Install Bugzilla-3.0.2 on CentOS 6.3 step by step

Bugzilla-3.0.2 Setup on CentOs 6.3

Install required packages

 # yum install perl* httpd* mysql-server* mod_perl-devel –y

Download the bugzilla 3.0.2 (20xx/8)

 # cd /var/www/html

# wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/webtools/archived/bugzilla-3.0.2.tar.gz

# tar zxvf bugzilla-3.0.2.tar.gz

# mv bugzilla-3.0.2 bugzilla

Start mysql server 

# service mysqld start
# chkconfig mysqld on 

Set mysql root password via mysql_secure_installation 

# sudo /usr/bin/mysql_secure_installation

Create a DB for bugzilla mysql login with root
# mysql -u root -p
> CREATE DATABASE bugs ;
> exit

Run checksetup script to find needed modules 

# ./checksetup.pl

Install required modules

#  /usr/bin/perl install-module.pl ––all

Note: If the above command is not working, need to install modules manually.

Following are the modules need to install manually,.

/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install Email::Reply'

/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper'

/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install HTML::Scrubber'

/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install Chart::Base'

/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install PatchReader'

/usr/bin/perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache::DBI'

or

/usr/bin/perl install-module.pl ––all

" Tips to resolve the dependency errors :-

If any modules still need to install / any failure message came from above commands/modules here is the solution to fix those….

 Fixing Issue:-

To install the required perl modules use the below command to execute correctly:

Ref : http://www.bugzilla.org/docs/2.16/html/stepbystep.html

in /var/www/html/bugzilla terminal……

1) cpan

Then

2) install MIME::Parser < ----- This is the dependency package for Emails.

3) install Email::Reply

4) install Email::MIME::Attachment::Stripper "

Run checksetup script again to generate localconfig file 

# ./checksetup.pl

Modify localconfig  for  $db_name, $db_user and $db_pass based on previous settings 

# vi ./localconfig

$db_name = bugs

$db_user=root

$db_pass = abcdefg

Run checksetup script to set initial configuration

 # ./checksetup.pl

Apache setup, modify httpd.conf, append the following config : 

# vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

<Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla>
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi
Options +Indexes +ExecCGI
DirectoryIndex index.cgi
AllowOverride Limit FileInfo Indexes
</Directory>

Restart Apache  

# service httpd restart
# chkconfig httpd on

Stopping SE linux and Iptables : 

# Setenforce 0

# Service iptables restart

Installing sendmail : 

# Yum install sendmail –y

That’s it, Open http://localhost/bugzilla or http://192.168.1.X/bugzilla and enjoy it :-

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Troubleshooting :-

1) Mysql-setup/configuration:-

In /etc/my.cnf file need to update

max_allowed_packet=4M

to

max_allowed_packet=1024G

2) MySQL-Bugzilla(bugs) data Restore Setup:-

Mysql –u root –p

Mysql:> Create database bugs;

Myql:> Use bugs;

Root@localhost:> mysql –u root –p bugs < bugs_bkp.xxxx.sql

Backup successfully restored…

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