Import Redmine from SVN Trunk (latest and greatest) to Git, Deploy to Heroku

Adapted (but very updated) from:

http://blog.firsthand.ca/2010/10/installing-redmine-on-heroku-with-s3.html

http://blazingcloud.net/2010/06/18/deploying-a-redmine-wiki-to-heroku/

1. Import the latest trunk from svn to git (since we're not concerned with all the branches and tags, we don't need to use svn2git tool)

   git svn clone -s http://redmine.rubyforge.org/svn redmine-git
   git remote add origin [email protected]:username/redmine-git.git
   

• Install gems

  gem install bundler
  bundle install
  

  gem install heroku
  heroku create MY_REDMINE_APP_NAME --stack bamboo-ree-1.8.7
  

• Create database locally

  rake db:create
  rake db:migrate
  

• Load default data and configuration

  rake redmine:load_default_data
  

  • Type en (for English) and hit enter

  rake generate_session_store
  

• Switch attachments to use S3

  git clone git://github.com/JangoSteve/redmine_s3.git vendor/plugins/redmine_s3
  cp vendor/plugins/redmine_s3/config/s3.yml.example config/s3.yml
  

• Edit config/s3.yml

  production:
    access_key_id: <%= ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'] %>
    secret_access_key: <%= ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'] %>
    bucket: <%= ENV['S3_BUCKET'] %>
    endpoint:
    secure: true
    private:
    expires:
  

• Install sendgrid plugin

  heroku addons:add sendgrid:starter

• Remove /config/email.yml from .gitignore and add the file

  production:
    delivery_method: :smtp
    smtp_settings:
      address: "smtp.sendgrid.net"
      port: 25
      authentication: :plain
      domain: "heroku.com"
      user_name: <%= ENV['SENDGRID_USERNAME'] %>
      password: <%= ENV['SENDGRID_PASSWORD'] %>
  

• Remove /public/plugin_assets from .gitignore

  git add .gitignore
  git add public/plugin_assets
  

• Edit to not try to create directory on heroku when server started

  vendor/plugins/engines/lib/engines.rb

  86:       Engines::Assets.initialize_base_public_directory
  86:       #Engines::Assets.initialize_base_public_directory
  

• Edit Redmine to allow Bundler v1.0.7 (used in the heroku bamboo stack)

  config/preinitializer.rb

  9: - if Gem::Version.new(Bundler::VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("1.0.21")
  9: + if Gem::Version.new(Bundler::VERSION) < Gem::Version.new("1.0.7")
  

• Edit Redmine to read configuration file through ERB

  lib/redmine.rb

  84: - yaml = YAML::load_file(file)
  84: + file = ERB.new( File.read(filename) ).result
  85: + yaml = YAML::load(file)
  

• Add session store secret key to environment.rb (within Rails::Initializer.run do |config|)

  config.action_controller.session = { :key => "_myapp_session", :secret => ENV['SESSION_SECRET'] }
  

  • Add new session secret to heroku config vars

    curl https://raw.github.com/gist/1953264 -o session_secret.rb
    bundle exec ruby session_secret.rb
    heroku config:add SESSION_SECRET=<copy secret from above output>
    

• Add json gem to Gemfile (for redmine_s3 plugin)

  gem 'json'
  

• git push heroku

• Push default data to production

  gem intall taps
  heroku db:push
  

• Visit app on heroku

• Login as admin:admin and go to My Account and change info and password