Mantis is a free and open source issue tracker written in PHP language. It provides an easy to use web interface for tracking your applications. You can easily manage a project and track your application bugs using Mantis.
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Mantis comes with lots of features, some of them are listed below:
Here, we will explain how to install Mantis Bug Tracker on CentOS 7 server.
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1 Getting Started
Let's start by installing EPEL repo and updating the system with the latest stable version.
You can do this by running the following command:
2 Install LAMP Server
Before starting, Mantis requires Apache, PHP and MySQL/MariaDB to be installed on your server.
First, install Apache web server by running the following command:
Once Apache is installed, start the Apache service and enable it to start on boot with the following command:
Next, install MariaDB server with the following command:
Next, start MariaDB service and enable it to start on boot with the following command:
Mantis supports PHP greater than 5.5, here we will install PHP version 7.
By default, PHP 7 is not available in CentOS repository, so you will need to install Webtatic repository first.
You can install it with the following command:
Next, run the following command to install PHP7 with all required modules:
Once PHP7 is installed, check the version of the PHP with the following command:
You should see the following output:
Configure Database for Mantis
By 3 default MariaDB installation is not secured, so you will need to secure MariaDB first. You can secure it by running mysql_secure_installation script.
Answer all the questions as shown below:
Next, login to MariaDB shell and create a database and user for Mantis:
Enter your root password and press Enter, then create a database and user with the following command:
Next, grant privileges to the Mantis database with the following command:
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Next, you will need to run the FLUSH PRIVILEGES command so that the privileges table will be reloaded by MySQL and we can use new credential:
Next, exit from the MariaDB console with the following command:
After configuring the database, you can proceed to download Mantis.
4 Install Mantis
First, download the latest stable version of the Mantis from sourceforge website. You can download it using the wget command:
Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file to the apache web root directory with the following command:
Next, change the ownership of the mantis directory with the following command:
Next, you will need to create an apache virtual host file for Mantis. You can do this by creating mantis.conf file inside /etc/httpd/conf.d/directory:
Add the following lines:
Save and close the file, then restart the Apache web server using the following command.
5 Access Mantis Web Interface
Before accessing Cerb web interface, you will need to allow HTTP traffic on port 80 through the system firewalld.
You can do this by running the following command:
Now open your web browser and type the URL http://yourdomain.com, you should see the following page:
Here, provide all necessary details like Database Name, Username, Password, Admin username and Password. Then click on the 'Install/Upgrade' Database button. Once the installation is completed, you should see the following page:
Next, click on the 'Continue' button, you should see the mantis login page:
Here, provide username as 'administrator' and password as 'root', then click on 'Login' button, you should see the Mantis default dashboard in following image:
Congratulations! you have successfully installed Mantis Bug Tracker on CentOS 7 server.
Mantis is a web application, provides a private website to individuals or set of requested users belonging to the same company/project.
Mantis can be run at the server side. It is a PHP-based application and supports all OS platforms such as Windows, Linux of different versions, MAC, etc. It supports mobile browsers as well in mobile views.
System Requirements
Since Mantis is a web-application, it follows the concept of client/server. This means, Mantis can be installed centrally on the server and users can interact with it through web-browsers using a website from any computer.
Users can separately install all the requirements either manually or automatically to use Mantis.
Installation of System Requirements
If a user has adequate knowledge about the installation process, all the requirements can be installed one by one separately before proceeding to Mantis.
Alternatively, there are many all-in-one packages available, having all the requirements and can be automatically installed in the system by exe file. Here, we will take the help of XAMPP to install pre-requisites easily.
Step 1 − Go to https://www.apachefriends.org/index.html and click XAMPP for Windows as shown in the following screenshot.
Step 2 − A pop-up will display to save the file. Click Save File. It will start downloading the file.
Step 3 − Run the .exe file to run the installation wizard. After clicking the .exe file, XAMPP Setup wizard displays. Click Next.
The following screenshot shows the XAMPP setup wizard.
Step 4 − The next wizard displays all the component files that will install as shown in the following screenshot. Click Next after making a selection of components.
Step 5 − Provide a folder name where XAMPP will be installed and click Next.
Ready to Install wizard is displayed.
Step 6 − Click Next to start the installation.
Download all files ftp directory vb net remove. Step 7 − After successful installation, it will ask to start the control panel. Check the checkbox and click Finish. It will open the XAMPP control panel as displayed in the following screenshot.
Step 8 − Click the Start button for Apache and MySQL, required for Mantis as shown in the above screenshot.
Step 9 − To verify whether all the pre-requisites such as Apache, PHP, and MySQL is installed properly, navigate to any of the browser, type http://localhost and press Enter. It will display the dashboard of XAMPP. Click phpAdmin at the right top corner as shown in the following screenshot.
The next screenshot will display General Settings, Application Settings, Details of Database, Web Server, and phpMyAdmin.
If the installation is not proper, this page won’t be displayed. Till this point, all the pre-requisites are successfully installed in the system.
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Step 1 − To download Mantis, go to https://www.mantisbt.org/ and click Download.
Step 2 − Click Download on the next page as shown in the following screenshot.
Step 3 − Again click Download as shown in the following screenshot and save the .zip file.
Step 4 − Go to XAMPP folder where it is installed and navigate to htdocs folder. Unzip the downloaded mantis and place it as shown in the following screenshot.
Step 5 − Rename the folder name mantis 2.5.1 as mantis for better URL.
Step 6 − Now open a browser and type http://localhost/mantis in the navigation bar and press Enter. It will display the index of mantis as shown in the following screenshot. Click mantis-2.5.1.
It will display the Pre-Installation page as shown in the following screenshot.
Step 7 − Go to the Installation section and make changes, if required. Then, click the Install/Upgrade Database button.
Once installation is complete, it will display the Check installation page and will be marked as Good, i.e. Mantis is installed properly.
Step 8 − To launch mantis, use the URL http://localhost/mantis and click mantis-2.5.1. It will display the Login page of Mantis as shown in the following screenshot.
Note − Make sure the Web server and the Database, both are running before using the URL, otherwise Problem Loading Page error will be displayed.
Install Iis Manager
Step 9 − Provide the username as “Administrator” and click Login. It will ask to enter the password. Use “root” as password and click Login.
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After successful Login, it will display the Dashboard of Mantis.
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