Written on 24. Jul 2016, 10:03
It is a bit complicated running Ruby, Rails and Redmine in conjunction with Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) on Windows. Luckily, Rails ships a build-in webserver called WEBRick that can be used to run Redmine on a Windows system, so you don't need Windows IIS then.
Command Prompt (cmd.exe) and NSSM directory[/caption]
NSSM (Non-Sucking Service Manager) and parameters to register Redmine as Service in Windows[/caption]
As Path: point to your Ruby installation and to the Rails.bat, which is the executable file that runs by the rails command.
As Startup directory: choose your redmine directory. As arguments, just use s.
As Service name: this is prepopulated by the name you chose in step 3.
The idea is that NSSM concatenates path and arguments and runs it in startup directory: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\redmine-3.1.0> C:\Ruby21-x64\bin\rails.bat s (meaning: running rails s in the Redmine directory, which starts WEBRick).
Services.msc console to start, stop and re-start Windows services.[/caption]
As you can see, there is a service called redmine, which was registered by NSSM. Just start the service and browse to http://localhost:3000 (which is the default WEBRick configuration) to access your Redmine installation:
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Redmine default login webpage[/caption]
What is the content of this blog, you may ask? My name is Julian Joswig and I am a big fan of IT and technology (mainly Linux, servers, networks and all related topics). Sometimes I almost bite my teeth on difficult issues. But if I have found a solution, I want to share it with the world. Professionally, I work as a management consultant in Germany with a focus on IT and business.
