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h1. Redmine on CentOS installation HOWTO
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This works with CentOS versions 5 and 6 and describes how to get Redmine 1.3.2 set up.
h2. 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
h1. Install pre-dependencies
<pre>yum -y install zlib-devel curl-devel openssl-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel mysql-devel</pre>
h2. Ruby
Things after *#* are comments, and it is no use to type this stuff in ;)
<pre>cd ~/Downloads # YOUR FOLDER OF CHOICE
ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org
</pre>
h3. FTP session
<pre>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</pre>
h3. Untar
<pre>tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7.pXXX.tar.gz</pre>
h3. Install
<pre>cd ruby-1.8.7.pXXX
./configure
make
make install</pre>
h3. 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".
<pre>ruby -v</pre>
h3. Fix dependencies
(Only in case _ruby -v_ is *NOT* working)
<pre>which ruby # TO CHECK WHERE IT SHOULD BE
whereis ruby # TO CHECK WHERE IT IS INSTALLED</pre>
_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).
h4. Fix via adding /usr/local/bin to $PATH
(Do this with your editor of choice, if you do not like nano.)
<pre>nano /etc/profile</pre>
Make the section with _pathmunge_ look alike like this:
<pre>#Path manupulation
if [ "$EUID" = "0" ]; then
pathmunge /sbin
pathmunge /usr/sbin
pathmunge /usr/local/sbin
pathmunge /usr/local/bin # ADDED THIS
else
pathmunge /usr/local/bin after # ADDED THIS
pathmunge /usr/local/sbin after
pathmunge /usr/sbin after
pathmunge /sbin
fi</pre>
OR ADD THIS AT THE END OF THE FILE:
<pre>nano /etc/profile
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"</pre>
This sets the PATH for all Users beside root. In case you want it for root to change, too:
<pre>nano ~/.bashrc
export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin"</pre>
h4. Fix via Symlink Creation
This is not recommended, since if the ruby dependency is broken, others will likely be later on, too. Repair this by adding the folder to the $PATH variable like described before, else _gem_, _rake_, _bundle_, _passenger-install-apache2-module_ will not work either... you would have to creat symlinks for them, too.
Symlinks are created like this
<pre>ln -s /usr/local/bin/ruby /usr/bin/ruby</pre>
h4. Verify ruby to be working
<pre>ruby -v # NOW IT MUST RETURN RUBY VERSION, ELSE SOMETHING ELSE IS BROKEN
cd ..</pre>
h2. RubyGems 1.4.2
*Does not work with Gems 1.5!*
h3. Download
<pre>wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.4.2.tgz</pre>
h3. Untar
<pre>tar zxvf rubygems-1.4.2.tgz</pre>
h3. Setup
<pre>cd rubygems-1.4.2
ruby setup.rb</pre>
h3. Check installation
<pre>gem -v</pre>
h3. In case this does not work...
... the solution is again creating a symlink, analogical like described in the ruby section above.
h2. Passenger
h3. Regular install method
Requires gcc.
<pre>gem install passenger
passenger-install-apache2-module</pre>
If the second line does not work, do *whereis passenger* to find out where it is installed.
So you can execute it like */usr/local/bin/passenger-install-apache2-module* ...
The install process is interactive and you wil be told what to do. READ!
h3. Alternative install method
Install mod_passenger RPM for Apache from the following location:
> http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/
_RHEL/CentOS 5_
<pre>rpm -Uvh http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/5/passenger-release.noarch.rpm
yum install mod_passenger</pre>
_RHEL/CentOS 6_
<pre>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</pre>
h2. Restart Apache
<pre>service httpd restart</pre>
h1. Install Redmine
h3. Download
Download page:
> http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1850
<pre>wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75910/redmine-1.3.2.tar.gz # GET LATEST VERSION ON RUBYFORGE</pre>
h3. Untar
<pre>tar zxvf redmine-1.3.2.tar.gz</pre>
h3. Copy the folder to its HTTP document root folder
<pre>mkdir /var/www/redmine
cp -av redmine-1.3.2/* /var/www/redmine</pre>
h1. Configure Apache to host the documents
more information can be found here: [[HowTo configure Apache to run Redmine]]
h1. Link Redmine to the Database
h2. Install MySQL DB Server
<pre>yum install mysql-server
chkconfig mysqld on
service mysqld start
/usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation</pre>
h2. Create a MySQL database to use with Redmine
h3. Latest MySQL Version
> start the mysql client (@mysql -u root -p@) and enter the following commands:
> > <pre>create database redmine character set utf8;
create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost'; </pre>
h3. For versions of MySQL prior to 5.0.2
> Skip the 'create user' step and do instead:
> > <pre> grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';</pre>
Now the database is created and a user to be used with it. Also the user has the rights to work on the database that was created.
h2. Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml
<pre>cp database.yml.example database.yml</pre>
todo: describe what to change there...
h1. Rails Settings
h2. Dependency management with bundler
For more info go to the "bundler site":http://gembundler.com/.
h3. Install
<pre>gem install bundler</pre>
h3. Create Gemfile
You can of course use vi/vim as your editor of choice, if you know what you are doing. ;)
<pre>nano /var/www/redmine/Gemfile</pre>
h3. Register gems
Put the following into the file you just opened:
<pre># 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"</pre>
Save and exit the editor.
h3. Install the provided dependencies:
<pre>cd /var/www/redmine
bundle <pre>bundle install</pre>
h2. Set environment to "production"
Rails has the concept of environments to represent the stages of an application’s lifecycle: test, development, and production by default.
Specify your choice with the RAILS_ENV environment variable.
Production has less verbose logging and is a bit faster, testing and development environment are not needed anyway for your Redmine.
Uncomment the following line in file redmine/config/environment.rb:
<pre>ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'</pre>
h2. Generate the session store
<pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake generate_session_store</pre>
h2. Migrate the database models
<pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate</pre>
h2. Load default data (optional)
<pre>RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data</pre>
Follow instructions.
h2. Rename dispatch CGI files in /var/www/redmine/public/
<pre>
mv dispatch.cgi.example dispatch.cgi
mv dispatch.fcgi.example dispatch.fcgi
mv dispatch.rb.example dispatch.rb
</pre>
h1. Apache Settings
h2. Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration
<pre>
mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess
</pre>
h2. Fix rights for the apache user
<pre>
cd ..
chown -R apache:apache redmine-1.x
chmod -R 755 redmine-1.x
</pre>
This should be everything.
*Redmine is now installed and usable.*
*Enjoy!*