How to Install Roundup Issue Tracker on EndeavourOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will go through the steps to install Roundup Issue Tracker on the latest version of EndeavourOS. Roundup Issue Tracker is a free and open-source web-based issue tracking and bug tracking system.

Prerequisites

Before installing Roundup Issue Tracker, you will need the following:

• A Linux-based operating system
• Python 2.7 or 3.x installed
• Apache Web Server

Step 1: Install Required Packages

First, ensure that your system has the latest packages by running the following command in your terminal:

sudo pacman -Syu

Install the required packages for Roundup Issue Tracker:

sudo pacman -S python-pysqlite apache uWSGI uwsgi-plugin-python

Step 2: Download and Install Roundup

Download the latest version of Roundup Issue Tracker from the official website using wget:

wget https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/roundup/roundup/2.1.0/roundup-2.1.0.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded file:

tar -xzvf roundup-2.1.0.tar.gz

Install Roundup using the following commands:

cd roundup-2.1.0
sudo python setup.py install

Step 3: Configure Apache

Create a new configuration file for Apache:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following lines to the configuration file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster@example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/roundup
Alias /static/ /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/roundup/cgi/static/
Alias /favicon.ico /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/roundup/cgi/static/favicon.ico

<Location "/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi">
Options ExecCGI
SetHandler uwsgi-handler
</Location>
</VirtualHost>

Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 4: Configure uWSGI

Create a new configuration file for uWSGI:

sudo nano /etc/uwsgi/apps-available/roundup.ini

Add the following lines to the configuration file:

[uwsgi]
plugin = python
socket = 127.0.0.1:3031
chdir = /var/www/roundup/cgi/
chmod-socket = 666
wsgi-file = /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/roundup/cgi/handler_wsgi.py
callable = application
processes = 4
threads = 2

Save the file and exit the editor.

Create a symbolic link to enable the configuration file:

sudo ln -s /etc/uwsgi/apps-available/roundup.ini /etc/uwsgi/apps-enabled/

Step 5: Configure Roundup

Create a new configuration file for Roundup:

sudo nano /etc/roundup.ini

Add the following lines to the configuration file:

[tracker]
web: true
webhost: 127.0.0.1
webport: 3031
webpath: /cgi-bin/roundup.cgi
dbm-type: sqlite
dbm-name: /var/www/roundup/db/roundup.db

Save the file and exit the editor.

Step 6: Create Roundup Database

Create a new directory for the Roundup database:

sudo mkdir /var/www/roundup/db

Change the ownership of the directory to the web server user:

sudo chown apache:apache /var/www/roundup/db

Create a new Roundup database:

cd /var/www/roundup/cgi/
python3 edit.py init

Step 7: Start the Services

Start the Apache Web Server:

sudo systemctl start httpd

Start uWSGI:

sudo systemctl start uwsgi

Step 8: Access Roundup

You can now access Roundup Issue Tracker in your web browser by navigating to:

http://example.com/cgi-bin/roundup.cgi

Replace example.com with the domain name or IP address of your server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have gone through the steps on how to install Roundup Issue Tracker on EndeavourOS Latest. You can now use Roundup to track issues and bugs on your web applications.

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