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Revision 11 (Jean-Philippe Lang, 2008-04-16 23:46) → Revision 12/349 (Jean-Philippe Lang, 2008-04-28 14:02)

h1. Installing Redmine 

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 h2. Requirements 

     * Ruby on Rails 1.2.6 or 2.0.2 
     * A database (see compatibility below) 

 Optional: 

     * SVN binaries (>= 1.3), for repository browsing (must be available in your PATH) 
     * RMagick (Gantt export to a png image) 

 Supported databases: 

     * MySQL (recommended) 
     * PostgreSQL 
     * SQLite (please read this: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/1/29/using-sqlite3-with-rails) 

 h2. Installation 

 1. [[Download]] and extract the archive or [[CheckingoutRedmine|checkout]] Redmine. 

 2. Create an empty database named @redmine@ for example. 

 For MySQL: 

   create database redmine character set utf8; 

 3. Copy @config/database.yml.example@ to @config/database.yml@ and edit this file in order to configure your database settings for "production" environment. 

 Example for a MySQL database: 

   production: 
     adapter: mysql 
     database: redmine 
     host: localhost 
     username: bduser 
     password: bdpasswd 

 4. Create the database structure, by running the following command under the application root directory: 

   rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production" 

 It will create tables and an administrator account. 

 5. Insert default configuration data in database, by running the following command: 

   rake redmine:load_default_data RAILS_ENV="production" 

 This step is optional but *highly recommended*, as you can define your own configuration from scratch. It will load default roles, trackers, statuses, workflows and enumerations. 

 6. Test the installation by running WEBrick web server: 

   ruby script/server -e production 

 Once WEBrick has started, point your browser to http://localhost:3000/. You should now see the application welcome page. 

 7. Use default administrator account to log in: 

     * login: admin 
     * password: admin 

 8. You can go to @Admin & Settings@ to modify application settings. 

 h2. SMTP server Configuration 

 In config/environment.rb, you can set parameters for your SMTP server: 

     * config.action_mailer.smtp_settings: SMTP server configuration 
     * config.action_mailer.perform_deliveries: set to false to disable mail delivering 

 Don't forget to restart the application after any change. 

 h2. Backups 

 Redmine backups should include: 
 * data (stored in your redmine database) 
 * attachments (stored in the @files@ directory of your Redmine install) 

 Here is a simple shell script that can be used for daily backups (assuming you're using a mysql database): 

 <pre> 
 # Database 
 /usr/bin/mysqldump -u <username> -p <password> <redmine_database> | gzip > /path/to/backup/db/redmine_`date +%y_%m_%d`.gz 

 # Attachments 
 rsync -a /path/to/redmine/files /path/to/backup/files 
 </pre>