Redmine App Notifications

App notifications plugin provides simple in application notifications for Redmine. It can replace default e-mail notifications.

Installation and Setup

1. Follow the Redmine plugin installation steps at: http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/Plugins.
2. Run the plugin migrations rake redmine:plugins:migrate RAILS_ENV=production.
3. Optional - Only needed if you want to use Faye for server to client notifications (websocket).
   1. If you want to use thin as the websocket server install the Thin server gem install thin. Otherwise configure faye.ru according to the server you use (e.g. Passenger). See https://github.com/faye/faye-websocket-ruby#running-your-socket-application for more details.
   2. Modify /etc/init.d/faye_for_redmine to at least fill the right value for IN_APP_NOTIFICATION_ROOT_PATH.
   3. To setup the faye websocket server as a service copy the faye_for_redmine file to /etc/init.d.
   4. To have the faye websocket server start at boot cd /etc/init.d && update-rc.d faye_for_redmine defaults.
   5. Start the Faye websocket server service faye_for_redmine start (you can stop it with stop instead of start).
   6. After number 5 below - in Administration > Plugins > Configure, modify ip_address_or_name_of_your_server to match your server IP address or name.
4. Restart your Redmine web server.
5. Login and configure the plugin (Administration > Plugins > Configure).
6. Dis/Enable In App Notifications in user account settings -> preferences.