end end end </pre> # Schedule the reposman.rb script to run every minute <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/cron.d/redmine </pre> Add one of the following lines (not both) and save. (Note: you will need to replace [my API key] with the API key you generated in step 1) . To create subversion repositories add: <pre> * * * * * root ruby /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/reposman.rb --redmine localhost/redmine --scm Subversion --svn-dir /var/hg/repos --owner www-data --url file:///var/svn --key=[my API key] >> /var/log/reposman.log </pre> OR to create Mecurial repositories add: <pre> * * * * * root ruby /usr/share/redmine/extra/svn/reposman.rb --redmine localhost/redmine --scm Mercurial --svn-dir /var/hg/repos --owner www-data --url /var/hg/repos --key=[my API key] >> /var/log/reposman.log </pre> h2. Automatic refresh of repositories in Redmine # Schedule the fetch_changesets script to run every 15 minutes <pre> $ sudo nano /var/cron.d/redmine Add the following line and save */15 * * * * root ruby /usr/share/redmine/script/runner "Repository.fetch_changesets" -e production > /dev/null 2>&1 </pre> # Setup a changegroup script on the Mercurial server to run fetch_changesets after each push to a Mercurial repository <pre> $ sudo nano /var/hg/changegroup-hook </pre> Add the following text and save (Note: you will need to replace [your API key] the API key you generated in Redmine <pre> #!/bin/sh curl "http://localhost/redmine/sys/fetch_changesets?key=[your API key]" > /dev/null 2>&1 </pre> Setup permissions <pre> $ sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/hg/changegroup-hook $ sudo chmod ug+x /var/hg/changegroup-hook </pre> Modify the hgweb.config file <pre> $ sudo nano /var/hg/hgweb.config </pre> Add the following section and save <pre> [hooks] changegroup = /var/hg/changegroup-hook </pre> h2. Email Integration # Install and configure Sendmail <pre> $ sudo apt-get install sendmail $ sudo sendmailconfig (Answer Yes to all questions which you will be asked) </pre> # Update the Redmine configuration file <pre> $ sudo nano /usr/share/redmine/config/configuration.yml Add the following text and save production: email_delivery: delivery_method: :sendmail </pre> h2. Backup to Amazon S3 cloud storage # Create an account at http://aws.amazon.com/ # Create a S3 bucket using the aws management console https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home # View your Access Keys at https://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?action=access-key # Build and install fuse to 2.8.4 <pre> $ sudo wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/fuse_2.8.4.orig.tar.gz $ cd fuse-2.8.4/ $ tar xzf fuse_2.8.4.orig.tar.gz $ sudo ./configure $ sudo make $ sudo make install </pre> # Build and install s3fs 1.61 <pre> $ sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev $ wget http://s3fs.googlecode.com/files/s3fs-1.61.tar.gz $ tar xzf s3fs-1.61.tar.gz $ cd s3fs-1.61/ $ sudo ./configure $ sudo make $ sudo make install </pre> # Create a s3fs password file <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/passwd-s3fs </pre> Added your 'Access Key ID' and 'Secret Access Key' separated by a colon <pre> [accessKeyId]:[secretAccessKey] </pre> Setup permissions <pre> sudo chmod 650 /etc/passwd-s3fs </pre> # Create mounting point <pre> $ sudo mkdir /mnt/s3 </pre> # Mount your S3 bucket <pre> $ sudo s3fs [your-s3-bucket-name] /mnt/s3 -ouse_cache=/tmp -o allow_other </pre> # Test it worked and unmount <pre> $ echo hello > /mnt/s3/welcome.txt $ ls /mnt/s3 $ sudo umount /mnt/s3 </pre> # Create upstart job to mount the s3 file system start up <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/init/s3.conf </pre> Add the following text and save. <pre> description "Mount Amazon S3 file system on system start" start on (local-filesystems and net-device-up IFACE!=lo) stop on runlevel [016] respawn exec s3fs -f [your-s3-bucket-name] /mnt/s3 -ouse_cache=/tmp -o allow_other </pre> # Start the s3 job <pre> sudo start s3 </pre> # Test it worked <pre> $ echo hello > /mnt/s3/welcome2.txt $ ls /mnt/s3 </pre> # Create the backup script file <pre> $ sudo apt-get install mailutils $ sudo nano /usr/local/bin/backup-redmine.sh </pre> Add the following text and save. <pre> #!/bin/bash # Script to backup Redmine files to a mounted storage device # with daily, weekly, monthly backup rotation # Admin email address admin_email="admin@yourdomain.com" # What to backup db_dump_file="/usr/share/redmine/db/redmine-database-dump.sql" backup_files="$db_dump_file /usr/share/redmine/files /var/hg /var/svn" backup_files="$backup_files /etc/apache2/conf.d/hg.conf /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine" backup_files="$backup_files /etc/init/s3.conf /etc/cron.d/redmine /usr/local/bin/backup-redmine.sh" # Where to backup to backup_dir="/mnt/s3" # Set database access redmine_db_name="redmine" redmine_db_user="redmine" redmine_db_password="password" # Encryption encrypt="false" secret_passphrase="your_gpg_passphrase" # Set rotation in units of days daily_remove_older_than=6 weekly_remove_older_than=30 monthly_remove_older_than=62 # Redirect stderr to a log file error_log="/tmp/backup-redmine.log" exec 6>&2 exec 2>$error_log on_exit() { # Restore IO output exec 2>&6 6>$- # Check for errors if [ -s "$error_log" ]; then logger -t "$0" -s "#### Backup Failed ####" logger -t "$0" -s -f "$error_log" cat "$error_log" | mail -s "Backup failed!" $admin_email else logger -t "$0" -s "Backup Complete" fi # Clean up rm -f $error_log } trap on_exit EXIT SIGHUP SIGINT SIGQUIT SIGTERM # Setup variables for the archive filename. hostname=$(hostname -s) date_time_stamp=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%Hh%Mm` # Datestamp e.g 2011-12-31_23h59m date_stamp=`date +%Y-%m-%d` # Date p e.g 2011-12-31 date_day_of_week=`date +%A` # Day of the week e.g. Monday date_day_of_month=`date +%e` # Date of the Month e.g. 27 # Is the backup directory mounted? mount | grep -sq "$backup_dir" if [ $? != 0 -eq 1 ]; then echo "backup destination ${backup_dir} is not mounted" >&2 exit 1 fi # Make required directories [ -d "$backup_dir/monthly" ] || mkdir "$backup_dir/monthly" [ -d "$backup_dir/weekly" ] || mkdir "$backup_dir/weekly" [ -d "$backup_dir/daily" ] || mkdir "$backup_dir/daily" # Delete old archives find "${backup_dir}/monthly" -mtime +"$monthly_remove_older_than" -type f -name "${hostname}_*" -exec rm {} \; find "${backup_dir}/weekly" -mtime +"$weekly_remove_older_than" -type f -name "${hostname}_*" -exec rm {} \; find "${backup_dir}/daily" -mtime +"$daily_remove_older_than" -type f -name "${hostname}_*" -exec rm {} \; archive_file="${backup_dir}/daily/${hostname}_${date_time_stamp}.tgz" [ $encrypt == "true" ] && archive_file="${archive_file}.gpg" # Dump the redmine database rm -f "$db_dump_file" mysqldump --user="${redmine_db_name}" --password="${redmine_db_password}" "${redmine_db_name}" > $db_dump_file # Write the archive file to the backup directory if [ $? == 0 ]; then if [ $encrypt == "true" ]; then tar czP $backup_files | gpg -c -z 0 --yes --no-use-agent --passphrase="${secret_passphrase}" -o "${archive_file}" else tar czfP "${archive_file}" $backup_files fi fi # Make a weekly backup on Saturday if [ $date_day_of_week == "Saturday" ]; then weekly_count=$(find "${backup_dir}/weekly" -type f -name "${hostname}_${date_stamp}*" | wc -l) [ $weekly_count == "0" ] && cp "${archive_file}" "${backup_dir}/weekly/" fi # Make a monthly backup on the first day of every month if [ $date_day_of_month == "1" ]; then monthly_count=$(find "${backup_dir}/monthly" -type f -name "${hostname}_${date_stamp}*" | wc -l) [ $monthly_count == "0" ] && cp "${archive_file}" "${backup_dir}/monthly/" fi if [ -s "$error_log" ]; then exit 1 else exit 0 fi </pre> # Setup permissions <pre> sudo chmod ug+x /usr/local/bin/backup-redmine.sh sudo chmod o-r /usr/local/bin/backup-redmine.sh </pre> # Schedule the backup to run once a day at 12am <pre> $ sudo nano /etc/cron.d/redmine Add the following line and save 0 0 * * * root /usr/local/bin/backup-redmine.sh </pre> # Test the script <pre> $ sudo backup-redmine.sh $ ls -R /mnt/s3 </pre>