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h1. HowTo Install Redmine 1.2.x with Mercurial and Subversion on Ubuntu Server 10.04
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h2. Pre-install
# Set the timezone
<pre>
$ dpkg-reconfigure tzdata
Select you timezone and exit.
</pre>
# Set your hostname
<pre>
$ sudo name /etc/hostname
Enter your server name and save.
eg.
redmine
</pre>
# Map your fully qualified domain name (FQDN) to localhost
<pre>
$ sudo nano /etc/hosts
Add a line mapping local host to your FQDN and hostname and save.
eg.
127.0.0.1 redmine.domain.com redmine
</pre>
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
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$ sudo svn co http://redmine.rubyforge.org/svn/branches/1.2-stable /usr/share/redmine
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# Create an empty MySQL database and accompanying user named redmine for example.
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$ 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
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# Generate a session store secret.
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$ 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 644 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
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# Add a symbolic link to the public redmine web directory
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$ sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/public /var/www/redmine
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# Configure Passanger to run as www-data
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$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/mods-available/passenger.conf
Add the follow line and save (ctrl+x)
PassengerDefaultUser www-data
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# Create a new Apache site file
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$ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine
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Add the following lines and save (ctrl+x)
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<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>
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For SSL add the following text instead
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<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>
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# Enable the Redmine website
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$ sudo a2dissite default
$ sudo a2ensite redmine
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# 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
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# Create the hg web directory
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$ 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)
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# 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
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# 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>
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# Add a symbolic link to Redmine.pm
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$ 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
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# View the test repository in the web browser
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> http://[my site name]/hg/test
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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>
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# 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
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# 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
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# 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
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# 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
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# 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 640 /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 ]; 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 [ $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
# 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 770 /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>