Published December 16, 2018 by

Install Redmine in Ubuntu using Shell Script


Redmine is a project management tool that allows users to manage projects flexibly while offering robust tracking tools and an extensive library of plug-ins. This free and open source solution offers an alternative to paid project management tools and includes support for wikis, forums, calendars, and data visualization tools.

This guide will show you how to install and set up Redmine on Ubuntu using a single shell script.

 Install Redmine

 What this script does:
  1. Install Apache Web server
  2. Install MySQL
  3. Install Redmine
For Install Redmine Create a file named redmine.sh
 sudo vim redmine.sh

Insert Below script in a redmine.sh file and save.
 #!/bin/bash  
   
 #######################################  
 # Bash script to install a Redmine Project Management Tool in ubuntu  
 # Author: Subhash (serverkaka.com)  
   
 # Check if running as root  
 if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then  
   echo "This script must be run as root" 1>&2  
   exit 1  
 fi  
   
 # Check port 80 is Free or Not  
 netstat -ln | grep ":80 " 2>&1 > /dev/null  
 if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then  
    echo go ahead  
 else  
    echo Port 80 is allready used  
    exit 1  
 fi  
   
 # Ask value for mysql root password   
 read -p 'db_root_password [secretpasswd]: ' db_root_password  
 echo  
   
 # Update System  
 apt-get update  
   
 # Install Apache and mod-passenger  
 apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-passenger -y  
   
 # Install MySQL database server  
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"  
 debconf-set-selections <<< "mysql-server mysql-server/root_password password $db_root_password"  
 debconf-set-selections <<< "mysql-server mysql-server/root_password_again password $db_root_password"  
 apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client -y  
 unset DEBIAN_FRONTEND  
   
 # Installing and configuring the Ubuntu Redmine package  
 apt-get install redmine redmine-mysql -y  
   
 # Install bundler gem  
 gem update  
 gem install bundler  
   
 # Configuring Apache  
 cd /etc/apache2/mods-available/   
 rm passenger.conf  
 wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/serverkaka-pubic-file/redmine/passenger.conf  
   
 # create a symlink to connect Redmine into the web document space  
 ln -s /usr/share/redmine/public /var/www/html/redmine  
   
 # Configuring Apache  
 cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/  
 rm 000-default.conf  
 wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/serverkaka-pubic-file/redmine/000-default.conf  
   
 # Create and set the ownership of a Gemfile.lock file so that apache's www-data user can access it  
 touch /usr/share/redmine/Gemfile.lock  
 chown www-data:www-data /usr/share/redmine/Gemfile.lock  
   
 # Adjust the Firewall  
 ufw allow 80/tcp  
   
 # Restart Apache  
 service apache2 restart  
   
 # Set auto start tomcat as a system boot  
 sudo systemctl enable apache2  
   
 echo "Redmine is successfully installed. For Access Redmine Go to http://localhost/redmine/

Give execute permission to redmine.sh file
 sudo chmod +x redmine.sh

Finally, now run the redmine.sh file
 sudo ./redmine.sh

After successfully script execute, Go to a browser and hit http://localhost/redmine OR http://ip_address/redmine

For login press sign in button

When it asks for login and password provide default credentials. Your default login is admin and Password is also admin.

Now Redmine is ready to use.

 Take Backup of Redmine

Below script is take auto backup for Redmine files and database
 #!/bin/bash  
   
 /usr/bin/mysqldump -u root -p<password> redmine_default | gzip > /path/to/backups/redmine_db_`date +%y_%m_%d`.gz  
 rsync -a /var/lib/redmine/default/files /path/to/backups/files
Before run backup script, insert proper database password and Backup path.
Reference: https://github.com/SubhashPatel?tab=repositories

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