Redmine Install

As predicted, installing redmine proved to be a hassle. I followed this guide, and while tedious, worked fine.

I ended up installing it on my main linux machine (FC15).  I lost track of the additional packages required ... here's the transcript ...

Note I already had mysql and apache running.
So I created a redmine database, as is described above, and then followed the remainder of the post.

 # Make somewhere to download and configure redmine
cd
mkdir redmine
cd redmine
wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/76259/redmine-2.0.3.tar.gz
gunzip -c redmine-2.0.3.tar.gz | tar xf -
cd redmine-2.0.3
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml

# Set up for production environment
emacs config/database.yml

# Install all the FC15 dependencies for a standard set up
sudo yum install -y phpmyadmin
sudo yum install -y ruby rails rake
sudo yum install -y rubygem-rake
sudo yum install -y ruby-devel
sudo yum install -y mysql-devel
sudo yum install -y postgresql-devel
sudo yum install -y ImageMagick-devel

# Use Ruby gems installer to get basic tool kit and installer
sudo gem install bundler
sudo bundle install --without development test

# Preconfigure Redmine
sudo rake generate_secret_token
RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate
RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:load_default_data

# Create a permanent home and redmine user
sudo mkdir /opt/redmine
sudo useradd redmine
sudo passwd redmine
sudo chown -R redmine.redmine /opt/redmine
sudo chmod -R 774 /opt/redmine

# Move redmine install to new home under /opt
cd ..
sudo mv redmine-2.0.3 /opt/redmine/
sudo chown -R redmine.ian /opt/redmine/redmine-2.0.3

# Restart web server
sudo service httpd restart

We can login as redmine user and start production mode with ...

nohup ruby script/rails server webrick -e production &

Running nohup means we can log out, and leave redmine running unattached. Fire up a web browser and navigate to localhost:3000 and first time login as admin admin Its then a case of making some customizations, and setting up a few basics such as a user account and example project ...

Next time we'll go through the business of using redmine to specify our first real python project