Bugzilla is not meant for a windows environment, period. If it cannot be set in the gui, then it will be abandoned. Take a screenshot from the command line with headless. Command line parameter p works fine for me on w2k, both on command line and in shortcuts. Install bugzilla on windows hello, i have ben tasked on my project to find an open source defect management tool we can use as we currently use excel spreadhseet to log and track defects. We can install bugzilla manually by downloading the source, or install it from freebsd repository. The bugzilla project works to keep the webservice interface of. Either it can use it on the command line or just type ppm. Bugzilla allows us to track the bugs and collaborate with developers as well as teams in your organization effectively. Bugzilla will do this for you by default if you take any action on the bug page. How to install bugzilla with apache and ssl on freebsd 10.
Running this file will create a backup of your bugzilla database in a file bugzillabackup. Itd be nice to easily take a screen shot of a web page from the command line using headless firefox similar to what. The simplest hack for commandline interface to bugzilla would be a. This project contains the files needed for a german interface for it. Installing bugzilla on windows with xampp this could be. But right now the ip of the machine has been changed, but bugzilla will still jump to the old address once i login. Name bugzilla commandline interface to bugzilla over xmlrpc synopsis bugzilla options command commandoptions description. Update 20160329 someone asked a question on stack overflow that referenced these instructions, saying that it wasnt possible to file a bug with an attachment after installation. You have two main choices to install perl on windows. It has the property of being independent and works over the internet. If a simple mail sent with the commandline mail program succeeds, then bugzilla should also be fine. However, fewer developers use windows to test bugzilla and so we would still recommend using linux for large sites to get better support. Unless you want to keep statistics on how many hits your bugzilla install is getting, its a good idea to disable logging by commenting out the customlog directive in the apache config file. The scripts depended on a bugzilla command line interface tool that i can no longer find.
Bugzilla is an enterpriseclass piece of software that tracks millions of bugs and. This is a followup post to installing bugzilla on windows server 2003 and iis, which i posted back in april of 2008. For bugs in firefox desktop, the mozilla foundations web browser. Note, however, that you may need to escape certain special characters. Alm works deskzilla website deskzilla provides the user with an outlookstyle rich interface to your bugzilla. Library providing access to bugzilla instances through the xmlrpc interface. In this step we will install bugzilla from freebsd repository with pkg command. Converts a database from one encoding or multiple encodings to utf8. If youre using a program with switches on windows, for instance.
How to change urlbase setting in bugzilla config file. In windows, with microsoft license, users wont have access to source code cant modify the software and based on a number of licenses we can install only on those number of computers. Bugzillas installation process is command line driven and runs through a series of stages where system requirements and. Bug 995388 windows 2012 guest does not show hibernate option in gui power menu. You can either use it on the command line as below, or just type ppm, and. Update the mapping to ensure that all of the data that you want to import from the bugzilla database is mapped to the desired values in youtrack. Bugzilla quick guide bugzilla is an opensource tool used to track bugs and issues of a project or a software. It compiles the ui templates, connects to the database using the bugs user you. This guide assumes that you have administrative access to the bugzilla machine. If you dont disable logging, you should at least disable logging of query strings.
If you are running bugzilla on windows and choose to use microsofts internet information services or personal web server you will need to perform a number of other configuration. Log in with the administrator account you defined in the last checksetup. You can either use it on the command line as below, or just type ppm, and you will get a gui. This bug is about help text not showing up in the command line window, so command line parameters are undiscoverable. This is not the place to request configuration, permission, or account changes to this installation of bugzilla bugzilla. If you want to start using git and gitlab together, make sure that you have created andor signed into an account on gitlab. However, i will say that the power menu doesnt show the hibernate option. Both sync for windows and sync for java include a commandline interface cli that makes it easy to manage multiple bugzilla connections. File such changes under the appropriate component in the bugzilla. The exact version number of the problem rpm or a list of suspicious rpms.
The documentation bugzilla has for windows installations is outdated and does not work with the current versions of perl. This howto will walk you through the installation of bugzilla 5. How to install bugzilla in centos linuxhelp tutorials. If you are installing on another os, check section 2. Bugzilla cli client, xmlrpc binding and vcs plugins. Bugzilla is an advanced bug tracking system, developed by the mozilla foundation the. There are a suite of unix utilities for searching bugzilla from the command line. However, because doubleclicking starts the sqlite3. Bugzilla is an opensource project management and issue tracking program, commonly called a bugtracker. Installing bugzilla on microsoft windows using the installer this is an unofficial installer for bugzilla which deploys and configures bugzilla with all the prerequisites. Follow the instructions below to install bugzilla on microsoft windows. Bugzilla is a web based bug tracker tool that is used to log and track fault in databases. Commandline search interface there are a suite of unix utilities for searching bugzilla from the command line. A commandline interface cli is a mechanism for interacting with a computer operating system or software by typing commands to perform specific tasks.
However, it has the drawback of being limited to the current html format of web pages. I can deal with that, but i would love to use it because im a fan of mozilla products and bugzilla seems to have an awesome support community. If you need a commandline or programmatic interface to bugzilla, try. The simplest hack for commandline interface to bugzilla would be a lynxbased script that is, actually submitting requests through the web interface. If the command is executed successfully, a message with the location of the generated file is printed in the commandline interface. The bugzilla server software is usually installed on linux or solaris. On windows, you may have to also add the scriptinterpretersource registrystrict line, see. Linux vs windows find out the 9 most awesome differences. For firefox user interface issues in menus, bookmarks, location bar, and preferences. Use their request tracker at the comprehensive perl archive network.
Either it can use it on the command line or just type ppm and. Cdata sync for bugzilla is a standalone application that provides solutions for a variety of replication scenarios such as replicating sandbox and production instances into your database. I use only the interface provided by libvirt, not command lines. Perl script to perform a sanity check at the command line. Bugzilla is configured in the administration parameters. Many commandline options are from the netbeans platform. There are a suite of unix utilities for querying bugzilla from the command line. About 6 months ago i wrote a simple set of bash scripts to generate hourly software project bugzilla reports. It is a desktop client that allows you to search and make modifications to bugs even when working offline offline changes are synchronized later with possible fieldby. Because it is using old address to let me login, so i cant login into administrator page to change the urlbase to new ip. Running this file in the installation directory shows a command prompt preconfigured to enable you to install perl modules and run bugzilla scripts such as checksetup. I lost the raid controller on my development server and only have backups of the scripts i wrote. It helps the developers and other stakeholders to keep track of outsta. Linux command line bugzilla interface stack overflow.
Unanswered commandlineinterface questions server fault. Verified that my command line and several other windows that were open were still available, confirming the hibernation and resume completed successfully. However, they have not yet been updated to work with 2. In linux, command line is a very useful tool for administration and daily tasks but for end users, it doesnt make much difference. While gitlab has a powerful user interface, if you want to use git itself, you will have to do so from the command line. It is used mainly in chip design, systems administration deployment management and development problem tracking both preandpost fabrication, software and hardware bug tracking for many famous systems like redhat, nasa, linuxmandrake etc. Installing bugzilla on microsoft windows using the installer. You will see the different parameter sections down. A script to migrate from other bugtrackers to bugzilla. If its done, go to the bugzilla installation directory and install all perl module that needed by bugzilla. As many a successful project is the result of successful organization and communication, bugzilla is a great tool to help you get a handson overview on the software development process. All the tools are command line tools, which means they are run from a console window. It compiles the ui templates, connects to the database using the bugs user.
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