Redmine

h1. HowTo install Redmine on CentOS 5 or 6

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h1. 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

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

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h3. Get Ruby

Things after *#* are comments, and it is no use to type this stuff in ;) 

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cd ~/Downloads  # YOUR FOLDER OF CHOICE

ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org

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FTP session:

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ftp> Anonymous  # USERLOGIN

ftp> 'none', just hit Enter  # NO PASSWORD

ftp> cd /pub/ruby

ftp> get ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz  # XXX is currently 358, as of 03/2012

ftp> bye

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Unzip:

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tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz

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Install:

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cd ruby-1.8.7.pXXX

./configure

make

make install

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Check Installation:

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which ruby 

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If this doesnt work, because there is no ruby at /usr/bin

Maybe you need to create a symlink:

# check with 'whereis ruby' where it was installed into,

# if it returns like /usr/local/bin/ruby (thats where ruby lies)...

# ... create symlink: ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby

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ruby -v # MUST RETURN RUBY VERSION, ELSE SOMETHING IS BROKEN

cd ..

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h3. Get Gems 1.4.2 (does not work with Gems 1.5)

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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 ..

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h3. Install Passenger (requires gcc)

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gem install passenger

passenger-install-apache2-module

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An alternate method is to install mod_passenger RPM for Apache from the following location: 

http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/

RHEL/CentOS 5

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

yum install mod_passenger

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RHEL/CentOS 6

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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

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h3. Restart Apache

<pre>service httpd restart</pre>

h3. Download Redmine

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

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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

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h3. Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder

<pre>cp -av redmine-1.3.0/* /var/www/redmine</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>vi /var/www/redmine/Gemfile</pre>

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# 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"

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<pre>bundle install</pre>

h3. Create the Redmine MySQL database

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yum install mysql-server

chkconfig mysqld on

service mysqld start

/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

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> For MySQL:

> start the mysql client (@mysql -u root -p@) 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 /var/www/redmine/config/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 in /var/www/redmine/public/

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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

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mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess

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h3. Chown and Chmod files for read/write access for the Apache user

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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!