Install Redmine on Debian with Nginx

Install redmine

Download redmine

Download or clone redmine to /var/redmine

Install deb requirements

apt-get install nginx supervisor ruby rubygems ruby-dev libmagickwand-dev libxslt-dev libxml2-dev

Choose database. For postgres

apt-get install postgresql-server-dev-9.1

for sqlite

apt-get install libsqlite3-dev

Install Ruby package

gem install bundler
gem install rubyzip

Create DB config

cd /var/redmine
cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
vim config/database.yml  # edit default config

Install ruby depences

bundle install

Migrate DB

RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rake db:migrate

Generate secret token

rake generate_secret_token

Run

Run server on port 3000.

ruby script/rails server webrick -e production

or on different port and ip

ruby script/rails server webrick -e production -p 1348 -b 127.0.0.1

Supervisor config

File /etc/supervisor/conf.d/redmine.conf

[program:redmine]
command = ruby script/rails server webrick -e production
directory = /var/redmine

and reload supervisor.

supervisorctl reload

Nginx config

in file /etc/nginx/sites-available/redmine

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

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://localhost:3000/;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
    }
}

add symbolic link to site-enabled

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

and restart nginx

service nginx restart

That’s all :) You may log in to redmine as admin with password admin.

Ondrej Sika