Redmine

h1. HowTo Install Redmine on Debian 8 with Apache2-Passenger

Last updated: 4. April 2015

This HowTo describes installing redmine on Debain 8 (April 15, few weeks before released as

stable) with Apache and MySQL. 

*Hint:*

Run all commands as normal user. If root privileges required i used sudo.

h2. 1. Install Debain Packages

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sudo aptitude install mysql-server mysql-client libmysqlclient-dev gcc build-essential zlib1g zlib1g-dev zlibc libzlib-ruby libssl-dev libyaml-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev ruby gem libapache2-mod-passenger apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-prefork-dev libapr1-dev libxslt-dev checkinstall libxml2-dev ruby-dev vim

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h2. 2. Download and prepare Redmine

h3. 2.1 Download Redmine

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cd /opt/

sudo mkdir redmine

sudo chown -R $your_user redmine

cd redmine

wget $redmine.tar.gz

tar xzf $redmine.tar.gz

cd redmine-X.X.X

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h3. 2.2 Prepare MySQL 

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mysql --user=root --password=$password

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CREATE DATABASE redmine CHARACTER SET utf8;

CREATE USER 'redmine'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'my_password';

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON redmine.* TO 'redmine'@'localhost';

exit

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Redmine DB-Config:

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cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml

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customize config/database.yml:

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production:

  adapter: mysql

  database: redmine

  host: localhost

  username: redmine

  password: my_password

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h3. 2.3 Bundler

install bundler: 

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sudo gem install bundler

bundle install --without development test rmagick

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generate secret token:

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bundle exec rake generate_secret_token

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prepare DB and install all tables:

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RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data

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h3. 2.4 Test Redmine

replace $IP with your external IP:

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bundle exec ruby bin/rails server -b $IP webrick -e production

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Open your browser and visit http://$IP:3000

h2. 3 Apache

The apache service runs with the user www-data, so www-data needs access to some dirs:

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sudo chown -R www-data files log tmp public/plugin_assets

sudo chmod -R 755 files log tmp public/plugin_assets

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Link the redmine public dir to the apache root:

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sudo ln -s /opt/redmine/redmine-3.0.1/public/ /var/www/html/redmine

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The following VirtualHost config requieres control over your webserver.

Every Site under /var/www/html/ needs maybe an Location-directive.

We generate a new vhost config:

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sudo vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/master.conf

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and for redmine you need:

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<VirtualHost *:80>

ServerAdmin admin@example.com

Servername hostname

DocumentRoot /var/www/html/

        <Location /redmine>

                RailsEnv production

                RackBaseURI /redmine

                Options -MultiViews

        </Location>

</VirtualHost>

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Disable debians default-vhost:

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sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

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and enable the new master vhost:

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sudo a2ensite master.conf

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To avoid permission error the passenger mod needs to run also as www-data.

Edit /etc/apache2/mods-available/passenger.conf and add this line:

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PassengerUser www-data

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after all restart apache:

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sudo service apache2 restart

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Open your browser and visit http://$IP/redmine

Finish.