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h1. Installing Redmine
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This is the installation documentation for Redmine 4.0 and higher. You can still read the document for older versions: "3.x":/projects/redmine/wiki/RedmineInstall/308 , "1.4.x - 2.6.x":/projects/redmine/wiki/RedmineInstall/263, "1.3.x":/projects/redmine/wiki/RedmineInstall?version=146
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h2. Requirements
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h3. Operating system
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Redmine should run on most Unix, Linux, [[RedmineInstallOSX|macOS]] and [[RedmineInstall#Notes-on-Windows-installation|Windows]] systems as long as Ruby is available on this platform.  See specific installation HowTos [[HowTos|here]].
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h3. Ruby interpreter
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The required Ruby versions for a given Redmine version are:
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|_. Redmine version|_. Supported Ruby versions        |_. Rails version used|
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|trunk (>= r21668) |Ruby 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, 3.1           |Rails 6.1            |
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|5.0               |Ruby 2.5[1], 2.6, 2.7, 3.0, 3.1   |Rails 6.1            |
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|4.2               |Ruby 2.4[1], 2.5[1], 2.6, 2.7[2]  |Rails 5.2            |
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|4.1               |Ruby 2.3[1], 2.4[1], 2.5[1], 2.6  |Rails 5.2            |
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fn1. %{color: red}Support of Ruby 2.5 and earlier has been ended by the Ruby community.% See the official announcements for details: "2.3":https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2019/03/31/support-of-ruby-2-3-has-ended/, "2.4":https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2020/04/05/support-of-ruby-2-4-has-ended/, "2.5":https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2021/04/05/ruby-2-5-9-released/.
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fn2. Redmine 4.2 does not support Ruby 2.7.0 and 2.7.1. Use Ruby 2.7.2 or higher (see #31500#note-13).
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Important notices:
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* *Redmine does not support JRuby* because "activerecord-jdbc-adapter":https://github.com/jruby/activerecord-jdbc-adapter/issues/599 and "loofah":https://github.com/flavorjones/loofah/issues/88 do not support Rails 4.2 or later.
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h3. Supported database back-ends
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* MySQL 5.5 - 5.7
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 * *MySQL 5.6 or higher* and *MariaDB* have known issues (#19344, #19395, #17460).
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* PostgreSQL 9.2 or higher
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* Microsoft SQL Server "2012 or higher":https://github.com/rails-sqlserver/activerecord-sqlserver-adapter/blob/v4.2.3/README.md#activerecord-sql-server-adapter-for-sql-server-2012-and-higher
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 * Redmine 4.0.0 to 4.0.6 and 4.1.0 don't support SQL Server (#30285, #32737).
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* SQLite 3 (not for multi-user production use!)
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h3. Optional components
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      * SCM binaries (eg. @svn@), for repository browsing (must be available in your PATH). See [[RedmineRepositories]] for SCM compatibility and requirements.
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      * "ImageMagick":http://www.imagemagick.org/ (to enable Gantt export to PNG image and thumbnails generation).
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      * "Ghostscript":https://www.ghostscript.com/ (to enable thumbnails generation for PDF attachments in Redmine 4.1 or later).
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h2. Redmine Version
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It is recommended that the majority of users install the proper point releases of redmine. Redmine currently releases a new version every 6 months, and these releases are considered very usable and stable. It is *not* recommended to install redmine from trunk, unless you are deeply familiar with Ruby on Rails and keep up with the changes - Trunk _does_ break from time-to-time.
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h2. Installation procedure
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h3. Step 1 - Redmine application
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Download a released package and extract it to an appropriate destination on your system.
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As an alternative one can checkout the files directly from the version control system.
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Please visit the [[Download|download page]] for further information on how to download Redmine.
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h3. Step 2 - Create an empty database and accompanying user
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Redmine database user will be named @redmine@ hereafter but it can be changed to anything else.
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h4. MySQL
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<pre><code class="sql">
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CREATE DATABASE redmine CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
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CREATE USER 'redmine'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'my_password';
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CREATE DATABASE redmine CHARACTER SET utf8;
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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON redmine.* TO 'redmine'@'localhost';
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For versions of MySQL "5.0.2":https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17952_01/mysql-5.0-en/grant.html or lower - skip the 'CREATE USER' step and instead:
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CREATE DATABASE redmine CHARACTER SET utf8;
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GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON redmine.* TO 'redmine'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'my_password';
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<pre><code class="sql">
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CREATE ROLE redmine LOGIN ENCRYPTED PASSWORD 'my_password' NOINHERIT VALID UNTIL 'infinity';
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</code></pre>
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h4. SQLite
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Skip this step. A database file will be created during [[RedmineInstall#Step-6-Database-schema-objects-creation|Step 6]].
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h4. SQL Server
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The database, login and user can be created within ??SQL Server Management Studio?? with a few clicks.
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<pre><code class="sql">
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-- Creation of a login with SQL Server login/password authentication and no password expiration policy
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CREATE LOGIN [REDMINE] WITH PASSWORD=N'redminepassword', DEFAULT_DATABASE=[REDMINE], CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF, CHECK_POLICY=OFF
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EXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_datareader', N'REDMINE'
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EXEC sp_addrolemember N'db_datawriter', N'REDMINE'
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h3. Step 3 - Database connection configuration
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Copy @config/database.yml.example@ to @config/database.yml@ and edit this file in order to configure your database settings for "production" environment.
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Example for a MySQL database (default port):
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<pre><code class="yml">
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  password: "my_password"
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If your server is not running on the standard port (3306), use this configuration instead:
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  adapter: mysql2
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  password: "my_password"
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<pre><code class="yml">
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  password: "<postgres_user_password>"
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Example for a SQL Server database (default host @localhost@, default port @1433@):
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  username: redmine # should match the database user name
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h3. Step 4 - Dependencies installation
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Redmine uses "Bundler":http://gembundler.com/ to manage gems dependencies.
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You need to install Bundler first if you use Ruby 2.5 or earlier:
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  gem install bundler
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h5. RMagick
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RMagick is an interface between the Ruby programming language and the ImageMagick image processing library. The library is necessary for Redmine prior to 4.1.0 to export gantt charts to PNG or PDF.
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Redmine automatically installs the adapter gems required by your database configuration by reading it from the @config/database.yml@ file (eg. if you configured only a connection using the @mysql2@ adapter, then only the @mysql2@ gem will be installed).
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If you need to load gems that are not required by Redmine core (eg. Puma, fcgi), create a file named @Gemfile.local@ at the root of your redmine directory. It will be loaded automatically when running @bundle install@.
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h3. Step 5 - Session store secret generation
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This step generates a random key used by Rails to encode cookies storing session data thus preventing their tampering.
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Generating a new secret token invalidates all existing sessions after restart.
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bundle exec rake generate_secret_token
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Alternatively, you can store this secret in config/secrets.yml:
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h3. Step 6 - Database schema objects creation
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Create the database structure, by running the following command under the application root directory:
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If you get this error with Ubuntu:
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Rake aborted!
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no such file to load -- net/https
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Then you need to install @libopenssl-ruby1.8@ just like this: @apt-get install libopenssl-ruby1.8@.
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h3. Step 7 - Database default data set
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Insert default configuration data in database, by running the following command:
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Redmine will prompt you for the data set language that should be loaded; you can also define the @REDMINE_LANG@ environment variable before running the command to a value which will be automatically and silently picked up by the task.
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h3. Step 8 - File system permissions
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NB: _Windows users can skip this section._
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The user account running the application must have write permission on the following subdirectories:
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# @files@ (storage of attachments)
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# @tmp@ and @tmp/pdf@ (create these ones if not present, used to generate PDF documents among other things)
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E.g., assuming you run the application with a redmine user account:
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h3. Step 9 - Test the installation
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Test the installation by running WEBrick web server:
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Once WEBrick has started, point your browser to http://localhost:3000/. You should now see the application welcome page.
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> Note: Webrick is *not* suitable for production use, please only use webrick for testing that the installation up to this point is functional. Use one of the many other guides in this wiki to setup redmine to use either Passenger (aka @mod_rails@), FCGI or a Rack server (Unicorn, Thin, Puma, hellip;) to serve up your redmine.
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h3. Step 10 - Logging into the application
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Use default administrator account to log in:
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You can go to ??Administration?? menu and choose ??Settings?? to modify most of the application settings.
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h2. Configuration
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Redmine settings are defined in a file named @config/configuration.yml@.
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If you need to override default application settings, simply copy @config/configuration.yml.example@ to @config/configuration.yml@ and edit the new file; the file is well commented by itself, so you should have a look at it.
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These settings may be defined per Rails environment (@production@/@development@/@test@).
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h3. Email / SMTP server settings
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Email configuration is described in a [[EmailConfiguration|dedicated page]].
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h2. Notes on Linux/Unix installation
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There is an prebuilt installer of Ruby MRI available from http://rubyinstaller.org.
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+Specifying the @RAILS_ENV@ environment variable:+
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When running command as described in this guide, you have to set the @RAILS_ENV@ environment variable using a separate command.
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I.e. commands with the following syntaxes:
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And in some case it is required to copy the _libmysql.dll_ file in your ruby/bin directory.
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*Important note for Win7 and later*
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On Win7 and later, @localhost@ is commented out in the hosts file[5] and IPV6 is the default[6]. As the mysql2 gem does no support IPV6 addresses[7], a connection can't be established and you get the error "@Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost' (10061)@".
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fn5. http://serverfault.com/questions/4689/windows-7-localhost-name-resolution-is-handled-within-dns-itself-why
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fn6. http://www.victor-ratajczyk.com/post/2012/02/25/mysql-fails-to-resolve-localhost-disable-ipv6-on-windows.aspx
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fn7. https://github.com/brianmario/mysql2/issues/279
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