In this tutorial, we will be exploring how to install redmine on Arch Linux. Redmine is a popular project management and issue tracking tool written in Ruby on Rails.
Before we start the installation process, make sure you have an Arch Linux machine and follow the below prerequisites.
Make sure your Arch Linux system is updated to the latest packages by running the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Redmine is built on Ruby on Rails and requires different dependencies. Run the following command to install necessary dependencies.
sudo pacman -S ruby mariadb mariadb-clients mariadb-libs ruby-rdoc rubygems git
Run the following commands to download and extract the Redmine archive.
cd /var/www/
sudo mkdir redmine
sudo chown -R http:http redmine/
sudo -u http git clone https://github.com/redmine/redmine.git
After installing Redmine, you need to configure a database for Redmine. MariaDB is the recommended database for Redmine. Run the following command to install MariaDB:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After installing MariaDB, start the MariaDB service using systemctl:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
Set the root password for MariaDB:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Create a new MySQL database for Redmine:
sudo mysql -u root -p
create database redmine character set utf8;
create user 'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'mypassword';
grant all privileges on redmine.* to 'redmine'@'localhost';
quit
Refer to the config/database.yml.example file and create a database.yml file with the MySQL database configuration details.
cd redmine/config
sudo cp database.yml.example database.yml
sudo vi database.yml
Update the following lines in database.yml:
production:
adapter: mysql2
database: redmine
host: localhost
username: redmine
password: "mypassword"
encoding: utf8
Run the below commands to install Passenger on the Arch Linux machine.
sudo pacman -S passenger
sudo rm /etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf
sudo touch /etc/nginx/conf.d/redmine.conf
sudo chown -R http:http /etc/nginx/conf.d/redmine.conf
sudo chmod -R g+w /etc/nginx/conf.d/redmine.conf
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/conf.d/redmine.conf /opt/redmine/redmine.conf
sudo passenger-install-nginx-module
When asked for the installation directory, set it to /opt/redmine. Press ENTER to continue.
Next, you will be asked to add the following lines to your Nginx configuration file.
http {
passenger_root /usr/share/ruby/vendor_ruby/phusion_passenger/locations.ini;
passenger_ruby /usr/bin/passenger_free_ruby;
}
Add the above lines to your Nginx configuration file.
sudo vi /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Then, add the following to the bottom of the http block:
include /var/www/redmine/redmine.conf;
To ensure that the current user, http, can write to the required directories, run:
sudo chown -R http:http /opt/redmine
sudo chmod -R g+w /opt/redmine
Run the below command to start Nginx:
sudo systemctl start nginx
Now, navigate to http://localhost/ and you should see the following message:
Information
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Congratulations, you have just installed Redmine!
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In this tutorial, we explored how to install Redmine on Arch Linux. We hope the tutorial was helpful, and now you can successfully install and configure Redmine on Arch Linux.
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