Quick Start (Ubuntu Linux 14.04)
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This quick start guide makes installing Bugzilla as simple as possible
for those who are able to choose their environment. It creates a
system using Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS, Apache and MySQL. It requires a
little familiarity with Linux and the command line.
Obtain Your Hardware
====================
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Server requires a 64-bit processor. Bugzilla itself
has no prerequisites beyond that, although you should pick reliable
hardware. You can also probably use any 64-bit virtual machine or
cloud instance that you have root access on.
Install the OS
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Get Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS and follow the installation instructions.
Here are some tips:
* Choose any server name you like.
* When creating the initial Linux user, call it "bugzilla", give it
a strong password, and write that password down.
* You do not need an encrypted home directory.
* Choose all the defaults for the "partitioning" part (excepting of
course where the default is "No" and you need to press "Yes" to
continue).
* Choose "install security updates automatically" unless you want to
do them manually.
* From the install options, choose "OpenSSH Server" and "LAMP
Server".
* Set the password for the MySQL root user to a strong password, and
write that password down.
* Install the Grub boot loader to the Master Boot Record.
Reboot when the installer finishes.
Become root
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ssh to the machine as the 'bugzilla' user, or start a console. Then:
**sudo su**
Install Prerequisites
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**apt-get install git nano**
**apt-get install apache2 mysql-server libappconfig-perl libdate-calc-
perl libtemplate-perl libmime-perl build-essential libdatetime-
timezone-perl libdatetime-perl libemail-sender-perl libemail-mime-perl
libemail-mime-modifier-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libcgi-pm-
perl libmath-random-isaac-perl libmath-random-isaac-xs-perl apache2
-mpm-prefork libapache2-mod-perl2 libapache2-mod-perl2-dev libchart-
perl libxml-perl libxml-twig-perl perlmagick libgd-graph-perl
libtemplate-plugin-gd-perl libsoap-lite-perl libhtml-scrubber-perl
libjson-rpc-perl libdaemon-generic-perl libtheschwartz-perl libtest-
taint-perl libauthen-radius-perl libfile-slurp-perl libencode-detect-
perl libmodule-build-perl libnet-ldap-perl libauthen-sasl-perl
libtemplate-perl-doc libfile-mimeinfo-perl libhtml-formattext-
withlinks-perl libgd-dev libmysqlclient-dev lynx-cur graphviz python-
sphinx**
This will take a little while. It's split into two commands so you can
do the next steps (up to step 7) in another terminal while you wait
for the second command to finish. If you start another terminal, you
will need to **sudo su** again.
Download Bugzilla
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Get it from our Git repository:
**cd /var/www/html**
**git clone --branch release-X.X-stable
https://github.com/bugzilla/bugzilla bugzilla**
(where "X.X" is the 2-digit version number of the stable release of
Bugzilla that you want - e.g. 5.0)
Configure MySQL
===============
The following instructions use the simple "nano" editor, but feel free
to use any text editor you are comfortable with.
**nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf**
Set the following values, which increase the maximum attachment size
and make it possible to search for short words and terms:
* Alter on Line 52: "max_allowed_packet=100M"
* Add as new line 32, in the "[mysqld]" section: "ft_min_word_len=2"
Save and exit.
Then, add a user to MySQL for Bugzilla to use:
**mysql -u root -p -e "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugs.* TO
bugs@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '$db_pass'"**
Replace "$db_pass" with a strong password you have generated. Write it
down. When you run the above command, it will prompt you for the MySQL
root password that you configured when you installed Ubuntu. You
should make "$db_pass" different to that password.
Restart MySQL:
**service mysql restart**
Configure Apache
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**nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/bugzilla.conf**
Paste in the following and save:
ServerName localhost
<Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla>
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex index.cgi index.html
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
**a2ensite bugzilla**
**a2enmod cgi headers expires**
**service apache2 restart**
Check Setup
===========
Bugzilla comes with a "checksetup.pl" script which helps with the
installation process. It will need to be run twice. The first time, it
generates a config file (called "localconfig") for the database access
information, and the second time (step 10) it uses the info you put in
the config file to set up the database.
**cd /var/www/html/bugzilla**
**./checksetup.pl**
Edit "localconfig"
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**nano localconfig**
You will need to set the following values:
* Line 29: set "$webservergroup" to "www-data"
* Line 67: set "$db_pass" to the password for the "bugs" user you
created in MySQL a few steps ago
Check Setup (again)
===================
Run the "checksetup.pl" script again to set up the database.
**./checksetup.pl**
It will ask you to give an email address, real name and password for
the first Bugzilla account to be created, which will be an
administrator. Write down the email address and password you set.
Test Server
===========
**./testserver.pl http://localhost/bugzilla**
All the tests should pass. You will get warnings about deprecation
from the "Chart::Base" Perl module; just ignore those.
Access Via Web Browser
======================
Access the front page:
**lynx http://localhost/bugzilla**
It's not really possible to use Bugzilla for real through Lynx, but
you can view the front page to validate visually that it's up and
running.
You might well need to configure your DNS such that the server has,
and is reachable by, a name rather than IP address. Doing so is out of
scope of this document. In the mean time, it is available on your
local network at "http://<ip address>/bugzilla", where "<ip address>"
is (unless you have a complex network setup) the "inet addr" value
displayed when you run **ifconfig eth0**.
Configure Bugzilla
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Once you have worked out how to access your Bugzilla in a graphical
web browser, bring up the front page, click Log In in the header, and
log in as the admin user you defined in step 10.
Click the Parameters link on the page it gives you, and set the
following parameters in the Required Settings section:
* urlbase: http://<servername>/bugzilla/ or http://<ip
address>/bugzilla/
Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
There are several ways to get Bugzilla to send email. The easiest is
to use Gmail, so we do that here so you have it working. Visit
https://gmail.com and create a new Gmail account for your Bugzilla to
use. Then, open the Email section of the Parameters using the link in
the left column, and set the following parameter values:
* mail_delivery_method: SMTP
* mailfrom: new_gmail_address@gmail.com
* smtpserver: smtp.gmail.com:465
* smtp_username: new_gmail_address@gmail.com
* smtp_password: new_gmail_password
* smtp_ssl: On
Click Save Changes at the bottom of the page.
And you're all ready to go. :-)
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This documentation undoubtedly has bugs; if you find some, please file
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