Apache / Redmine Connection

Hi,

Sorry to ask a dumb question, but I just started playing with Redmine on a Windows XP machine an hour ago. (I have never used Ruby or Apache before today either, my background is with JBOSS and Struts).

I was wondering how the Apache server knows about the “C:\BitNami Redmine Stack\redmine” directory location? I looked through the “Apache httpd.conf” file but did not see a direct reference to the “C:\BitNami Redmine Stack\redmine” application.

I guess my question is: if I wanted to rename the “C:\BitNami Redmine Stack\redmine” directory to “C:\BitNami Redmine Stack\NEW_REDMINE”, what files would I need to updated under the “C:\BitNami Redmine Stack” directory?

thank you for any help,
ptoner

Hi ptoner,

Good question. You can see a line which includes redmine-mongrel-cluster.conf file at the end of the httpd.conf file. This file configures apache as a proxy server between two mongrel servers (Ruby On Rails servers) by default. You can change this file to reference to another directory.

If you want to create other directory “C:\BitNami Redmine Stack\NEW_REDMINE” you should know that there are several files that you should to copy into this new Redmine folder:

- scripts folder: BitNami uses this folder to manage the servers. You can modify these files use the NEW_REDMINE directory and call to the serviceinstall.bat script to reinstall the Mongrel server services.
- conf/databases.yml: You should modify this file to connect the application with the database.

I hope it helps. If you have any question we will glad to try to reply you :)

Thank you for the reply. This definitely helps me understand the interaction of these different projects and frameworks better.