HowTo install Redmine on CentOS 5 or 6¶

• Table of contents
• HowTo install Redmine on CentOS 5 or 6
• Assumptions
• Steps to take
  • Install gem and passenger dependencies
  • Get Ruby
    • FTP session
    • Untar
    • Install
    • Check Installation
    • Fix dependencies with a symlink
  • Get Gems 1.4.2 (does not work with Gems 1.5)
    • Download
    • Untar
    • Setup
    • Check if it works
    • In case this does not work...
  • Install Passenger (requires gcc)
    • RHEL/CentOS 5
    • RHEL/CentOS 6
  • 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
• Set up the database
  • Create the Redmine MySQL database
    • Latest MySQL Version
    • For versions of MySQL prior to 5.0.2
  • Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml
  • 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¶

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

cd ~/Downloads  # YOUR FOLDER OF CHOICE
ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org

FTP session¶

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

Untar¶

tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz

Install¶

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

Check Installation¶

If this does not work, it is probably because there is no ruby at /usr/bin to be found.
If it works, skip directly to "Get Gems 1.4.2".

ruby -v

Fix dependencies with a symlink¶

(Only in case ruby -v is NOT working)

which ruby  # TO CHECK WHERE IT SHOULD BE
whereis ruby  # TO CHECK WHERE IT IS INSTALLED

which returns like /usr/bin/ along with other directories (where ruby is expected to be), and whereis returns like /usr/local/bin/ruby (thats where ruby actually lies).

Create the Link:

ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby

Check again if it is working:

ruby -v # NOW IT MUST RETURN RUBY VERSION, ELSE SOMETHING ELSE IS BROKEN
cd ..

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

Download¶

wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.4.2.tgz

Untar¶

tar zxvf rubygems-1.4.2.tgz

Setup¶

cd rubygems-1.4.2
ruby setup.rb

Check if it works¶

gem -v

In case this does not work...¶

... the solution is again creating a symlink, analogical like described in the ruby section above.

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

Set up the database¶

Create the Redmine MySQL database¶

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

Latest MySQL Version¶

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';

Now MySQL user and rights should be set.

Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml¶

cp database.yml.example database.yml

todo: describe what to change there...

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!