How to Install Bugzilla on Ubuntu Server

Bugzilla is a web-based bug tracking and management tool used by many software development teams worldwide. In this tutorial, we will guide you step-by-step on how to install Bugzilla on Ubuntu Server.

Prerequisites

• A fresh Ubuntu Server installation.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Install Required Packages

First, update the package repository index and install the required packages.

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install apache2 libapache2-mod-perl2 libappconfig-perl libdate-calc-perl libtemplate-perl libmime-perl build-essential libdatetime-timezone-perl libdatetime-perl libemail-sender-perl libemail-mime-perl libdbi-perl libdbd-mysql-perl libcgi-pm-perl libmath-random-isaac-perl libmath-random-isaac-xs-perl libapache2-mod-php libxml-perl libxml-twig-perl perlmagick libgd-graph-perl libtemplate-plugin-gd-perl libsoap-lite-perl libhtml-scrubber-perl libjson-rpc-perl libdaemon-generic-perl libtheschwartz-perl libtest-taint-perl libauthen-radius-perl libfile-slurp-perl libencode-detect-perl libmodule-build-perl libnet-ldap-perl libauthen-sasl-perl libtemplate-perl-doc libfile-mimeinfo-perl libhtml-formattext-withlinks-perl libgd-dev libmysqlclient-dev lynx-cur graphviz python-sphinx

Download and Extract Bugzilla

Next, download the latest stable release of Bugzilla from their official website.

cd /tmp wget https://www.bugzilla.org/download.cgi -O bugzilla.tar.gz

Extract the downloaded archive to your Apache root directory.

sudo tar -xzf bugzilla.tar.gz -C /var/www/html sudo mv /var/www/html/bugzilla-* /var/www/html/bugzilla

Configure Bugzilla

Before we proceed to configure Bugzilla, we need to create a new MySQL database and user for Bugzilla.

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new MySQL database and user for Bugzilla.

CREATE DATABASE bugzilla; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON bugzilla.* TO 'bugzillauser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password'; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; exit;

Change directory to /var/www/html/bugzilla and run the checksetup.pl script to check the requirements.

cd /var/www/html/bugzilla sudo ./checksetup.pl --check-modules

Run it again to configure Bugzilla.

sudo ./checksetup.pl

Make the necessary changes to the localconfig file to match your database settings.

$db_driver = 'mysql'; $db_host = 'localhost'; $db_name = 'bugzilla'; $db_user = 'bugzillauser'; $db_pass = 'password';

Configure Apache

Create a new virtual host file for Apache.

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/bugzilla.conf

Add the following content to the file and save it.

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerAdmin admin@example.com DocumentRoot /var/www/html/bugzilla/ ServerName example.com ServerAlias www.example.com <Directory /var/www/html/bugzilla> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi Options +Indexes +ExecCGI DirectoryIndex index.cgi AllowOverride All Require all granted </Directory> ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined </VirtualHost>

Enable the new virtual host.

sudo a2ensite bugzilla.conf

Disable the default Apache virtual host.

sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

Restart the Apache service for the changes to take effect.

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Access Bugzilla Web Interface

You can now access the Bugzilla web interface by visiting your server's IP address or domain name in your web browser.

http://example.com

Log in to Bugzilla with the administrator account you created during the configuration process.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Bugzilla on Ubuntu Server.