Bugzilla is a web-based general-purpose bug tracking system that can be used to track and manage software bugs and issues. In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to install Bugzilla on nixOS Latest.
Before we start installing Bugzilla, we need to make sure the system is up-to-date. Run the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update && sudo nix-env -iA nixpkgs.nix
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
Bugzilla requires a few dependencies to run. We need to install those dependencies before installing Bugzilla. We can further check its already installed or not by running:
sudo nix-env -i apache mysql perl httpd php
Download the latest stable release of Bugzilla from the official website using the following command.
wget https://www.bugzilla.org/download/bugzilla-X.XX.X.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded archive using the following command:
tar -zxvf bugzilla-X.XX.X.tar.gz -C /var/www/
Replace X.XX.X with the actual version number of Bugzilla.
We need to create a database for Bugzilla to store data. Run the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the MySQL root password when prompted. Then create a new database, user, and grant permission to the user by running the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE bugzilla;
CREATE USER bugzilla@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugzilla.* TO bugzilla@localhost;
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace your-password with a strong password.
Next, we need to configure Bugzilla. To do this, navigate to the Bugzilla directory by running:
cd /var/www/bugzilla-X.XX.X/
Run the checksetup.pl script to install the required Perl modules and configure the database settings:
sudo ./checksetup.pl
Follow the prompts to configure Bugzilla. You will be asked for the database name, database user, database password, email configuration, and administrator credentials, among other things.
After completing the configuration, run the collectstats.pl script to index the database:
sudo ./collectstats.pl
We need to configure Apache to serve Bugzilla. Create a new Apache virtual host by running:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/bugzilla.conf
Add the following configuration:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin admin@example.com
DocumentRoot "/var/www/bugzilla-X.XX.X/"
ServerName bugzilla.example.com
ErrorLog "/var/log/httpd/bugzilla.example.com-error.log"
CustomLog "/var/log/httpd/bugzilla.example.com-access.log" common
<Directory "/var/www/bugzilla-X.XX.X/">
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with your actual domain name.
After configuring the Apache virtual host, start the Apache service by running:
sudo systemctl restart httpd
Bugzilla should now be accessible in a web browser at http://bugzilla.example.com/. Replace example.com with your actual domain name.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Bugzilla on nixOS Latest. We first updated the system and installed the necessary dependencies. We then downloaded and installed Bugzilla, created a database, and configured Bugzilla. Finally, we configured Apache to serve Bugzilla and accessed it through a web browser.
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