Mentis Request Tracker

Mentis Request Tracker

http://sukhdevjadhav.blogspot.in/2010/12/how-to-install-mantis-on-fedora-14.html

#yum install httpd php php-pdo php-mysql php-gd mysql mysql-server

Go to the /var/www/html direcotory.

#wget -c http://space.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/1.2.4/mantisbt-1.2.4.tar.gz

#tar -zxvf mantisbt-1.2.4.tar.gz

#cd mantisbt-1.2.4

#chown -R apache.apache mantisbt-1.2.4

#cp config_inc.php.sample config_inc.php

#vim /var/www/html/mantisbt-1.2.4/config_inc.php

put appropriate database and host specific information

<?php

  $g_hostname = 'localhost';
  $g_db_type = 'mysql';
  $g_database_name = 'tracker';
  $g_db_username = 'mantisdbuser';
  $g_db_password = ''; ?>

# --- Anonymous Access / Signup ---

$g_allow_signup = ON;
$g_allow_anonymous_login = OFF;
$g_anonymous_account = '';



# --- Email Configuration ---

$g_phpMailer_method = PHPMAILER_METHOD_MAIL; # or PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP, PHPMAILER_METHOD_SENDMAIL
$g_smtp_host = 'localhost'; # used with PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP
$g_smtp_username = ''; # used with PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP
$g_smtp_password = ''; # used with PHPMAILER_METHOD_SMTP
$g_administrator_email = 'administrator@linukstricks.com';
$g_webmaster_email = 'webmaster@linukstricks.com';
$g_from_name = 'Mantis Bug Tracker';
$g_from_email = 'noreply@linukstricks.com'; # the "From: " field in emails
$g_return_path_email = 'admin@linukstricks.com'; # the return address for bounced mail
$g_email_receive_own = OFF;
$g_email_send_using_cronjob = OFF;
$g_enable_email_notification = OFF;

save and close file.




Create mysql database

mysql> create database tracker;
mysql> grant all on tracker.* to mantisdbuser@localhost identified by 'mantisdbpass';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit



Create virtual host in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

#ServerAdmin webmaster@linukstricks.com
Alias /mantisbt /var/www/html/mantisbt-1.2.4
#<DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mantisbt-1.2.4>
        ServerName linukstricks.com
        ErrorLog logs/linukstricks.com-error_log
        CustomLog logs/linukstricks.com-access_log common


put entry in host file

192.168.1.2 linukstricks.com


Open your mozilla firefox browser. And open bellow link.

http://IP-ADD/admin/install.php

Next screen

Now click on continue to login into mantis.

Now your mantis is installed.

Login with default admin username "Administrator"

password is "root"

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