Installing Mantis 1.1.6

Mantis is an open source web-based bug tracking system.

Prerequisites
Web server configured to process PHP pages
PHP
MySQL

Versions used
PHP – 5.2.8
Apache -  2.2.8
Mantis – 1.1.6

Steps

• Download the package from the mantis website, mantisbt.org
• Unzip the package to a folder in the web server's document root, e.g. Mantis
• Create a database on the MySQL server e.g.

mysql> create database mantis;
mysql> grant all on mantis.* to mantis@localhost identified by 'password';
mysql> flush privileges;
mysql> quit;

• Open your browser and navigate to yourserver/mantis/admin/install.php. This will run the installer. Provide database connection details
• Installation is complete. Login as the admin user with the username administrator and password root. Change the default password once logged in.
• Delete the \mantis\admin folder so that install scripts are not re-run by mistake.

Configuring mantis
To configure mantis e.g. to send email, edit the c:\apache\mantis\config_inc.php file. Add the following.

// Setting up the mail 
    $g_phpMailer_method='2'; //smtp
    $g_smtp_host='smtp.server.address';

//for smtp authentication. If not required, set to ''
    $g_smtp_username='email address';
    $g_smtp_password='password';

// Configure email addresses system 
        $g_administrator_email='email address';
        $g_webmaster_email=$g_administrator_email; //shown on mantis pages
        $g_from_email='email address'; //from address for emails generated by mantis
$g_from_name= 'Mantis Bug Tracker';
    $g_return_path_email='email address';

// Setting the language and date format
        $g_default_language='english';
        $g_short_date_format='d-m-Y';
        $g_normal_date_format='d-m-Y H:i';
        $g_complete_date_format='d-m-Y H:i';
// Customizing Mantis
        $g_window_title='My Mantis';