Upgrade Redmine Rake Migrate Error: uninitialized constant ActionController::AbstractRequest

I ran into an issue earlier where adding a sub project to an already existing Redmine project produced an error and after a little bit of troubleshooting determined that upgrading Redmine would resolve the issue. During the upgrade process I ran into some other issues including a specific migration error using rake that is noted below. The upgrade process involved upgrading Redmine 0.8.3 to Redmine 0.9.3.

Upgrading Redmine Rake Migration Error:

[web@dev devredmine]$ rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
(in /home/web/devredmine)
rake aborted!
uninitialized constant ActionController::AbstractRequest
(See full trace by running task with --trace)
[web@dev devredmine]$

As you can see above the error notes an issue with the ActionController:AbstractRequest controller. I figured the issue may be with one of the plugins I had moved over from the initial version of Redmine (0.8.3) so that is where I started investigating. Below is a list of the plugins including the ones that come bundled with Redmine and the plugins I moved over from the initial 0.8.3 Redmine installation.

List Of Redmine Plugins In /redmine-root/vendor/plugins:

[web@dev plugins]$ ls -alh
total 96K
drwxr-xr-x 24 web web 4.0K Mar 30 16:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 ..
drwxrwxr-x 4 web web 4.0K Apr 25 2009 action_mailer_optional_tls
drwxr-xr-x 3 web web 4.0K Apr 5 2009 actionwebservice
drwxr-xr-x 3 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_activity_provider
drwxr-xr-x 3 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_attachable
drwxr-xr-x 3 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_customizable
drwxr-xr-x 3 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_event
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_list
drwxr-xr-x 3 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_searchable
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_tree
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_versioned
drwxr-xr-x 3 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 acts_as_watchable
drwxr-xr-x 5 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 awesome_nested_set
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 classic_pagination
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 coderay-0.7.6.227
drwxr-xr-x 6 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 engines
drwxr-xr-x 7 web web 4.0K Apr 5 2009 gloc-1.1.0
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 gravatar
drwxr-xr-x 6 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 open_id_authentication
drwxr-xr-x 2 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 prepend_engine_views
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 rfpdf
drwxr-xr-x 4 web web 4.0K Feb 28 04:28 ruby-net-ldap-0.0.4
drwxr-xr-x 11 web web 4.0K Apr 26 2009 stuff_to_do_plugin

Now from within the plugins directory I issued the below grep command to see if any of the plugins referenced the ActionController:AbstractRequest controller and as you can see below I got results.

Grep Redmine Plugins Directory For ActionController:AbstractRequest Controller:

[web@dev plugins]$ grep -r ActionController::AbstractRequest *
actionwebservice/lib/action_web_service/protocol/abstract.rb: class SimpleActionPackRequest < ActionController::AbstractRequest # :nodoc:

As you can see above the issue appears to be with the actionwebservice plugin which I couldn’t remember if I had installed or if it had come bundled with Redmine. During the upgrade process I moved it from the initial Redmine installation plugins directory over to the upgraded install. After a bit of research I found out that the actionwebservice plugin had come bundled with previous versions of Redmine but was no longer bundled with it anymore so I removed it as shown below and proceeded forward with the migration.

Remove actionwebservice Redmine Plugin:

[web@dev plugins]$ pwd
/home/web/devredmine/vendor/plugins
[web@dev plugins]$ rm -rf actionwebservice/
[web@dev plugins]$

After removing the actionwebservice plugin I was able to proceed with the migration using the rake db:migrate command as displayed below.

Use Rake To Migrate Changes To MySQL Database During Redmine Upgrade:

[web@dev devredmine]$ rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production
(in /home/web/devredmine)
== AddTypeToEnumerations: migrating ==========================================
-- add_column(:enumerations, :type, :string)
-> 0.4763s
== AddTypeToEnumerations: migrated (0.4766s) =================================
== UpdateEnumerationsToSti: migrating ========================================
== UpdateEnumerationsToSti: migrated (0.0484s) ===============================
== AddActiveFieldToEnumerations: migrating ===================================
-- add_column(:enumerations, :active, :boolean, {:null=>false, :default=>true})
-> 0.0332s
== AddActiveFieldToEnumerations: migrated (0.0334s) ==========================
== AddProjectToEnumerations: migrating =======================================
-- add_column(:enumerations, :project_id, :integer, {:null=>true, :default=>nil})
-> 0.2378s
-- add_index(:enumerations, :project_id)
-> 0.0630s
== AddProjectToEnumerations: migrated (0.3013s) ==============================
== AddParentIdToEnumerations: migrating ======================================
-- add_column(:enumerations, :parent_id, :integer, {:null=>true, :default=>nil})
-> 0.1083s
== AddParentIdToEnumerations: migrated (0.1085s) =============================
== AddQueriesGroupBy: migrating ==============================================
-- add_column(:queries, :group_by, :string)
-> 0.0585s
== AddQueriesGroupBy: migrated (0.0587s) =====================================
== CreateMemberRoles: migrating ==============================================
-- create_table(:member_roles)
-> 0.0274s
== CreateMemberRoles: migrated (0.0276s) =====================================
== PopulateMemberRoles: migrating ============================================
== PopulateMemberRoles: migrated (0.4907s) ===================================
== DropMembersRoleId: migrating ==============================================
-- remove_column(:members, :role_id)
-> 0.0381s
== DropMembersRoleId: migrated (0.0385s) =====================================
== FixMessagesStickyNull: migrating ==========================================
== FixMessagesStickyNull: migrated (0.0011s) =================================
== PopulateUsersType: migrating ==============================================
== PopulateUsersType: migrated (0.0540s) =====================================
== CreateGroupsUsers: migrating ==============================================
-- create_table(:groups_users, {:id=>false})
-> 0.0885s
-- add_index(:groups_users, [:group_id, :user_id], {:name=>:groups_users_ids, :unique=>true})
-> 0.1025s
== CreateGroupsUsers: migrated (0.1916s) =====================================
== AddMemberRolesInheritedFrom: migrating ====================================
-- add_column(:member_roles, :inherited_from, :integer)
-> 0.1455s
== AddMemberRolesInheritedFrom: migrated (0.1457s) ===========================
== FixUsersCustomValues: migrating ===========================================
== FixUsersCustomValues: migrated (0.0037s) ==================================
== AddMissingIndexesToWorkflows: migrating ===================================
-- add_index(:workflows, :old_status_id)
-> 0.1403s
-- add_index(:workflows, :role_id)
-> 0.1037s
-- add_index(:workflows, :new_status_id)
-> 0.0380s
== AddMissingIndexesToWorkflows: migrated (0.2828s) ==========================
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomFieldsProjects: migrating ========================
-- add_index(:custom_fields_projects, [:custom_field_id, :project_id])
-> 0.0571s
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomFieldsProjects: migrated (0.0573s) ===============
== AddMissingIndexesToMessages: migrating ====================================
-- add_index(:messages, :last_reply_id)
-> 0.0205s
-- add_index(:messages, :author_id)
-> 0.1680s
== AddMissingIndexesToMessages: migrated (0.1889s) ===========================
== AddMissingIndexesToRepositories: migrating ================================
-- add_index(:repositories, :project_id)
-> 0.0278s
== AddMissingIndexesToRepositories: migrated (0.0280s) =======================
== AddMissingIndexesToComments: migrating ====================================
-- add_index(:comments, [:commented_id, :commented_type])
-> 0.0995s
-- add_index(:comments, :author_id)
-> 0.0877s
== AddMissingIndexesToComments: migrated (0.1876s) ===========================
== AddMissingIndexesToEnumerations: migrating ================================
-- add_index(:enumerations, [:id, :type])
-> 0.0189s
== AddMissingIndexesToEnumerations: migrated (0.0190s) =======================
== AddMissingIndexesToWikiPages: migrating ===================================
-- add_index(:wiki_pages, :wiki_id)
-> 0.1099s
-- add_index(:wiki_pages, :parent_id)
-> 0.0900s
== AddMissingIndexesToWikiPages: migrated (0.2003s) ==========================
== AddMissingIndexesToWatchers: migrating ====================================
-- add_index(:watchers, :user_id)
-> 0.0437s
-- add_index(:watchers, [:watchable_id, :watchable_type])
-> 0.0572s
== AddMissingIndexesToWatchers: migrated (0.1012s) ===========================
== AddMissingIndexesToAuthSources: migrating =================================
-- add_index(:auth_sources, [:id, :type])
-> 0.1154s
== AddMissingIndexesToAuthSources: migrated (0.1156s) ========================
== AddMissingIndexesToDocuments: migrating ===================================
-- add_index(:documents, :category_id)
-> 0.0534s
== AddMissingIndexesToDocuments: migrated (0.0536s) ==========================
== AddMissingIndexesToTokens: migrating ======================================
-- add_index(:tokens, :user_id)
-> 0.0486s
== AddMissingIndexesToTokens: migrated (0.0489s) =============================
== AddMissingIndexesToChangesets: migrating ==================================
-- add_index(:changesets, :user_id)
-> 0.2773s
-- add_index(:changesets, :repository_id)
-> 0.3649s
== AddMissingIndexesToChangesets: migrated (0.6426s) =========================
== AddMissingIndexesToIssueCategories: migrating =============================
-- add_index(:issue_categories, :assigned_to_id)
-> 0.0179s
== AddMissingIndexesToIssueCategories: migrated (0.0181s) ====================
== AddMissingIndexesToMemberRoles: migrating =================================
-- add_index(:member_roles, :member_id)
-> 0.0591s
-- add_index(:member_roles, :role_id)
-> 0.0329s
== AddMissingIndexesToMemberRoles: migrated (0.0923s) ========================
== AddMissingIndexesToBoards: migrating ======================================
-- add_index(:boards, :last_message_id)
-> 0.0113s
== AddMissingIndexesToBoards: migrated (0.0115s) =============================
== AddMissingIndexesToUserPreferences: migrating =============================
-- add_index(:user_preferences, :user_id)
-> 0.0639s
== AddMissingIndexesToUserPreferences: migrated (0.0641s) ====================
== AddMissingIndexesToIssues: migrating ======================================
-- add_index(:issues, :status_id)
-> 0.1857s
-- add_index(:issues, :category_id)
-> 0.1745s
-- add_index(:issues, :assigned_to_id)
-> 0.3924s
-- add_index(:issues, :fixed_version_id)
-> 0.6831s
-- add_index(:issues, :tracker_id)
-> 0.3337s
-- add_index(:issues, :priority_id)
-> 0.3745s
-- add_index(:issues, :author_id)
-> 0.6731s
== AddMissingIndexesToIssues: migrated (2.8183s) =============================
== AddMissingIndexesToMembers: migrating =====================================
-- add_index(:members, :user_id)
-> 0.0400s
-- add_index(:members, :project_id)
-> 0.1568s
== AddMissingIndexesToMembers: migrated (0.1974s) ============================
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomFields: migrating ================================
-- add_index(:custom_fields, [:id, :type])
-> 0.0219s
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomFields: migrated (0.0221s) =======================
== AddMissingIndexesToQueries: migrating =====================================
-- add_index(:queries, :project_id)
-> 0.0320s
-- add_index(:queries, :user_id)
-> 0.0261s
== AddMissingIndexesToQueries: migrated (0.0585s) ============================
== AddMissingIndexesToTimeEntries: migrating =================================
-- add_index(:time_entries, :activity_id)
-> 0.0221s
-- add_index(:time_entries, :user_id)
-> 0.0122s
== AddMissingIndexesToTimeEntries: migrated (0.0348s) ========================
== AddMissingIndexesToNews: migrating ========================================
-- add_index(:news, :author_id)
-> 0.0302s
== AddMissingIndexesToNews: migrated (0.0304s) ===============================
== AddMissingIndexesToUsers: migrating =======================================
-- add_index(:users, [:id, :type])
-> 0.0626s
-- add_index(:users, :auth_source_id)
-> 0.0562s
== AddMissingIndexesToUsers: migrated (0.1192s) ==============================
== AddMissingIndexesToAttachments: migrating =================================
-- add_index(:attachments, [:container_id, :container_type])
-> 0.0559s
-- add_index(:attachments, :author_id)
-> 0.0499s
== AddMissingIndexesToAttachments: migrated (0.1062s) ========================
== AddMissingIndexesToWikiContents: migrating ================================
-- add_index(:wiki_contents, :author_id)
-> 0.0688s
== AddMissingIndexesToWikiContents: migrated (0.0690s) =======================
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomValues: migrating ================================
-- add_index(:custom_values, :custom_field_id)
-> 0.0781s
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomValues: migrated (0.0783s) =======================
== AddMissingIndexesToJournals: migrating ====================================
-- add_index(:journals, :user_id)
-> 0.5191s
-- add_index(:journals, :journalized_id)
-> 0.3245s
== AddMissingIndexesToJournals: migrated (0.8440s) ===========================
== AddMissingIndexesToIssueRelations: migrating ==============================
-- add_index(:issue_relations, :issue_from_id)
-> 0.0472s
-- add_index(:issue_relations, :issue_to_id)
-> 0.0444s
== AddMissingIndexesToIssueRelations: migrated (0.0920s) =====================
== AddMissingIndexesToWikiRedirects: migrating ===============================
-- add_index(:wiki_redirects, :wiki_id)
-> 0.0364s
== AddMissingIndexesToWikiRedirects: migrated (0.0367s) ======================
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomFieldsTrackers: migrating ========================
-- add_index(:custom_fields_trackers, [:custom_field_id, :tracker_id])
-> 0.0175s
== AddMissingIndexesToCustomFieldsTrackers: migrated (0.0178s) ===============
== AddActivityIndexes: migrating =============================================
-- add_index(:journals, :created_on)
-> 0.8118s
-- add_index(:changesets, :committed_on)
-> 0.7592s
-- add_index(:wiki_content_versions, :updated_on)
-> 0.5959s
-- add_index(:messages, :created_on)
-> 0.0696s
-- add_index(:issues, :created_on)
-> 0.4423s
-- add_index(:news, :created_on)
-> 0.0747s
-- add_index(:attachments, :created_on)
-> 0.0190s
-- add_index(:documents, :created_on)
-> 0.0290s
-- add_index(:time_entries, :created_on)
-> 0.0275s
== AddActivityIndexes: migrated (2.8308s) ====================================
== AddVersionsStatus: migrating ==============================================
-- add_column(:versions, :status, :string, {:default=>"open"})
-> 0.0121s
== AddVersionsStatus: migrated (0.0132s) =====================================
== AddViewIssuesPermission: migrating ========================================
== AddViewIssuesPermission: migrated (0.0798s) ===============================
== AddDefaultDoneRatioToIssueStatus: migrating ===============================
-- add_column(:issue_statuses, :default_done_ratio, :integer)
-> 0.0507s
== AddDefaultDoneRatioToIssueStatus: migrated (0.0510s) ======================
== AddVersionsSharing: migrating =============================================
-- add_column(:versions, :sharing, :string, {:null=>false, :default=>"none"})
-> 0.0140s
-- add_index(:versions, :sharing)
-> 0.0228s
== AddVersionsSharing: migrated (0.0373s) ====================================
== AddLftAndRgtIndexesToProjects: migrating ==================================
-- add_index(:projects, :lft)
-> 0.0215s
-- add_index(:projects, :rgt)
-> 0.0873s
== AddLftAndRgtIndexesToProjects: migrated (0.1093s) =========================
== AddIndexToSettingsName: migrating =========================================
-- add_index(:settings, :name)
-> 0.0838s
== AddIndexToSettingsName: migrated (0.0840s) ================================
== AddIndexesToIssueStatus: migrating ========================================
-- add_index(:issue_statuses, :position)
-> 0.0357s
-- add_index(:issue_statuses, :is_closed)
-> 0.0412s
-- add_index(:issue_statuses, :is_default)
-> 0.0371s
== AddIndexesToIssueStatus: migrated (0.1147s) ===============================
== RemoveEnumerationsOpt: migrating ==========================================
-- remove_column(:enumerations, :opt)
-> 0.0289s
== RemoveEnumerationsOpt: migrated (0.0291s) =================================
== ChangeWikiContentsTextLimit: migrating ====================================
-- change_column(:wiki_contents, :text, :text, {:limit=>16777216})
-> 0.0773s
-- change_column(:wiki_content_versions, :data, :binary, {:limit=>16777216})
-> 0.2429s
== ChangeWikiContentsTextLimit: migrated (0.3208s) ===========================
== AddIndexOnChangesetsScmid: migrating ======================================
-- add_index(:changesets, [:repository_id, :scmid], {:name=>:changesets_repos_scmid})
-> 1.0247s
== AddIndexOnChangesetsScmid: migrated (1.0250s) =============================
[web@dev devredmine]$

As you can see there were a ton of changes that needed to be migrated but after removing the actionwebservice plugin there were no further issues.

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