Install Apache and MariaDB

Requirements

  • Ubuntu 18.04 server installed on your system.
  • A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Install Apache and MariaDB

Redmine runs on a web server and uses MariaDB to store their data. So, you will need to install Apache web server and MariaDB server to your system. You can install them with the following command:

sudo apt-get install apache2 mariadb-server libapache2-mod-passenger -y

Once the installation has been completed, start Apache and MariaDB service and enable them to start on boot time with the following command:

sudo systemctl start apache2
sudo systemctl start mariadb
sudo systemctl enable apache2
sudo systemctl enable mariadb

How to Install Redmine on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

How to Install Redmine Project Management Tool on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

On this page

  1. Requirements
  2. Install Apache and MariaDB
  3. Configure MariaDB
  4. Install Redmine
  5. Configure Apache for Redmine
  6. Access Redmine Web Interface

Redmine is a free, open source and web-based project management web application that allows users to manage multiple projects and associated subprojects. It is cross-platform and built on top of the Ruby on Rails framework. Redmine is one of the most popular and great tools for projects and time tracking, wiki, document management and much more. It is a feature-rich application that supports multiple projects, role based ACL and version control systems such as Git, SVN or CVS.

Features

  • Supports multiple languages.
  • Allows multiple databases and simple time tracking.
  • Integrates with News, documents and files management.
  • Allows Web feeds and e-mail notifications.