Redmine is a free and open-source project management tool that allows you to track issues, manage projects, and collaborate on software development projects. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Redmine on an EndeavourOS system.
Before starting, make sure you have the following:
First, update your system's package repository and install the required dependencies with the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S git mariadb yarn
git is required to clone Redmine's source code.mariadb is a database management system used by Redmine.yarn is a package manager used to manage the front-end dependencies.Next, you need to setup MariaDB. Run the following command to start the MariaDB service and enable it to start at boot time:
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service
sudo systemctl start mariadb.service
Next, run the following command to secure your MariaDB installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Answer the questions to secure your installation.
When asked for a password for the root user, set a strong password and remember it.
Create a new user and database for Redmine:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL/MariaDB root password when prompted.
Execute the following commands to create a new user and database:
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE redmine CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_general_ci;
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE USER 'redmine'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password_here';
MariaDB [(none)]> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON redmine.* TO 'redmine'@'localhost';
MariaDB [(none)]> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]> exit;
redmine is the name of the database.redmine is the name of the user.password_here is the password you want to set for the user.Redmine requires Ruby to run. We will use rbenv to install and manage Ruby versions.
First, install rbenv and Ruby dependencies:
sudo pacman -S rbenv base-devel libffi libyaml
By default, rbenv installs to the user's home directory. Set the RBENV_ROOT environment variable to configure a different location. For this tutorial, we'll use the default location.
Next, initialize rbenv and update your shell's configuration file:
rbenv init
echo 'eval "$(rbenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
Reload the shell:
exec $SHELL
Install a version of Ruby for Redmine:
rbenv install 2.7.3
Set the new Ruby version as the default for your system:
rbenv global 2.7.3
You can verify your Ruby installation by running:
ruby -v
Clone Redmine's source code:
git clone https://github.com/redmine/redmine.git
Change the directory to the Redmine installation:
cd redmine
Switch to a stable branch:
git branch -a
git checkout 4.2-stable
Install Redmine's dependencies:
gem install bundler
bundle install --without development test
Configure the database:
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
Edit the database.yml file:
nano config/database.yml
Replace the contents with the following (using the database and user names you created earlier):
production:
adapter: mysql2
database: redmine
host: localhost
username: redmine
password: "password_here"
Save and close the file.
Next, initialize the database:
bundle exec rake generate_secret_token
bundle exec rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
bundle exec rake redmine:load_default_data RAILS_ENV=production REDMINE_LANG=en
Finally, precompile the assets:
bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
Start the server with the following command:
rails server -e production
You can now access Redmine by opening a web browser and going to http://localhost:3000.
In this tutorial, you've installed Redmine and all the dependencies required for it to run on your EndeavourOS system. You can now manage your projects easily and more efficiently with Redmine.
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