This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing and configuring the Redmine software on Alpine Linux.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
Update your system by running the following command:
apk update && apk upgrade
Redmine requires a set of dependencies to work properly. Install them by running the following command:
apk add ruby ruby-dev ruby-rdoc ruby-bigdecimal ruby-io-console ruby-irb sqlite sqlite-dev zlib-dev build-base nodejs npm imagemagick6 imagemagick6-dev
Download the latest version of Redmine from their official website, https://www.redmine.org/, and extract the files to the /opt directory:
cd /opt
wget https://www.redmine.org/releases/redmine-X.X.X.tar.gz
tar xvfz redmine-X.X.X.tar.gz
Replace X.X.X with the latest version of Redmine.
Create a database and user for Redmine:
cd /opt/redmine-X.X.X
bundle install --without development test
bundle exec rake generate_secret_token
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate
RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data
To access Redmine, you need to configure your web server. For this tutorial, we will use Nginx.
Install Nginx by running the following command:
apk add nginx
Create a new Nginx server block for Redmine:
nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/redmine.conf
Insert the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # change this to your domain name
root /opt/redmine-X.X.X/public;
passenger_enabled on;
passenger_ruby /usr/bin/ruby;
}
Save and exit the file.
Start Nginx:
rc-service nginx start
Open a web browser and go to http://example.com/. You should see the Redmine login page.
Log in with the default credentials:
Username: admin Password: admin
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Redmine on Alpine Linux.
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