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user1219484
user1219484

Reputation: 5

Mantis Bug Tracking system

I know its a silly question but I have no idea of how bug tracking systems work, I know what they are used for though. Research showed me that mantis is simpler to use over Bugzilla so I decided to use mantis but have no idea how to install it.Can anyone please tell me what are the steps you need to take in order to install mantis bug tracking system in a small company to track website, mobile portal bugs?

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Answers (3)

altamash heroli
altamash heroli

Reputation: 56

Choosing Mantis over Bugzilla was a smart move.

For installing Mantis on your local machine you would need to install a wamp server.

Wamp server installation link- http://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/files/WampServer%202/WampServer%202.2/wampserver2.2e/wampserver2.2e-php5.4.3-httpd2.2.22-mysql5.5.24-32b.exe/download

After this, open your wamp folder you will find a www folder with in Var.

Now you need to paste your mantis folder in this www folder.

For finding Mantis- http://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisbt/files/mantis-stable/

  • Download and extract the zip file.
  • Paste the extracted file in your www folder

After this for installation

  • Start your wamp server.
  • Open a browser and in the URL type localhost/name of the mantis folder/index.php

Let me know if you have any further issues.

Upvotes: 0

Ben Stephens
Ben Stephens

Reputation: 563

Sounds like you genuinely mean well so I'll try to help

I assume you're working with a developer? Ask them to set up a bug tracker, you might be able to find some kind of lighter solution like a shared google doc with some conditional formats you can make a pretty effective bug reporting/tracking solution

Another easy and actually very good option is using an online service like Bugherd. I actually highly recommend Bugherd, for a small cost you can actually put markers on the website with notes. Developers can see a list of reports and go to the screen you were viewing with the marker on the problem, very nice software. Can be installed to site, doesn't need to be, I prefer to use it with the bookmark option to load when needed.

If you're set on hosting your own you'll need to get a machine to act as a host for it, install some kind of web server to it like apache or IIS (for windows)

Once you have that you should be able to follow the relevant instructions for installing your bugtracker of choice, if not hire a consultant or something like that perhaps?

Upvotes: 1

HashtagMarkus
HashtagMarkus

Reputation: 1661

Read the administration guide

I think this explanation is as good as it gets

Upvotes: 0

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