MantisBT is an open-source issue tracking software that is widely used by developers and organizations to manage bugs and project issues. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install MantisBT on Ubuntu Server.
Before starting with the installation process, ensure you have the following requirements:
Before you install MantisBT, it is recommended to update your system packages to their latest versions. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
MantisBT requires a web server and PHP to run. We will install Apache and PHP using the following command:
sudo apt-get install apache2 php libapache2-mod-php
After the installation is complete, restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo service apache2 restart
MantisBT uses MySQL as its database backend. You can install MySQL using the following command:
sudo apt-get install mysql-server
During the installation, you will be prompted to set a root password for the MySQL server.
Next, we will create a MySQL database and user for MantisBT to use. Enter the MySQL shell by running the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password that you set during the installation, then create a new database by running the following command:
CREATE DATABASE mantisbt;
Next, create a new user and grant them access to the MantisBT database. Replace mantisbtuser and mantisbtuserpassword with your desired values.
GRANT ALL ON mantisbt.* TO 'mantisbtuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'mantisbtuserpassword';
Once you have created the user, exit the MySQL shell by running the following command:
exit
Next, download the latest version of MantisBT from the official website using wget command:
sudo wget https://www.mantisbt.org/files/mantisbt-2.26.1.zip
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:
sudo apt-get install unzip
sudo unzip mantisbt-2.26.1.zip -d /var/www/
Before we can use MantisBT, we need to configure it with our MySQL database. Copy the default configuration file to config_inc.php using the following command:
sudo cp /var/www/mantisbt-2.26.1/config/config_inc.php.sample /var/www/mantisbt-2.26.1/config/config_inc.php
Open the config_inc.php file using a text editor of your choice:
sudo nano /var/www/mantisbt-2.26.1/config/config_inc.php
Find the following lines and modify them with your MySQL database details:
$g_hostname = 'localhost';
$g_db_username = 'mantisbtuser';
$g_db_password = 'mantisbtuserpassword';
$g_database_name = 'mantisbt';
Save and exit the file.
Now that we've configured MantisBT, we need to configure Apache to serve it. Create a new virtual host configuration file for MantisBT using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/mantisbt.conf
Paste the following configuration into the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
DocumentRoot /var/www/mantisbt-2.26.1
ServerName your-domain.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your-domain.com with your own domain name. Save and exit the file.
Enable the new virtual host configuration and restart Apache by running the following commands:
sudo a2ensite mantisbt.conf
sudo service apache2 reload
Open your browser and visit your domain name. You should see the MantisBT installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation process.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed MantisBT on your Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now use it to manage bugs and project issues.
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