Installing Redmine on Alpine Linux

This tutorial will guide you through the steps of installing and configuring the Redmine software on Alpine Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following:

• A server running the latest version of Alpine Linux
• Root access to the server
• Basic knowledge of Linux commands

Step 1: Update and upgrade your system

Update your system by running the following command:

apk update && apk upgrade

Step 2: Install required packages

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

Step 3: Install Redmine

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.

Step 4: Configure 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

Step 5: Configure the web server

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

Step 6: Access Redmine

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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