Installing Redmine on Ubuntu 22.04

Redmine is a popular open-source project management and issue tracking application that allows teams to efficiently manage projects, track issues, and collaborate effectively. It is written in Ruby on Rails and provides a comprehensive set of features including multiple project support, issue tracking, time tracking, document management, and more.

Installing Redmine

To install Redmine on Ubuntu 22.04, you can follow these steps:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install -y git curl zlib1g-dev build-essential libssl-dev libreadline-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libffi-dev libgdbm-dev libncurses5-dev libpq-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libmysqlclient-dev

sudo apt install -y rbenv
echo 'if which rbenv > /dev/null; then eval "$(rbenv init -)"; fi' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
rbenv install 3.0.2
rbenv global 3.0.2

git clone https://github.com/redmine/redmine.git
cd redmine

gem install bundler
bundle install --without development test

cp config/database.yml.example config/database.yml
nano config/database.yml

Edit the configuration file to match your database settings.

RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails db:create
RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails db:migrate
RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails db:seed_fu

RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails secret

Copy the generated secret key and update the config/secrets.yml file accordingly.

RAILS_ENV=production bin/rails assets:precompile

cp config/configuration.yml.example config/configuration.yml
nano config/configuration.yml

Adjust the configuration file based on your preferences.

bundle exec rails server -e production

1. Update your system packages:
2. Install the required dependencies:
3. Install Ruby using rbenv:
4. Clone the Redmine source code from the official repository:
5. Install the required Ruby gems:
6. Configure the database:
7. Initialize the database:
8. Generate a secret key:
9. Precompile the assets:
10. Configure the application:
11. Start the Redmine application:

After following these steps, you should have Redmine up and running on your Ubuntu 22.04 system. You can access Redmine in your web browser by navigating to http://localhost:3000.