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h1. HowTo install Redmine on CentOS 5
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h2. 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
h2. Steps to take
h3. Install gem and passenger dependencies
<pre>
yum -y install zlib-devel curl-devel openssl-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel
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h3. Get Ruby
<pre>
cd ~/Downloads # YOUR FOLDER OF CHOICE
ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org
cd /pub/ruby
get ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz
tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz ruby-1.8.7.pXXX
cd ruby-1.8.7.pXXX
./configure
make
make install
ruby -v
which ruby
cd ..
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h3. Get Gems 1.4 (does not work with Gems 1.5)
<pre>
wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.x.tgz
tar zxvf rubygems-1.x.tgz rubygems-1.x
cd rubygems-1.x
ruby setup.rb
gem -v
which gem
cd ..
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h3. Install Passenger
<pre>
gem install passenger
passenger-install-apache2-module
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h3. Restart Apache
<pre>service httpd restart</pre>
h3. Download Redmine
<pre>
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75097/redmine-1.2.1.tar.gz # GET LATEST VERSION ON RUBYFORGE
tar zxvf redmine-1.2.1.tar.gz
cd redmine-1.2.1
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h3. Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder
<pre>cp -av redmine-1.2.1/* /var/www/redmine</pre> redmine-1.x/* /var/www/redmine-1.x</pre>
h3. Configure Apache to host the documents
more information can be found here: [[HowTo configure Apache to run Redmine]]
h3. Install Bundler
<pre>gem install bundler</pre>
h3. Add the Bundler Boot and preinitializer code
For more info go to the "Bundler site":http://gembundler.com/.
h3. Create the Gemfile and register these gems in it
<pre> cd /var/www/redmine-1.x/
touch Gemfile
vi gemfile
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* source "http://rubygems.org"
* gem @"rake"@, "0.8.3"
* gem @"rack"@, "1.0.1"
* 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"
<pre>bundle install</pre>
h3. Create the Redmine MySQL database
> For MySQL:
> start the mysql client and enter the following commands
> > <pre>create database redmine character set utf8;
create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost'; </pre>
> For versions of MySQL prior to 5.0.2 - skip the 'create user' step and instead:
> > <pre> grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';</pre>
h3. Configure database.yml (rename database.yml.example)
h3. Set the production environment (optional)
Uncomment the following line in file redmine/config/environment.rb:
<pre>ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'</pre>
h3. Generate the session store
<pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake generate_session_store</pre>
h3. Migrate the database models
<pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate</pre>
h3. Load default data (optional)
<pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data</pre>
Follow instructions.
h3. Rename dispatch CGI files
<pre>
mv dispatch.cgi.example dispatch.cgi
mv dispatch.fcgi.example dispatch.fcgi
mv dispatch.rb.example dispatch.rb
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h3. Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration
<pre>
mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess
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h3. Chown and Chmod files for read/write access for the Apache user
<pre>
cd ..
chown -R apache:apache redmine-1.x
chmod -R 755 redmine-1.x
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h3. Redmine should be fully installed now and fully usable
Enjoy!