How to install MantisBT CMS on Linuxmint 18.03
To install MantisBT CMS on Linuxmint 18.03
MantisBT is an open source issue tracker that provides a delicate balance between simplicity and power. Users are able to get started in minutes and start managing their projects while collaborating with their teammates and clients effectively.
Prerequisites
Install LAMP(Apache, MariaDB, and php7.2)
In MariaDB (create database and user and give privileges to that user )
Php installation with required following modules
add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
apt-get update
apt-get installphp7.2php7.2-mysqlphp7.2-curlphp7.2-jsonphp7.2-cgi libapache2-mod-php7.0php7.2-
mcryptphp7.2-xmlrpcphp7.2-gdphp7.2-mbstringphp7.2
php7.2-common php7.2-xmlrpcphp7.2-soap php7.2-xmlphp7.2-intl php7.2-cli php7.2-ldapphp7.2-zipphp7.2-
readlinephp7.2-imapphp7.2-tidyphp7.2-recodephp7.2-sqphp7.2-intl
Installation
Download a MantisBT package from the terminal using wget command
linuxhelp ~ # wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisbt/files/latest/download
--2018-06-19 08:15:58-- https://sourceforge.net/projects/mantisbt/files/latest/download
Resolving sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)... 216.105.38.13
Connecting to sourceforge.net (sourceforge.net)|216.105.38.13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.15.0/mantisbt-2.15.0.zip?r=& ts=1529376429& use_mirror=excellmedia [following]
--2018-06-19 08:15:59-- https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.15.0/mantisbt-2.15.0.zip?r=& ts=1529376429& use_mirror=excellmedia
Resolving downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)... 216.105.38.13
Connecting to downloads.sourceforge.net (downloads.sourceforge.net)|216.105.38.13|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.15.0/mantisbt-2.15.0.zip [following]
--2018-06-19 08:16:00-- https://excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net/project/mantisbt/mantis-stable/2.15.0/mantisbt-2.15.0.zip
Resolving excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)... 202.153.32.19
Connecting to excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net (excellmedia.dl.sourceforge.net)|202.153.32.19|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 17799875 (17M) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ download’
download 100%[=====================================> ] 16.97M 1.03MB/s in 26s
2018-06-19 08:16:26 (661 KB/s) - ‘ download’ saved [17799875/17799875]
The download package is a zip file, so unzip the package as follows
linuxhelp ~ # unzip download
Archive: download
creating: mantisbt-2.15.0/
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/manage_custom_field_update.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/api_token_revoke.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/manage_proj_cat_delete.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/view_all_inc.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/proj_doc_update.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/bug_report_page.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/view_user_page.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/manage_plugin_upgrade.php
.
.
.
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/images/avatar.png
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/news_update.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/core.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/bug_actiongroup_update_product_build_inc.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/bug_actiongroup.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/history_inc.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/manage_proj_custom_field_remove.php
inflating: mantisbt-2.15.0/manage_proj_ver_add.php
Rename the extracted directory.
linuxhelp ~ # ls download mantisbt-2.15.0 linuxhelp ~ # mv mantisbt-2.15.0/ mantisbt
Change the ownership and permission of the file as follows
linuxhelp ~ # chown -R www-data:www-data mantisbt/
linuxhelp ~ # chmod -R 775 mantisbt/
Move the extracted file into the HTML location
linuxhelp ~ # mv mantisbt/ /var/www/html/
Create a new virtual host configuration for accessing the MantisBT
linuxhelp ~ # cd /etc/apache2/sites-available/
linuxhelp sites-available # vim mantisbt.conf
< VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName www.linuxhelp1.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/mantisbt/
< Directory /var/www/html/mantisbt/>
AllowOverride All
allow from all
< /Directory>
< /VirtualHost>
Enable the site access
linuxhelp sites-available # a2ensite mantisbt.conf
Enabling site mantisbt.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 reload
Enable the rewrite module
linuxhelp sites-available # a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
service apache2 restart
Entry to the host file.
linuxhelp sites-available # vim /etc/hosts < Give your ip> < Give your domaine> Restart the apache2 service linuxhelp sites-available # systemctl restart apache2.service
Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL of http://local IP (or) domain name
Verify the php configuration and enter the Database detail
Verify the installation from here as shown below
Once the installation is done you can log in with default credential: username = Administrator: password = root
Edit the account setup if needed.
Admin control panel of MantisBT
With this, the method to install MantisBT CMS on Linuxmint 18.03 comes to an end.