Installing RedMine Project Management Software on Linux
18#Redmine #Linux
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials...
01. Log into the Debian device
02. Run the following commands in a terminal:
update repositories
sudo apt update
install available software updates
sudo apt upgrade
install Apache2, Ruby, MySQL/MariaDB and redmine dependencies
sudo apt install ruby-dev apache2 libapache2-mod-passenger mariadb-server build-essential libxslt1-dev libmariadb-dev libxml2-dev zlib1g-dev imagemagick libmagickwand-dev curl
configure the MySQL database
sudo su
mysql_secure_installation
03. Press Enter to login as root
04. Type Y and press Enter to set a root password, type the password twice to confirm
05. Type Y and press Enter to remove anonymous users
06. Type Y and press Enter to disallow root login remotely
07. Type Y and press Enter to remove the test database
08. Type Y and press Enter to reload privilege tables
09. Run the following command to login into MySQL:
mysql -u root -p
10. Authenticate with the root password set earlier
11. Run the following commands to create the Redmine database and database user
CREATE DATABASE redmine CHARACTER SET utf8mb4;
GRANT ALL ON redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'R3dM1n3!!';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
exit
12. Continue with the following commands to download and extract Redmine
create redmine user
sudo useradd -r -m -d /opt/redmine -s /usr/bin/bash redmine
add redmine user to www-data group
sudo usermod -aG redmine www-data
download latest redmine version
sudo wget -O redmine.tar.gz https://www.redmine.org/releases/redm...
extract redmine.tar.gz
sudo -u redmine tar xzf redmine.tar.gz -C /opt/redmine/ --strip-components=1
authenticate as the redmine user
sudo su - redmine
create copies of example configuration files
cp /opt/redmine/config/configuration.yml{.example,}
cp /opt/redmine/public/dispatch.fcgi{.example,}
cp /opt/redmine/config/database.yml{.example,}
edit database.yml
nano /opt/redmine/config/database.yml
13. Update the following values in database.yml
production:
adapter: mysql2
database: redmine
host: localhost
username: redmine
password: "R3dM1n3!!"
14. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to database.yml
15. Continue with the following commands
exit redmine login
exit
cd to /opt/redmine
cd /opt/redmine
install bundler
sudo gem install bundler
authenticate as the redmine user
sudo su - redmine
install dependencies
bundle install --without development test --path vendor/bundle
generate store secret
bundle exec rake generate_secret_token
create database objects
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate
insert database data
RAILS_ENV=production REDMINE_LANG=en bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data
reset permissions
chmod -R 755 /opt/redmine
exit redmine login
exit
cd to /opt/redmine
cd /opt/redmine
start the redmine server
sudo bundle exec rails server webrick -e production
create redmine apache2 conf
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine.conf
16. Paste the following configuration into redmine.conf
Listen 3000
≪VirtualHost *:3000≫
ServerName redmine.kifarunix-demo.com
RailsEnv production
DocumentRoot /opt/redmine/public
≪Directory "/opt/redmine/public"≫
Allow from all
Require all granted
≪/Directory≫
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/redmine_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/redmine_access.log combined
≪/VirtualHost≫
17. Press CTRL+O, Enter, CTRL+X to write the changes to redmine.conf
18. Continue with the following commands to enable the site and restart Apache:
enable the required Apache modules
sudo a2enmod passenger
enable redmine site
sudo a2ensite redmine
restart apache2 service for the changes to take effect
sudo systemctl restart apache2
19. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:3000
20. Log in with the username admin and password admin
21. Enter the password admin and set and confirm a new password for the admin user
22. Welcome to Redmine
....Full steps can be found on GitHub [link at the top]
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