Mantis Bug Tracker Administration Guide Mantis Bug Tracker Administration Guide Copyright © 2010 The MantisBT Team Reference manual for the Mantis Bug Tracker. Build Date: 27 August 2010 THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. Table of Contents 1. About MantisBT .........................................................................................................................1 What is MantisBT?.................................................................................................................1 Who should read this manual?............................................................................................1 License .....................................................................................................................................1 Minimum Requirements.......................................................................................................1 How to get it? .........................................................................................................................1 About the Name.....................................................................................................................2 History.....................................................................................................................................2 Support....................................................................................................................................2 MantisBT News......................................................................................................................3 Versioning ...............................................................................................................................3 2. Installation...................................................................................................................................5 Summary.................................................................................................................................5 New Installations ...................................................................................................................5 Requirements..........................................................................................................................6 Backups ...................................................................................................................................6 Uninstall ..................................................................................................................................7 3. User Management ......................................................................................................................9 Creating User Accounts ........................................................................................................9 Enabling/Disabling User Accounts ....................................................................................9 Deleting User Accounts ......................................................................................................10 User Signup ..........................................................................................................................10 Forgot Password and Reset Password..............................................................................10 Changing Password.............................................................................................................10 Pruning User Accounts.......................................................................................................11 Authorization and Access Levels ......................................................................................11 Auto Creation of Accounts on Login ................................................................................12 User Preferences...................................................................................................................12 User Profiles..........................................................................................................................13 4. Issue Lifecycle and Workflow ................................................................................................15 Issue Creation.......................................................................................................................15 Issue Statuses........................................................................................................................15 Workflow...............................................................................................................................16 Workflow Transitions.................................................................................................16 Workflow Thresholds ................................................................................................16 5. Configuration ............................................................................................................................19 Database ................................................................................................................................19 Path ........................................................................................................................................19 Webserver..............................................................................................................................20 Configuration Settings ........................................................................................................20 Security and Cryptography................................................................................................20 Signup and Lost Password.................................................................................................21 Email......................................................................................................................................22 Version...................................................................................................................................24 Language...............................................................................................................................25 Display...................................................................................................................................25 Time .......................................................................................................................................28 Date........................................................................................................................................28 News ......................................................................................................................................28 Default Preferences..............................................................................................................29 Summary...............................................................................................................................31 Bugnote .................................................................................................................................32 File Upload............................................................................................................................32 HTML ....................................................................................................................................34 Authentication......................................................................................................................34 Status Settings ......................................................................................................................36 iii Filters .....................................................................................................................................38 Misc........................................................................................................................................38 Cookies ..................................................................................................................................41 Database Tables....................................................................................................................41 Speed Optimisation .............................................................................................................41 Reminders .............................................................................................................................42 Bug History...........................................................................................................................42 Sponsorship ..........................................................................................................................43 Custom