Redmine

h1. Installing Redmine

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h2. Requirements

h3. Operating system

Redmine should run on most Unix, Linux, Mac and Windows systems as long as ruby is available on this platform.

h3. Ruby & Ruby on Rails

The required Rails version for a given Redmine version is:

|_. Redmine version|_. Rails version required|

|trunk|Rails 2.1.2|

|0.8.x|Rails 2.1.2|

|0.7.x|Rails 2.0.2|

Official releases include the appropriate Rails version in their @vendor@ directory. So no particular action is needed.

If you checkout the source from the Redmine repository, you can install a specific Rails version on your machine by running:

  gem install rails -v=2.1.2

Notes:

* Rails has some compatibility issues with ruby 1.8.7. *The supported ruby version is 1.8.6*.

* *Rails 2.2.x is not supported* for now.

h3. Database

      * MySQL 4.1 or higher (recommended)

      * PostgreSQL 8

      * SQLite 3 (please read this: http://weblog.rubyonrails.org/2007/1/29/using-sqlite3-with-rails)

If you're using a MySQL database, make sure to install the C bindings that dramatically improve performance. You can get them by running @gem install mysql@.

h3. Optional components

      * SCM binaries (eg. @svn@), for repository browsing (must be available in your PATH). See [[RedmineRepositories]] for SCM compatibility and requirements.

      * "RMagick":http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/ (to enable Gantt export to png image)

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:

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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:

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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

h3. 0.8.x releases

Copy @config/email.yml.example@ to @config/email.yml@ and edit this file to adjust your SMTP settings.

h3. 0.7.x releases

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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