HowTo install Redmine on CentOS 5/6¶

• Table of contents
• HowTo install Redmine on CentOS 5/6
  • Assumptions
  • Steps to take
    • Install gem and passenger dependencies
    • Get Ruby
    • Get Gems 1.4.2 (does not work with Gems 1.5)
    • Install Passenger (requires gcc)
    • Restart Apache
    • Download Redmine
    • Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder
    • Configure Apache to host the documents
    • Install Bundler
    • Add the Bundler Boot and preinitializer code
    • Create the Gemfile and register these gems in it
    • Create the Redmine MySQL database
    • Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml (rename database.yml.example)
    • Set the production environment (optional)
    • Generate the session store
    • Migrate the database models
    • Load default data (optional)
    • Rename dispatch CGI files in /var/www/redmine/public/
    • Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration
    • Chown and Chmod files for read/write access for the Apache user
    • Redmine should be fully installed now and fully usable

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

Steps to take¶

Install gem and passenger dependencies¶

yum -y install zlib-devel curl-devel openssl-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel mysql-devel

Get Ruby¶

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
cd ruby-1.8.7.pXXX
./configure
make
make install
ruby -v
which ruby
cd ..

Get Gems 1.4.2 (does not work with Gems 1.5)¶

wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.4.2.tgz
tar zxvf rubygems-1.4.2.tgz
cd rubygems-1.4.2
ruby setup.rb
gem -v
which gem
cd ..

Install Passenger (requires gcc)¶

gem install passenger
passenger-install-apache2-module

An alternate method is to install mod_passenger RPM for Apache from the following location:
http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/

RHEL/CentOS 5

rpm -Uvh http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/5/passenger-release.noarch.rpm
yum install mod_passenger

RHEL/CentOS 6

rpm --import http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/RPM-GPG-KEY-stealthymonkeys.asc
yum install http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/6/passenger-release.noarch.rpm
yum install mod_passenger

Restart Apache¶

service httpd restart

Download Redmine¶

Download page: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1850

wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75597/redmine-1.3.0.tar.gz  # GET LATEST VERSION ON RUBYFORGE
tar zxvf redmine-1.3.0.tar.gz

Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder¶

cp -av redmine-1.3.0/* /var/www/redmine

Configure Apache to host the documents¶

more information can be found here: HowTo configure Apache to run Redmine

Install Bundler¶

gem install bundler

Add the Bundler Boot and preinitializer code¶

For more info go to the Bundler site.

Create the Gemfile and register these gems in it¶

vi /var/www/redmine/Gemfile

# file: /var/www/redmine/Gemfile
source "http://rubygems.org" 
gem "rake", "0.8.3" 
gem "rack", "1.1.0" 
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" 

bundle install

Create the Redmine MySQL database¶

yum install mysql-server
chkconfig mysqld on
service mysqld start
/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

For MySQL:
start the mysql client (mysql -u root -p) and enter the following commands

create database redmine character set utf8;
create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost'; 

For versions of MySQL prior to 5.0.2 - skip the 'create user' step and instead:

 grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';

Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml (rename database.yml.example)¶

Set the production environment (optional)¶

Uncomment the following line in file redmine/config/environment.rb:

ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'

Generate the session store¶

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake generate_session_store

Migrate the database models¶

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate

Load default data (optional)¶

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data

Follow instructions.

Rename dispatch CGI files in /var/www/redmine/public/¶

mv dispatch.cgi.example dispatch.cgi
mv dispatch.fcgi.example dispatch.fcgi
mv dispatch.rb.example dispatch.rb

Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration¶

mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess

Chown and Chmod files for read/write access for the Apache user¶

cd ..
chown -R apache:apache redmine-1.x
chmod -R 755 redmine-1.x

Redmine should be fully installed now and fully usable¶

Enjoy!