Installing Redmine on POP! OS Latest

Redmine is a popular open-source project management tool that can be used for issue tracking, time-tracking, and project management. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Redmine on POP! OS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we start with the installation, make sure that your system is up-to-date and has the following packages:

• sudo command
• curl command
• git command
• Ruby
• RubyGems
• SQLite

Step 1 – Installing Dependencies

To install Redmine, first, we need to install its dependencies. Open the terminal and run the following command:

sudo apt update
sudo apt -y install build-essential zlib1g-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libffi-dev libyaml-dev libssl-dev libgdbm-dev libncurses5-dev libpq-dev nodejs

Once completed, install Ruby and RubyGems:

sudo apt -y install ruby ruby-dev ruby-bundler ruby-railties

Step 2 – Download and Install Redmine

Download the latest stable release of Redmine from https://www.redmine.org/releases/. Then extract the Redmine tar archive file to the usr/src directory.

cd /usr/src
sudo curl -L https://www.redmine.org/releases/redmine-4.2.0.tar.gz -o redmine.tar.gz
sudo tar -xvf redmine.tar.gz
sudo mv redmine-4.2.0 /usr/share/redmine
cd /usr/share/redmine
sudo mkdir -p tmp public/plugin_assets
sudo chown -R :www-data files log tmp public/plugin_assets
sudo chmod -R 775 files log tmp public/plugin_assets
sudo chmod 644 config/database.yml config/configuration.yml

Configure your database connection by running the following command:

sudo cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml

Then, edit the database.yml file and insert your database credentials.

Step 3 – Configure the Web Server

Redmine can be configured with different web servers. In this tutorial, we will show you how to configure it with the Nginx web server.

Install Nginx:

sudo apt -y install nginx

Configure the Nginx server, add a new site configuration with the following content:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/redmine

Add the following content:

upstream redmine {
  server unix:///usr/share/redmine/tmp/sockets/redmine.sock;
}

server {
  listen 80;
  server_name redmine.yourdomain.com; # Change the server_name with your domain or IP.
  root /usr/share/redmine/public;

  location / {
    # for HTTPS
    # proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl on;
    # proxy_set_header X-FORWARDED_PROTO https;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;
    try_files $uri $uri/ @webrick;
  }

  location @webrick {
    # for HTTPS
    # proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Ssl on;
    # proxy_set_header X-FORWARDED_PROTO https;
    proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
    proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
    proxy_redirect off;
    proxy_pass http://redmine;
  }
}

Then, enable the site configuration by creating a symbolic link:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/redmine /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/redmine

Finally, restart the Nginx service:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 4 – Testing

Open your web browser and enter http://your_server_or_domain_name/ to see the Redmine installation page. You will see the Redmine Welcome page. Follow the page's instructions to complete the installation.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Redmine on POP! OS Latest. Redmine is a powerful project management tool for managing projects, time-tracking, and issue tracking. We hope this tutorial helps you get started with Redmine.

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