Install Redmine 2.1.0 on Debian 6.0

Posted on 27 Sep 2012

Install necessary packages

aptitude update
aptitude install ruby rubygems libruby libapache2-mod-passenger libmysqlclient-dev libmagickcore-dev libmagickwand-dev mysql-server

Install Not So necessary packages

aptitude install vim git

Download redmine + untar + move it

wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/76448/redmine-2.1.0.tar.gz
tar xzvf redmine-2.1.0.tar.gz
mv redmine-2.1.0 /usr/local/share/redmine-2.1.0
ln -s /usr/local/share/redmine-2.1.0 /usr/local/share/redmine
chown -R root:root /usr/local/share/redmine-2.1.0

Create a redmine user

adduser redmine

Ruby/Gem thingies…

gem install bundler
cd /usr/local/share/redmine
/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/bundle install --without development test postgresql sqlite

DB setup

mysql -uroot -p -e "create database redmine character set utf8;create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'redmine_password';grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost';"
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
vi config/database.yml

.. --- config/database.yml ---
production:
  adapter: mysql
  database: redmine
  host: localhost
  username: redmine
  password: redmine_password
..

RAILS_ENV=production /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/rake db:migrate
RAILS_ENV=production /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/rake redmine:load_default_data
/var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/rake db:encrypt RAILS_ENV=production

Apache setup

echo '<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName redmine.example.com
 DocumentRoot /usr/local/share/redmine/public
 <Directory /usr/local/share/redmine/public>
   AllowOverride all
   Options -MultiViews
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>' > /etc/apache2/sites-available/redmine.example.com
a2ensite redmine.example.com
a2dissite 000-default
service apache2 restart

Email setup (through Gmail)

cp config/configuration.yml.example config/configuration.yml
vi config/configuration.yml

.. --- config/configuration.yml ---
default:
# Outgoing emails configuration (see examples above)
email_delivery:
  delivery_method: :smtp
  smtp_settings:
    enable_starttls_auto: true
    address: "smtp.gmail.com"
    port: 587
    domain: "smtp.gmail.com"
    authentication: :plain
    user_name: "USERNAME@gmail.com"
    password: "PASSWORD"
..

Visit http://redmine.example.com/settings/edit page and modify “Host name and path” value (so the links published in the emails are correct)

Git + Github integration

gem install json

# This is how to install a plugin!
cd plugins
git clone https://github.com/koppen/redmine_github_hook.git
RAILS_ENV=production /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/rake redmine:plugins:migrate

Check http://redmine.example.com/admin/plugins

In case you do not have SSH keys… ssh-keygen -t rsa -C “redmine@example.com”

Visit https://github.com/settings/ssh and add the newly generated public key (see https://help.github.com/articles/generating-ssh-keys)

su redmine
mkdir /PATH/TO/REPOS
cd /PATH/TO/REPOS
git clone --mirror git@github.com:USER/project.git
cd project.git
git fetch -q --all
echo '*/5 * * * * redmine cd /PATH/TO/REPOS/project.git && git fetch -q --all' > /etc/cron.d/sync_git_repos

Note : here you will have to configure you ssh keys :

Add the repo to Redmine : http://redmine.adticket.de/projects/elvis/settings?tab=repositories

References

Done!

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