Redmine

h1. Install Redmine on Debian with with Ruby-on-Rails and Apache2 Passenger

h2. A .bash_history based Doc.

aptitude install ruby libzlib-ruby rdoc irb

*_NOTE: The rubygems from repository is not working. We download gems from sourceforge_*

cd /tmp

wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70697/rubygems-1.3.7.zip

unzip rubygems-1.3.7.zip

cd rubygems-1.3.7

ruby setup.rb all

cd ..

rm -r rubygems-1.3.7 rubygems-1.3.7.zip

ln /usr/bin/gem1.8 /usr/bin/gem

gem install rails --include-dependencies

gem install rack -v 1.0.1

mysql -uroot -pyourpasswd

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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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*_NOTE: For MySQL prior 5.2.0 use this_*

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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' identified by 'my_password';

exit;

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cd /srv/www/htdocs

wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/70488/redmine-0.9.4.zip

unzip redmine-0.9.4.zip

rm redmine-0.9.4.zip

mv redmine-0.9.4 redmine

cd /srv/www/htdocs/redmine

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

vi config/database.yml

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production:

  adapter: mysql

  database: redmine

  host: localhost

  username: redmine

  password: passwd

  encoding: utf8

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cp config/email.yml.example config/email.yml

vi config/email.yml

*_NOTE: For more Help look here:_* http://redmineblog.com/articles/setup-redmine-to-send-email-using-gmail/

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production:

  delivery_method: :smtp

  smtp_settings:

    tls: true

    address: "smtp.gmail.com"

    port: '587'

    domain: "smtp.gmail.com"

    authentication: :plain

    user_name: "your_email@gmail.com"

    password: "your_password"

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aptitude install libapache2-mod-fastcgi libfcgi-ruby1.8

aptitude install libmysql-ruby libopenssl-ruby1.8

RAILS_ENV=production rake config/initializers/session_store.rb

rake generate_session_store

RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate

RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:load_default_data

aptitude install ruby-dev

gem install passenger

/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.14/bin/passenger-install-apache2-module

*_NOTE: following file contents info comes from ".../passenger-install-apache2-module"_*

vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/passenger.load

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LoadModule passenger_module /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.14/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so</pre>

vi /etc/apache2/mods-available/passenger.conf

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PassengerRoot /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-2.2.14                                                 

PassengerRuby /usr/bin/ruby1.8

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a2enmod passenger

vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

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<VirtualHost *:80>                                                                                         

  ServerName www.yourhost.com                                                                             

  DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/redmine/public    # <-- be sure to point to 'public'!                                   

  <Directory /srv/www/htdocs/redmine/public>                                                                           

    AllowOverride all                            # <-- relax Apache security settings                                  

    Options -MultiViews                          # <-- MultiViews must be turned off                                   

  </Directory>                                                                                            

</VirtualHost>

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cd /srv/www/htdocs/redmine

chmod -R 775 ./*

chown -R root:root ./*

mkdir tmp public/plugin_assets

chown -R nobody:nogroup files log tmp public/plugin_assets

chmod -R 775 files log tmp public/plugin_assets

/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

h2. Put Redmine in a Folder

mkdir /srv/www/apps

mv /srv/www/htdocs/redmine /srv/www/apps/redmine

ln -s /srv/www/apps/redmine /srv/www/htdocs/redmine

vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

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<VirtualHost *:80>

  ServerName www.yourhost.com

  DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs

  <Directory /srv/www/htdocs>

    AllowOverride all

    Options -MultiViews

  </Directory>

  RailsBaseURI /redmine

  <Directory /srv/www/htdocs/redmine>

    Options -MultiViews

  </Directory>                                                                                     

</VirtualHost>

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/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

h2. Repositories

I used following Repos:

Replace lenny with etch if you are using Debian etch(stable)

You find more Repos here:

http://wiki.unixboard.de/index.php/Repositories_fuer_Debian_und_Derivate

vi /etc/apt/sources.list

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deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

deb-src http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ lenny main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib non-free

deb http://volatile.debian.org/debian-volatile lenny/volatile main contrib non-free

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