How to Install Redmine on macOS

Redmine is a free and open-source project management tool that can help you manage your projects easily. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Redmine on MacOS.

Prerequisites

Before we start, make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system:

• Ruby 2.5 or higher
• Rails 5.2 or higher
• A web server (Apache or Nginx)
• MySQL or PostgreSQL database server

Installation

Step 1: Download and extract Redmine

The first step is to download and extract Redmine. You can download the latest version of Redmine from the official website. After downloading, extract the downloaded file to a directory of your choice.

$ cd ~
$ curl -Lk https://www.redmine.org/releases/redmine-4.2.1.tar.gz | tar xz

Step 2: Install dependencies

Next, you need to install some dependencies that Redmine requires. You can install them using the following command:

$ sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libpq-dev nodejs

Step 3: Configure Redmine

Now you need to configure Redmine by editing the config/database.yml file. Open the file using your favorite text editor:

$ cd ~/redmine-4.2.1/config
$ cp database.yml.example database.yml
$ nano database.yml

Edit the production section to match your database settings:

    adapter: mysql2 # or postgresql
    database: redmine
    host: localhost
    username: redmine
    password: "my_password"

Step 4: Install the bundler gem

The next step is to install the bundler gem, which is used to manage the project's dependencies. You can install it using the following command:

$ gem install bundler

Step 5: Install Redmine's dependencies

Now you need to install Redmine's dependencies by running the following command:

$ cd ~/redmine-4.2.1
$ bundle install --without development test

Step 6: Initialize the database

After you have installed Redmine's dependencies, you need to initialize the database. Run the following command to create the database schema and seed data:

$ RAILS_ENV=production rake db:create db:migrate db:seed

Step 7: Configure the web server

The final step is to configure your web server (Apache or Nginx) to serve Redmine. For this tutorial, we will assume that you are using Nginx. Create a new Nginx server block for Redmine:

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

Add the following contents and save the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name redmine.example.com;

    root /home/user/redmine-4.2.1/public;

    passenger_enabled on;
    passenger_app_env production;
    rails_env production;

    error_log /var/log/nginx/redmine_error.log;
    access_log /var/log/nginx/redmine_access.log;
}

Create a symbolic link to the sites-enabled directory:

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

Restart Nginx:

$ sudo service nginx restart

You should now be able to access Redmine by visiting http://redmine.example.com in a web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Redmine on MacOS. You can now use Redmine to manage your projects easily.

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