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Redmine is built on an open-source core with support for open standards, which might be very useful in helping you run your projects.
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To get started with installing Redmine, follow the steps below:
Install Nginx HTTP Server
Redmine requires a web server, and the Nginx HTTP server is probably the second most popular open-source web server available today. To install the Nginx server, run the commands below:
sudo apt update sudo apt install nginx
After installing Nginx, the commands below can be used to stop, start and enable the Nginx service to always start up with the server boots.
sudo systemctl stop nginx.service sudo systemctl start nginx.service sudo systemctl enable nginx.service
Now that Nginx is installed open your browser and browse to the URL below to test whether the web server is working.
http://localhost
If you see the page above, then Nginx is successfully installed.
Install MariaDB Database Server
Redmine also requires a database server to store its content. MariaDB is a great place to start if you’re looking for a genuinely open-source database server. To install MariaDB run the commands below:
sudo apt-get install mariadb-server mariadb-client
After installing MariaDB, the commands below can stop, start and enable the MariaDB service to start up when the server boots.
Run these on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mysql.service sudo systemctl start mysql.service sudo systemctl enable mysql.service
Run these on Ubuntu 18.10 and 18.04 LTS
sudo systemctl stop mariadb.service sudo systemctl start mariadb.service sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
Next, run the commands below to secure the database server with a root password if you were not prompted to do so during the installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
When prompted, answer the questions below by following the guide.
- Enter current password for root (enter for none): Just press the Enter
- Set root password? [Y/n]: Y
- New password: Enter password
- Re-enter new password: Repeat password
- Remove anonymous users? [Y/n]: Y
- Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n]: Y
- Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n]: Y
- Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n]: Y
Once MariaDB is installed, run the commands below to test whether the database server was successfully installed.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Type the root password when prompted.
The server was successfully installed if you see a similar screen as shown above.
Create Redmine Database
Once you’ve installed all the packages required for Redmine to function, continue below to start configuring the servers. First, run the commands below to create a blank Redmine database.
To log on to the MariaDB database server, run the commands below.
sudo mysql -u root -p
Then create a database called redmine
CREATE DATABASE redmine;
Create a database user called redmineuser with a new password
CREATE USER 'redmineuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'new_password_here';
Then grant the user full access to the database.
GRANT ALL ON redmine.* TO 'redmineuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'user_password_here' WITH GRANT OPTION;
Finally, save your changes and exit.
FLUSH PRIVILEGES; EXIT;
Install Passenger
Passenger is a fast and lightweight web application server for Ruby, Node.js, and Python that can be integrated with Apache and Nginx.
Follow the steps below to install the passenger module.
sudo apt install dirmngr gnupg apt-transport-https ca-certificates
Import the repository GPG key and enable the Phusionpassenger repository:
sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 561F9B9CAC40B2F7 sudo sh -c 'echo "deb https://oss-binaries.phusionpassenger.com/apt/passenger $(lsb_release -sc) main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/passenger.list'
Once the repository is enabled, update the packages list and install the Passenger Nginx module with the following:
sudo apt update sudo apt install libnginx-mod-http-passenger
Install Redmine
Now that you have installed Nginx and MariaDB run the commands below to install Redmine packages.
sudo apt-get install redmine redmine-mysql
During the installation, you will be asked to configure Redmine. Choose Yes and continue.
┌──────────────────────────┤ Configuring redmine ├──────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ The redmine/instances/default package must have a database installed and │
│ configured before it can be used. This can be optionally handled with │
│ dbconfig-common. │
│ │
│ If you are an advanced database administrator and know that you want to │
│ perform this configuration manually, or if your database has already │
│ been installed and configured, you should refuse this option. Details on │
│ what needs to be done should most likely be provided in │
│ /usr/share/doc/redmine/instances/default. │
│ │
│ Otherwise, you should probably choose this option. │
│ │
│ Configure database for redmine/instances/default with dbconfig-common? │
│ │
│ <Yes> <No> |
│ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Then choose mysql ad the database type you want to use.
┌─────────────────┤ Configuring redmine ├─────────────────┐
│ Database type to be used by redmine/instances/default: │
│ │
│ sqlite3 │
│ mysql │
│ │
│ │
| <Ok> <Cancel>
│ │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Next, create a password for Remind instance to register with the database.
┌──────────────────────────┤ Configuring redmine ├──────────────────────────┐
│ Please provide a password for redmine/instances/default to register with │
│ the database server. If left blank, a random password will be generated. │
│ │
│ MySQL application password for redmine/instances/default: │
│ │
│ ********_________________________________________________________________ │
│ │
│ <Ok> <Cancel> |
│ │
└───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
Next, install gem bundler packages.
sudo gem update sudo gem install bundler
After that, continue below to set up the Nginx site for Redmine. First, run the commands below to create a symbolic link to the Redmine document root.
sudo ln -s /usr/share/redmine/public /var/www/html/redmine
Next, adjust these directories to the Nginx user.
sudo touch /usr/share/redmine/Gemfile.lock sudo chown www-data:www-data /usr/share/redmine/Gemfile.lock
Configure Nginx
Finally, configure the Apahce2 site configuration file for Redmine. This file will control how users access Redmine content. Run the commands below to create a new configuration file called redmine.conf.
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/redmine.conf
Then copy and paste the content below into the file and save it. Replace the highlighted line with your domain name and directory root location.
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
root /var/www/html/redmine;
server_name example.com www.example.com;
client_max_body_size 100M;
passenger_enabled on;
passenger_min_instances 1;
autoindex off;
access_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.access.log;
error_log /var/log/nginx/example.com.error.log;
}
Save the file and exit.
Enable the Redmine Site
After configuring the VirtualHost above, please enable it by running the commands below.
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/redmine.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/ sudo systemctl restart nginx.service
Then, open your browser, browse to the server domain name, and see the Redmine home page.
http://example.com/
Log in with the username and password below:
Username: admin
Password: admin
That’s it!
Congratulation! You have successfully installed Redmine on Ubuntu 16.04 | 18.04 and 18.10.
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