* Ruby on Rails 2.3.5 (official downloadable Redmine releases are packaged with
the appropriate Rails version)
-
+
+* Rack 1.0.1
+
+* RubyGems 1.3.1
+
+* Rake 0.8.3
+
* A database:
* MySQL (tested with MySQL 5)
* PostgreSQL (tested with PostgreSQL 8.1)
* SQLite (tested with SQLite 3)
Optional:
-* SVN binaries >= 1.3 (needed for repository browsing, must be available in PATH)
-* RMagick (gantt export to png)
+* SCM binaries (e.g. svn), for repository browsing (must be available in PATH)
+* RMagick (to enable Gantt export to png images)
+* Ruby OpenID Library >= version 2 (to enable OpenID support)
== Installation
1. Uncompress the program archive
-
+
2. Create an empty database: "redmine" for example
-3. Configure database parameters in config/database.yml
- for "production" environment (default database is MySQL)
+3. Configure the database parameters in config/database.yml
+ for the "production" environment (default database is MySQL)
4. Generate a session store secret
+
Redmine stores session data in cookies by default, which requires
- a secret to be generated. Run:
- rake generate_session_store
+ a secret to be generated. Under the application main directory run:
+ rake generate_session_store
+
+5. Create the database structure
-5. Create the database structure. Under the application main directory:
- rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production"
- It will create tables and an administrator account.
+ Under the application main directory run:
+ rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production"
-6. Setting up permissions
- The user who runs Redmine must have write permission on the following
- subdirectories: files, log, tmp (create the last one if not present).
+ It will create all the tables and an administrator account.
- Assuming you run Redmine with a user named redmine:
- mkdir tmp
- sudo chown -R redmine:redmine files log tmp
- sudo chmod -R 755 files log tmp
+6. Setting up permissions (Windows users have to skip this section)
+
+ The user who runs Redmine must have write permission on the following
+ subdirectories: files, log, tmp & public/plugin_assets (create the last
+ two if they are not yet present).
+
+ Assuming you run Redmine with a user named "redmine":
+ mkdir tmp public/plugin_assets
+ sudo chown -R redmine:redmine files log tmp public/plugin_assets
+ sudo chmod -R 755 files log tmp public/plugin_assets
-7. Test the installation by running WEBrick web server:
- ruby script/server -e production
-
+7. Test the installation by running the WEBrick web server
+
+ Under the main application directory run:
+ ruby script/server -e production
+
Once WEBrick has started, point your browser to http://localhost:3000/
- You should now see the application welcome page
+ You should now see the application welcome page.
-8. Use default administrator account to log in:
+8. Use the default administrator account to log in:
login: admin
password: admin
- Go to "Administration" to load the default configuration data (roles,
- trackers, statuses, workflow) and adjust application settings
-
+ Go to "Administration" to load the default configuration data (roles,
+ trackers, statuses, workflow) and to adjust the application settings
-== Email delivery Configuration
+== SMTP server Configuration
Copy config/email.yml.example to config/email.yml and edit this file
to adjust your SMTP settings.
-Don't forget to restart the application after any change to this file.
+Do not forget to restart the application after any change to this file.
Please do not enter your SMTP settings in environment.rb.
+
+== References
+
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineInstall
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/EmailConfiguration
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineSettings
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineRepositories
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineReceivingEmails
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineReminderEmails
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineLDAP
-== Redmine upgrade procedure
+== Redmine upgrade
Redmine - project management software
Copyright (C) 2006-2010 Jean-Philippe Lang
== Upgrading
1. Uncompress the program archive in a new directory
-
+
2. Copy your database settings (RAILS_ROOT/config/database.yml)
- and SMTP settings (RAILS_ROOT/config/email.yml)
- into the new config directory
- DO NOT REPLACE OR EDIT ANY OTHER FILES.
+ and SMTP settings (RAILS_ROOT/config/email.yml) into the new
+ config directory
+
+3. Copy the RAILS_ROOT/files directory content into your new installation
+ This directory contains all the attached files.
-3. Generate a session store secret
+4. Copy the folders of the installed plugins and themes into new installation
+
+5. Generate a session store secret
+
Redmine stores session data in cookies by default, which requires
- a secret to be generated. Run:
- rake generate_session_store
-
-4. Migrate your database (please make a backup before doing this):
- rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production"
+ a secret to be generated. Under the new application directory run:
+ rake generate_session_store
+
+ DO NOT REPLACE OR EDIT ANY OTHER FILES.
-5. Copy the RAILS_ROOT/files directory content into your new installation
- This directory contains all the attached files
+6. Migrate your database
+
+ If you are upgrading to Rails 2.3.5 as part of this migration, you
+ need to upgrade the plugin migrations before running the plugin migrations
+ using:
+ rake db:migrate:upgrade_plugin_migrations RAILS_ENV="production"
+
+ Please make a backup before doing this! Under the new application
+ directory run:
+ rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV="production"
+
+ If you have installed any plugins, you should also run their database
+ migrations using:
+ rake db:migrate_plugins RAILS_ENV="production"
+
+7. Clean up
+
+ Clear the cache and the existing sessions by running:
+ rake tmp:cache:clear
+ rake tmp:sessions:clear
+
+8. Restart the application server (e.g. mongrel, thin, passenger)
+
+9. Finally go to "Administration -> Roles & permissions" to check/set permissions
+ for new features, if any
== Notes
-1. Rails 2.3.5 is required for version 0.9.
+* Rails 2.3.5 is required for versions 0.9.x and 1.0.x.
+
+== References
-2. When upgrading your code with svn update, don't forget to clear
- the application cache (RAILS_ROOT/tmp/cache) before restarting.
+* http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/RedmineUpgrade