Redmine on centos6

How To Install Redmine On CentOs 6 

Install Packages :-  

yum -y install zlib-devel curl-devel openssl-devel httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel mysql-devel 

Download and Install Ruby :- 

 # FTP to where you will download ruby from.
# When asked to login use user/password of anonymous/anonymous
ftp ftp.ruby-lang.org 
Name (ftp.ruby-lang.org:root): anonymous
Password: anonymous 

ftp> cd /pub/ruby
ftp> get ruby-1.8.7-pXXX.tar.gz
ftp> quit

# You have now downloaded ruby and need to untar it
tar zxvf ruby-1.8.7-pXXX.tar.gz

# Compile ruby
cd ruby-1.8.7-pXXX
./configure
make
make install

# Verify ruby installation
ruby -v
which ruby

# Change back into your downloads directory
cd ..

  Download and Install Gems 1.4.2

wget http://production.cf.rubygems.org/rubygems/rubygems-1.4.2.tgz
tar zxvf rubygems-1.4.2.tgz
cd rubygems-1.4.2
ruby setup.rb
gem -v
which gem
cd ..

Passenger Install :- 

gem install passenger
passenger-install-apache2-module

You can install rpm here :-
http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/
RHEL/CentOS 5

rpm -Uvh http://passenger.stealthymonkeys.com/rhel/5/passenger-release.noarch.rpm
yum install mod_passenger

RHEL/CentOS 6

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

Restart Apache Service :-

service httpd restart

Download Redmine

Download page: http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=1850

wget http://rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/75597/redmine-1.3.0.tar.gz 

tar zxvf redmine-1.3.0.tar.gz 

cp -av redmine-1.3.0/* /var/www/redmine

Install Bundler :-

gem install bundler

Add the Bundler Boot and preinitializer code

Create New Gemfile and register these gems

vi /var/www/redmine/Gemfile

# 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" 

bundle install

Create the Redmine MySQL database

yum install mysql-server
chkconfig mysqld on
service mysqld start

start the mysql client (mysql -u root -p) and enter the following commands

create database redmine character set utf8;
create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password';
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost'; 

Configure /var/www/redmine/config/database.yml (rename database.yml.example)

Set the production environment (optional)

Uncomment the following line in file redmine/config/environment.rb:

ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'

Generate the session store

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake generate_session_store

Migrate the database models

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate

Load default data (optional)

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data

Follow instructions.

Rename  files in /var/www/redmine/public/

mv dispatch.cgi.example dispatch.cgi
mv dispatch.fcgi.example dispatch.fcgi
mv dispatch.rb.example dispatch.rb

Edit .htaccess file for CGI dispatch configuration

mv htaccess.fcgi.example .htaccess

Edit httpd.conf

# vim /etc/httpd/httpd.cong and add this :- 

LoadModule passenger_module /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.17/ext/apache2/mod_passenger.so
   PassengerRoot /usr/local/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/passenger-3.0.17
   PassengerRuby /usr/local/bin/ruby
   PassengerTempDir /tmp/passenger

<VirtualHost *:80>
      ServerName vishalvyas.com
      # !!! Be sure to point DocumentRoot to 'public'!
      DocumentRoot /home/redmine/redmine/public
      <Directory /home/redmine/redmine/public>
         # This relaxes Apache security settings.
         AllowOverride all
         # MultiViews must be turned off.
         Options -MultiViews
      </Directory>
   </VirtualHost>

  

Chown and Chmod files for read/write access for the Apache user

cd ..
chown -R apache:apache redmine-1.x
chmod -R 755 redmine-1.x 

Now you can use redmine . 

user:admin

Pass:admin 

 Thanks,

Vishal Vyas