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Added by Goran Paksi about 2 months ago

Hello dear community,

I’m having trouble installing Redmine on my laptop. In the past, I’ve worked with Redmine at previous employers and found it to be a fantastic tool. I’ve recently changed jobs and believe that Redmine would be an excellent solution for some of the challenges in my new company.

I wanted to install it on my laptop to demonstrate it to my colleagues, create tickets, and showcase its capabilities with some examples. However, I’m struggling to complete the installation. MySQL is causing issues, the database versions seem incompatible, gems won’t install properly, and so on.

Is there a detailed step-by-step guide for installing Redmine on Windows, especially for someone without extensive programming knowledge? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you in advance!


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RE: Windows installation - Added by Sebastian Novak 4 days ago

I think it is possible to run Redmine on Windows by setting up Ruby, Rails, and MySQL, then configuring the application locally. However, this process can be complex, especially if you're encountering issues with gem installation or database compatibility.

Alternatively, you can explore online demos of Redmine through SaaS platforms provided by various hosting providers. These services allow you to quickly demonstrate Redmine's capabilities without the need for installation or configuration. Popular providers often offer free trials, so you can create tickets and showcase its features to your colleagues right away.

RE: Windows installation - Added by Jimmy Westberg 1 day ago

At my company we run Redmine 6 using IIS (since that is what the other used services use) which is rather cumbersome to get working. If you can use Nginx instead I would use that. The thing with IIS is that I needed to create a service for Ruby or else IIS wasn't able to control the Redmine communication.

RE: Windows installation - Added by Jimmy Westberg 1 day ago

Also, I use Postgresql for all database purposes and it's a breeze to work with.

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