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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 Ruby and Ruby on Rails versions for a given Redmine version is:
|_. Redmine version|_. Supported Ruby versions|_. Required Rails version|
|current trunk|ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7|Rails 2.2.2|
|trunk before r2493|ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7|Rails 2.1.2|
|0.8.x|ruby 1.8.6, 1.8.7|Rails 2.1.2|
|0.7.x|ruby 1.8.6|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=2.2.2
Notes:
* RubyGems 1.3.1 is required
* Rake 0.8.3 is required
h3. Database
* MySQL 4.1 or higher (recommended)
* make sure to install the C bindings for ruby that dramatically improve performance. You can get them by running @gem install mysql@.
* PostgreSQL 8
* make sure your database datestyle is set to ISO (Postgresql default setting). You can set it using: @ALTER DATABASE "redmine_db" SET datestyle="ISO,MDY";@
* SQLite 3
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 and accompanying user named @redmine@ for example.
For MySQL:
create database redmine character set utf8;
create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password'; 'my_password'
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost';
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
</pre>
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. Generate a session store secret (r2493 and higher only. 0.8.x users can skip this step)
Redmine stores session data in cookies by default, which requires a secret to be generated. This can be done by running:
rake config/initializers/session_store.rb
7. 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 public/plugin_assets
sudo chown -R redmine:redmine files log tmp public/plugin_assets
sudo chmod -R 755 files log tmp public/plugin_assets
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8. Test the installation by running WEBrick web server:
ruby script/server webrick -e production
Once WEBrick has started, point your browser to http://localhost:3000/. You should now see the application welcome page.
9. 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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