MantisBT is a popular web-based bug tracking system, which facilitates the reporting, tracking, and resolution of bugs in software applications. In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install MantisBT on EndeavourOS latest.
Before you start, you need to have the following prerequisites:
Before proceeding with the installation, it is recommended that you update the system repositories and applications by running the following commands:
sudo pacman -Syu
This will ensure that the system is up-to-date and any recent vulnerability patches, bug fixes or performance enhancements are applied.
MantisBT requires a webserver to serve the web pages. The Apache Web Server is a stable and secure web server, which is widely used in the industry. You can install it by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache
After the installation, you can start the Apache service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start httpd
MantisBT requires a database server to store the data. MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system, which is a fork of MySQL. You can install it by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S mariadb
After the installation, you can start the MariaDB service by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start mariadb
To secure the MariaDB installation, you can run the following command:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
After the MariaDB installation is secure, we can create a new database and a user for MantisBT. You can accomplish this by executing the following commands:
sudo mysql -uroot -p
This command will put you in the MariaDB shell. You can then create a new database and a user and grant the appropriate privileges to the user as follows:
CREATE DATABASE mantisbt;
CREATE USER 'mantis'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON mantisbt.* TO 'mantis'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace the 'password' with a strong password.
MantisBT is implemented using the PHP programming language. You can install PHP and the necessary extensions by running the following command:
sudo pacman -S php php-apache php-gd php-intl php-mbstring php-gmp php-ldap php-mcrypt php-tidy php-xsl
After the installation, you need to edit the Apache configuration file to enable the PHP module by running the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
And add the following line at the end of the file:
LoadModule php7_module modules/libphp7.so
Save and close the file.
You can download the latest stable version of MantisBT from the official website at https://www.mantisbt.org. You can use the following command to download the tarball file:
wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.25.1/mantisbt-2.25.1.tar.gz
After the download is complete, you can extract the contents of the tarball file by running the following command:
tar -xvzf mantisbt-2.25.1.tar.gz
MantisBT requires some configuration files to be renamed before installation. You can rename them by running the following command:
cd mantisbt-2.25.1
mv config/config_inc.php.sample config/config_inc.php
mv core/constant_inc.php.sample core/constant_inc.php
You can now configure MantisBT by editing the config/config_inc.php file by running the following command:
nano config/config_inc.php
And modify the following settings:
$g_hostname = 'localhost';
$g_db_type = 'mysqli';
$g_database_name = 'mantisbt';
$g_db_username = 'mantis';
$g_db_password = 'password';
Make sure to replace the 'password' with the password you chose for the mantis user.
Save and close the file.
You can now install MantisBT by running the following command:
sudo mv mantisbt-2.25.1 /srv/http/mantisbt
sudo chown -R http:http /srv/http/mantisbt/
This command will move the extracted mantisbt-2.25.1 directory to the /srv/http/mantisbt/ directory and will change the ownership to the http user, which is the user used by the Apache service.
You can now access the MantisBT installation by opening a web browser and navigating to the following address:
http://<your_server_IP_address>/mantisbt/
You should see the MantisBT login page. You can use the following credentials to log in:
Username: administrator
Password: root
Make sure to change the administrator password after logging in.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed MantisBT on EndeavourOS latest. You can now use it to track, report, and resolve bugs in your software applications.
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