Bugzilla is a free and open source web-based bug tracker and testing software tool developed by the Mozilla Foundation. It is written in Perl, and uses MySQL as its database back-end. Key features of Bugzilla are listed below:
- Email integration capability.
- Optimized, well-structured and secure system.
- Easily remember your searches using advanced query tool.
- Easily edit user profiles.
- Comprehensive permission based system.
# sudo yum update -y
Install LAMP
Let us install the Apache web server, MariaDB, and other required packages on the system.
You can install all of them by running the following command:
# sudo yum install httpd mariadb mariadb-server httpd-devel mod_ssl mod_ssl mod_perl mod_perl-devel mariadb-devel php-mysql gcc gcc-c++ graphviz graphviz-devel patchutils gd gd-devel wget perl* -y
Once all the packages are installed including their dependencies, start the Apache and MariaDB services and enable them to start on boot with the following commands:
# sudo systemctl start httpd
# sudo systemctl start mariadb
# sudo systemctl enable httpd
# sudo systemctl enable mariadb
Configure MariaDB Database
Our MariaDB installation needs to be secured. To do so, run the mysql_secure_installation script:
# sudo mysql_secure_installation
# mysql -u root –p
Enter the root password when asked, then create a new database for Bugzilla:
MariaDB [(none)]> CREATE DATABASE bugzilla;
Create a database user and password for Bugzilla:
MariaDB [(none)]>CREATE USER bugs@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password';
MariaDB [(none)]>GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugzilla.* TO 'bugs'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'Password' WITH GRANT OPTION;
MariaDB [(none)]>FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
MariaDB [(none)]>exit;
Make a soft where we download or copy the setup
# mkdir dir
Give permission to the folder
# chmod 777 dir/
# cd /dir/
Once you are done, you can proceed to install Bugzilla.
Install Bugzilla
You can download the latest version of the Bugzilla with the wget command:
# wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/webtools/bugzilla-5.0.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded archive with the tar command:
# tar -xvzf bugzilla-5.0.tar.gz
Move the extracted directory into the Apache web root directory:
# sudo mv bugzilla-5.0 /var/www/html/Bugzilla
Set proper permissions on the bugzilla directory:
# sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/html/Bugzilla
You will also need to install all necessary Perl modules in your system.
Change into the bugzilla directory:
# cd /var/www/html/bugzilla/
Install all the required Perl modules with the following command:
# sudo /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl –all
Now, Run
./checksetup.pl
Prompt to edit
Please edit the file ./localconfig and then re-run checksetup.pl
you will need to edit localconfig file:
# vi /var/www/html/Bugzilla/localconfig
Change the file as shown below:
$db_host = 'localhost';
$db_name = 'bugzilla';
$db_user = 'bugs';
$db_pass = 'Password';
Save and close the file when you are finished.
Run the checksetup.pl perl script to install Bugzilla:
# sudo ./checksetup.pl
“Enter the e-mail address of the administrator: email ID
Enter the real name of the administrator: name
Enter a password for the administrator account:
Please retype the password to verify:
email ID is now set up as an administrator.
Creating initial dummy product 'TestProduct'...
Now that you have installed Bugzilla, you should visit the 'Parameters'
page (linked in the footer of the Administrator account) to ensure it
is set up as you wish - this includes setting the 'urlbase' option to
the correct URL.
checksetup.pl complete.“
Comment out a line in the .htaccess file that the Bugzilla installation script created:
# sudo sed -i 's/^Options -Indexes$/#Options -Indexes/g' ./.htaccess
Configure Apache for Bugzilla
Let's create a new virtualhost directive for Bugzilla. You can do this by creating the file /etc/httpd/conf.d/bugzilla.conf:
# vi /etc/httpd/conf.d/bugzilla.conf
Add the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bugzilla/
</VirtualHost>
<Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla>
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +Indexes +ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex index.cgi
AllowOverride Limit FileInfo Indexes
</Directory>
Save the file and restart Apache's httpd service for the changes to take effect:
# sudo systemctl restart httpd
Disable and stop Firewall
# systemctl disable firewalld.service
# systemctl stop firewalld.service
Disable selinux
# vi /etc/syscofig/selinux
Access Bugzilla
Once everything is setup properly, it is time to access Bugzilla.
Open your favourite web browser and type the URL http://localhost, you should see the Bugzilla welcome page as below:
Click on the Log In button and provide your username and password. You should see the Bugzilla Main page as below:
