• Create a git user
  

  # useradd -d /opt/git ... git
  

• Get current gitolite code
  

  # su - git
  % mkdir $HOME/bin $HOME/src
  % cd $HOME/src
  % git clone git://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite
  % $HOME/src/gitolite/install -to $HOME/bin
  

• Configure an admin key, will be used later by redmine
  

  % gitolite setup -pk /some/where/id_dsa.pub
  

• Create a redmine user and the database
  

  % psql -U ...
  % create role redmine login encrypted password '...secret...' noinherit valid until 'infinity';
  % create database redmine with encoding='UTF8' owner=redmine;
  % [this is the default, but to be sure: ALTER DATABASE "redmine" SET datestyle="ISO,MDY";
  

There are two identical installations. One for redmine.laas.fr and one for openrobots.org. They are called laas and openrobots respectively. Only the laas setup is detailed here. openrobots setup is identical.

• Install dependencies
  

  % su -
  # yum install curl-devel openssl-devel
  # yum install httpd-devel apr-devel apr-util-devel
  # yum install ruby-devel rubygems rubygem-rake ImageMagick-devel
  # gem install bundler
  

• Create a redmine user
  

  % useradd -d /opt/redmine ... redmine
  % su - redmine
  # mkdir src gems files logs
  

• Get current redmine code - hosted in the redmine-laas project, branch laas.
  

  # cd src
  # git clone git://redmine.laas.fr/laas/redmine-laas/redmine laas
  # cd laas
  # git checkout laas
  

• Note that the log and plugin directories are symlinks to $HOME, for easier upgrades.

• Configure a few files, samples are provided in the .example files at the same place.
  

  # emacs config/database.yml
  # emacs config/configuration.yml
  # emacs config/additional_environment.rb
  

• Install some gems locally
  

  # bundle install --path /opt/redmine/gems --without development test
  Your bundle is complete!
  

• Setup PATHs etc.
  

  # emacs ~/.profile
   + export PATH=opt/redmine/gems/ruby/1.8/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
   + export GEM_PATH=/opt/redmine/gems/ruby/1.8
  

• Some magic to setup rails/redmine etc.
  

  # rake generate_secret_token
  # RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate
  # RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:load_default_data
   + [en]
  

• Test everything is OK on http://localhost:3000. (not for production!)
  

  # ruby script/rails server webrick -e production
  

• Compile passenger (installed as a gem thanks to Gemfile.local in redmine (laas)
  

  % passenger-install-apache2-module
  

• Configure httpd.conf as follow:
  

  # /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
  NameVirtualHost *:80
  NameVirtualHost [::]:80
  NameVirtualHost *:443
  NameVirtualHost [::]:443
  

  # /etc/httpd/conf.d/redmine.conf
  <VirtualHost *:443 [::]:443>
      SSLEngine on
      SSLCertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/localhost.crt
      SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/private/localhost.key
  
      ServerName redmine.laas.fr
      ServerAdmin sysadmin@laas.fr
      DocumentRoot /opt/redmine/src/laas/public
      ErrorLog /opt/redmine/logs/httpd-errors
      CustomLog /opt/redmine/logs/httpd-access common
  
      LoadModule passenger_module /opt/redmine/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/passenger-4.0.24/buildout/apache2/mod_passenger.so
      PassengerRoot /opt/redmine/gems/ruby/1.8/gems/passenger-4.0.24
      PassengerDefaultRuby /usr/bin/ruby
      PassengerDefaultUser redmine
  
      <Directory /opt/redmine/src/laas/public>
          AllowOverride all
          Options -MultiViews
          Allow from all
      </Directory>
  </VirtualHost>
  
  <VirtualHost *:80 [::]:80>
      ServerName redmine.laas.fr
      Redirect permanent / https://redmine.laas.fr/
  </VirtualHost>
  

• Reload
  

  # /etc/init.d/httpd reload
  

• git hosting hosted in redmine-laas/plugin project ...
  

  % cd ~/plugins
  % git clone git://github.com/thorin/redmine_ldap_sync
  % git clone git://github.com/jbox-web/redmine_plugin_views_revisions
  

  
  

  % git clone git://localhost/laas/redmine-laas/redmine_git_hosting
  % cd redmine_git_hosting
  

• Some magic to update redmine
  

  % cd ~/src/redmine
  % bundle install
  % RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:plugins:migrate
  % RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:plugins:process_version_change
  

• Setup gitolite
  

  # su - redmine
  % mkdir .ssh
  % ssh-keygen -N '' -f ~/.ssh/gitolite_admin_rsa # use the same key as already in gitolite
  % emacs ~/.ssh/config
   + Host localhost
   +  User git
   +  IdentityFile /opt/redmine/.ssh/gitolite_admin_rsa
   +  IdentitiesOnly yes
  

• Setup (manually) RW+ access to gitolite-admin for user redmine

• Allow sudo
  

  # sudo visudo
   + redmine        ALL=(git)      NOPASSWD:ALL
   + git            ALL=(redmine)  NOPASSWD:ALL
  

• Setup redmine user name
  

  % git config --global user.email "redmine@laas.fr" 
  % git config --global user.name "Redmine" 
  

• Test
  

  % ssh localhost info
    R W    gitolite-admin
  

• This works for any RoR software:
  

  % touch /opt/redmine/src/redmine/tmp/restart.txt