Redmine Upgrade Notes

Not as peachy as I thought.

Install log

Ran gem install ruby -v=2.3.2  
Complained that rubygems-update was not available.  
 
Download rubygems-update-1.3.5.gem  
    [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126)  
    Might need to download previous versions  
    E.g. if at 1.1.0, get 1.2.0, intermittent releases,  
         all the way up tpo 1.3.5 (current release)  
  
Ran update_rubygems  
    Problem with RubyGem builder  
     report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem builder (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)   
      
Ignored; attempted gem install rails -v=2.3.2  
  
Was told this required 'rake'  
    [http://rake.rubyforge.org/](http://rake.rubyforge.org/)

Installed and ran ruby rubygems-update

Ran gem install rails -v=2.3.2

Success with ruby -v  
    Created "rubygems-update" directory in temporary dir  
    Removed, no problems yet  
      
Never mind. Installing 'rack' and running gem update caused rails -v to fail  
     report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem test-spec (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)   
     Searched The Google for "gem test-spec"  
     http://chneukirchen.org/blog/archive/2007/01/announcing-test-spec-0-3-a-bdd-interface-for-test-unit.html
       
    Yet another error  
    report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem camping (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)   
    Searched Google: [http://camping.rubyforge.org/files/README.html](http://camping.rubyforge.org/files/README.html)  
      
    Removed repository from .gemrc in /root: http;//gems.rubyforge.org  
    Was stalling  
    Put it back in with gem source -a [http://gems.rubyforge.org/](http://gems.rubyforge.org/)  
      
    Running gem install camping worked  
      
extconf.rb failed on trying gem update      
    This was related to ImageMagick  
    Needed for rmagick to function  
    Compiled the latest version from source  
    ran gem update  
  
Failed with rails -v  
    Could not find the fastCGI gem  
     report_activate_error': Could not find RubyGem fcgi (>= 0) (Gem::LoadError)   
    [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=926&release_id=5851](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=926&release_id=5851)  
      
    Could not find hoe-seattledvn  
    gem install  
      
    Could not find hoe  
    gem install hoe required RubyGems v.1.3.0 and above  
    [http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126&release_id=37073](http://rubyforge.org/frs/?group_id=126&release_id=37073)  
    Untar, run ruby setup.rb  
      
Ran update_rubygems  
Ran rails -v  
Success: gem at v.1.3.5, Rails at v.2.3.4, Ruby at v.1.8.5

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RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate_plugins  
    NEEDED Rails 2.1.2  
    gem install rails -v=2.1.2

MAKE SURE that all files are owned by mongrel:mongrel
```
chown -R mongrel:mongrel your_rails_app
```

Mongrel app server was originally started with:

/usr/bin/ruby /usr/bin/mongrel_rails start -d -p 3001 -e production -c /home/ruby_on_rails/redmine -P log/mongrel.pid --user mongrel --group mongrel --prefix=/redmine

Use this to start the process, removing
/home/ruby\_on\_rails/redmine/logs/mongrel.pid if you run into
any errors about this file.

Change to the /home/rub_on_rails directory before issuing the
command.

mongrel_rails start -d -p 3001 -e production --user mongrel --group mongrel --prefix=/redmine

Other Notes

Sometimes, deleting source_cache helps with update process
Location ascertained by gem env. Default at /usr/<local>/lib/ruby
Might also need to install ‘rack’ to run gem
update

Fixing the “Mongrel has to be restarted” issue

Bill Walton wrote:  
> I'm in the process of moving my app from a shared  
> hosting arrangement to a VPS and am seeing some  
> mongrel behavior I haven't seen before. Specifically,  
> after about 30 minutes of inactivity mongrel goes  
> unresponsive and has to be restarted.  
Zed A. Shaw wrote:  
> make sure you've got the compiled mysql gem and  
> you aren't using the rails mysql.rb file.  
Ezra Zygmuntowicz wrote:  
> Also if your host is running linux then you can tell for  
> sure if it's the compiled driver from irb:  
>  
> ey00-s00059 ~ # irb  
> irb(main):001:0> require 'mysql.so'  
> => true  
Bill Walton wrote:  
> When I run 'gem list' the list includes:  
> mysql (2.7)  
>  
> BUT ...  
>  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~/emrec]# irb  
> irb(main):001:0> require 'mysql.so'  
> LoadError: no such file to load -- mysql.so  
  >        from (irb):1:in require'   
>        from (irb):1  
> irb(main):002:0>  
Aníbal Rojas wrote:  
> As I undertand the ruby-mysql library 2.7 does  
> require the libmysqlclient to be properly installed,  
> and depending on the location of mysql.so it is  
> possible that rubygems is unable to load it, while  
> the library is actually using it...  
Support at hosting service wrote:  
>This issue has been rectified:  
>  
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] [~]# irb  
> irb(main):001:0> require 'mysql.so'  
> => true  
> irb(main):002:0>  
And that fixed the behavior mongrel was exhibiting.

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Fixing the “Mongrel has to be restarted” issue

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