Redmine

h1. HowTo install Redmine on CentOS 5

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h2. Assumptions

* Apache is up and running

* Apache has previously been used and works quite well 

* MySQL is up and running

* MySQL has previously been used and works quite well

* Your are logged as root

* The next steps are done successively without errors

h2. Steps to take

h3. Install gem and passenger dependencies

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yum -y install zlib-devel curl-devel openssl-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel

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h3. Get Ruby

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cd ~/Downloads  # YOUR FOLDER OF CHOICE

ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org

cd /pub/ruby

get ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz

tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz ruby-1.8.7.pXXX

cd ruby-1.8.7.pXXX

./configure

make

make install

ruby -v

which ruby

cd ..

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h3. Get Gems 1.4 (does not work with Gems 1.5)

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wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.x.tgz

tar zxvf rubygems-1.x.tgz rubygems-1.x

cd rubygems-1.x

ruby setup.rb

gem -v

which gem

cd ..

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h3. Install Passenger

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gem install passenger

passenger-install-apache2-module

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h3. Restart Apache

<pre>service httpd restart</pre>

h3. Download Redmine

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wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/73692/redmine-1.x.tar.gz  # GET LATEST VERSION ON RUBYFORGE

tar zxvf redmine-1.x.tar.gz redmine-1.x

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h3. Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder

<pre>cp -av redmine-1.x/* /var/www/redmine-1.x</pre>

h3. Configure Apache to host the documents

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> cd /var/www/redmine-1.x/

touch Gemfile

vi gemfile

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* source "http://rubygems.org"

* gem @"rake"@, "0.8.3"

* gem @"rack"@, "1.0.1"

* 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>bundle install</pre>

h3. Create the Redmine MySQL database

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

h3. Configure 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

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mv dispatch.cgi.example dispatch.cgi

mv dispatch.fcgi.example dispatch.fcgi

mv dispatch.rb.example dispatch.rb

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h3. Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration

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mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess

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

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cd ..

chown -R apache:apache redmine-1.x

chmod -R 755 redmine-1.x

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h3. Redmine should be fully installed now and fully usable

Enjoy!