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h1. Installing Redmine
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h2. Requirements
* Ruby on Rails:
* Redmine 0.7.x requires Rails 2.0.2
* Redmine devel r1623 and above is compatible with Rails 2.1
* A database:
* MySQL 4 or higher (recommended)
* PostgreSQL 8
* SQLite 3 (please read this: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/1/29/using-sqlite3-with-rails)
Optional:
* SVN binaries (>= 1.3), for repository browsing (must be available in your PATH)
* RMagick (Gantt export to a png image)
Note that Rails has some compatibility issues with ruby 1.8.7. The recommended ruby version is 1.8.6.
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:
<pre>
production:
adapter: mysql
database: redmine
host: localhost
username: bduser
password: bdpasswd
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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. Setting up permissions
NB: _Windows users have to skip this section._
The user who runs Redmine must have write permission on the following subdirectories: @files@, @log@, @tmp@ (create the last one if not present).
Assuming you run Redmine with a @redmine@ user:
<pre>
mkdir tmp
sudo chown -R redmine:redmine files log tmp
sudo chmod -R 755 files log tmp
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7. 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.
8. Use default administrator account to log in:
* login: admin
* password: admin
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):
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# 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
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