How to Install Bugzilla on NetBSD

Bugzilla is a free, open-source web-based bug tracking and testing tool that helps software development teams manage and track bugs and issues in their software projects. This tutorial will guide you through the installation process of Bugzilla on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before installing Bugzilla on NetBSD, ensure that the following requirements are met:

• You have root access to the NetBSD server
• Perl 5.6 or later is installed on the server
• Web server software, such as Apache, is installed on the server

Step 1: Download and Extract Bugzilla

The first step is to download and extract the latest version of Bugzilla from the official website. You can either download the latest stable release or the development version.

$ cd /usr/local
$ ftp https://www.bugzilla.org/download/
$ tar xfz bugzilla-X.X.X.tar.gz
$ mv bugzilla-X.X.X bugzilla

Replace X.X.X with the version number of the Bugzilla release you downloaded.

Step 2: Install Required Perl Modules

Bugzilla requires several Perl modules to be installed before installation. You can install these modules using the cpan command.

$ cpan install CGI Digest::SHA Template DBI DBD::mysql

You can replace DBD::mysql with the appropriate database driver for your setup. For example, DBD::Pg for PostgreSQL, DBD::Oracle for Oracle, and DBD::SQLite for SQLite.

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database

Bugzilla uses MySQL as its database backend. You can create a new database using the mysql command-line client.

$ mysql -u root -p
Enter password:
mysql> CREATE DATABASE bugzilla;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugzilla.* TO 'bugzilla'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> quit

Replace password with a strong password for the Bugzilla user.

Step 4: Configure Bugzilla

The next step is to configure Bugzilla by editing the localconfig file.

$ cd /usr/local/bugzilla
$ cp localconfig localconfig.bak
$ vi localconfig

Edit the following lines and replace the values with your server configuration:

$webservergroup = 'www';
$db_name = 'bugzilla';
$db_user = 'bugzilla';
$db_pass = 'password';
$db_host = 'localhost';

Replace www with the user group of your web server. For example, apache for Apache on NetBSD.

Step 5: Install Bugzilla

The final step is to install Bugzilla by running the checksetup.pl script.

$ ./checksetup.pl

The script will check the system requirements and install Bugzilla.

Step 6: Verify Bugzilla Installation

Once the installation is complete, you can verify the Bugzilla installation by accessing the web interface using a web browser.

http://localhost/bugzilla/

You should see the Bugzilla login page.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Bugzilla on NetBSD. Bugzilla is a powerful tool that helps software development teams manage and track bugs and issues in their software projects. With Bugzilla, you can streamline your bug tracking and testing process and improve your software development workflow.

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