Redmine on CentOS installation HOWTO¶
- Table of contents
- Redmine on CentOS installation HOWTO
- Install pre-dependencies
- Install Redmine
- Configure Apache to host the documents
- Link Redmine to the Database
- Rails Settings
- Apache Settings
This works with CentOS versions 5 and 6 and describes how to get Redmine 1.32 set up.
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
Install pre-dependencies¶
yum -y install zlib-devel curl-devel openssl-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel mysql-devel
Ruby¶
Things after *#* are comments, and it is no use to type this stuff in ;)
cd ~/Downloads # YOUR FOLDER OF CHOICE ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org
FTP session¶
ftp> Anonymous # USERLOGIN ftp> 'none', just hit Enter # NO PASSWORD ftp> cd /pub/ruby ftp> get ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz # XXX is currently 358, as of 03/2012 ftp> bye
Untar¶
tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz
Install¶
cd ruby-1.8.7.pXXX ./configure make make install
Check installation¶
If this does not work, it is probably because there is no ruby at /usr/bin to be found.
If it works, skip directly to "Get Gems 1.4.2".
ruby -v
Fix dependencies with a symlink¶
(Only in case ruby -v is NOT working)
which ruby # TO CHECK WHERE IT SHOULD BE whereis ruby # TO CHECK WHERE IT IS INSTALLED
which returns like /usr/bin/ along with other directories (where ruby is expected to be), and whereis returns like /usr/local/bin/ruby (thats where ruby actually lies).
Create the Link:
ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby
Check again if it is working:
ruby -v # NOW IT MUST RETURN RUBY VERSION, ELSE SOMETHING ELSE IS BROKEN cd ..
RubyGems 1.4.2¶
Does not work with Gems 1.5!
Download¶
wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.4.2.tgz
Untar¶
tar zxvf rubygems-1.4.2.tgz
Setup¶
cd rubygems-1.4.2 ruby setup.rb
Check installation¶
gem -v
In case this does not work...¶
... the solution is again creating a symlink, analogical like described in the ruby section above.
Passenger¶
Regular install method¶
Requires gcc.
gem install passenger passenger-install-apache2-module
If the second line does not work, do whereis passenger to find out where it is installed.
So you can execute it like /usr/local/bin/passenger-install-apache2-module ...
The install process is interactive and you wil be told what to do. READ!
Alternative install method¶
Install mod_passenger RPM for Apache from the following location:
RHEL/CentOS 5
rpm -Uvh http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/5/passenger-release.noarch.rpm yum install mod_passenger
RHEL/CentOS 6
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
Restart Apache¶
service httpd restart
Install Redmine¶
Download¶
Download page:
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75910/redmine-1.3.2.tar.gz # GET LATEST VERSION ON RUBYFORGE
Untar¶
tar zxvf redmine-1.3.2.tar.gz
Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder¶
mkdir /var/www/redmine cp -av redmine-1.3.2/* /var/www/redmine
Configure Apache to host the documents¶
more information can be found here: HowTo configure Apache to run Redmine
Link Redmine to the Database¶
Install MySQL DB Server¶
yum install mysql-server chkconfig mysqld on service mysqld start /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation
Create a MySQL database to use with Redmine¶
Latest MySQL Version¶
start the mysql client (
mysql -u root -p) and enter the following commands:create database redmine character set utf8; create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password'; grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost';
For versions of MySQL prior to 5.0.2¶
Skip the 'create user' step and do instead:
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';
Now the database is created and a user to be used with it. Also the user has the rights to work on the database that was created.
Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml¶
cp database.yml.example database.yml
todo: describe what to change there...
Rails Settings¶
Dependency management with bundler¶
For more info go to the bundler site.
Install¶
gem install bundler
Create Gemfile¶
You can of course use vi/vim as your editor of choice, if you know what you are doing. ;)
nano /var/www/redmine/Gemfile
Register gems¶
Put the following into the file you just opened:
# 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"
Save and exit the editor.
Install the provided dependencies:¶
bundle install
OPTIONAL: Set the production environment¶
Uncomment the following line in file redmine/config/environment.rb:
ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'
Generate the session store¶
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake generate_session_store
Migrate the database models¶
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate
Load default data (optional)¶
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data
Follow instructions.
Rename dispatch CGI files in /var/www/redmine/public/¶
mv dispatch.cgi.example dispatch.cgi mv dispatch.fcgi.example dispatch.fcgi mv dispatch.rb.example dispatch.rb
Apache Settings¶
Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration¶
mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess
Fix rights for the apache user¶
cd .. chown -R apache:apache redmine-1.x chmod -R 755 redmine-1.x
This should be everything.
Redmine is now installed and usable.
Enjoy!
Updated by Stephan Schuberth almost 13 years ago · 115 revisions