Bugzilla.wikimedia.org
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== REST API == | == REST API == | ||
[[Bugzilla_REST_API | Installation instructions]] | [[Bugzilla_REST_API | Installation instructions]] | ||
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| + | == Setting up Whining == | ||
| + | According to the [https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/docs/en/html/whining.html user guide] :<br/> | ||
| + | : ''For whining to work, a special Perl script must be executed at regular intervals. More information on this is available in Section 2.3.3.'' | ||
| + | <p> | ||
| + | This cron job is currently set up to run once an hour at 15 past the hour. Here's the cron | ||
| + | entry: | ||
| + | <pre> | ||
| + | 15 */1 * * * cd <bugzilla-directory> ; ./whine.pl | ||
| + | </pre> | ||
== How to recover in a hurry == | == How to recover in a hurry == | ||
| − | ''Its a good thing we backed up | + | ''Its a good thing we backed up our database and Bugzilla 3.0.8 home directory as part of the upgrade'' |
* Move the backed up Bugzilla back to its original location | * Move the backed up Bugzilla back to its original location | ||
Revision as of 22:36, 16 June 2011
Our Bugzilla installation is at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/, with attachments hosted at http://bug-attachment.wikimedia.org/ . The attachment domain only allows downloading of attachments.
Contents |
Hardware
Related services
- lists.wikimedia.org - wikibugs-l notification list
- wikibugs IRC bot
Software
- Apache+Perl
- MySQL
- Bugzilla
- With custom templates and tweaks
Upgrade from 3.6.0 to 4.0
Note: This was tested on http://project2.wikimedia.org/bugzilla4 with the following software
- Ubuntu 8.04.4
- Mysql 5.0.51a
- Apache2
- Perl v5.8.8
Back up the database and the data directory in case anything goes wrong
- Download and extract Bugzilla 4.0 .
- Make the following Apache config changes
- Copy the following from the old Bugzilla installation
- localconfig
- data/
- Checkout svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/tools/bugzilla/bugzilla-4.0/skins/contrib/Wikimedia into skins/contrib/Wikimedia
- Checkout svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/tools/bugzilla/bugzilla-4.0/template/en/custom into template/en/custom
- Checkout svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/tools/bugzilla/bugzilla-4.0/extensions/Wikimedia into extensions/Wikimedia
- Checkout svn.wikimedia.org/svnroot/mediawiki/trunk/tools/bugzilla/bugzilla-4.0/extensions/WeeklyReport into extensions/WeeklyReport
- ln -s extensions/WeeklyReport/component-report.cgi component-report.cgi
- ln -s extensions/WeeklyReport/weekly-bug-summary.cgi weekly-bug-summary.cgi
- Run (this is where the database migration will happen so be sure you are ready):
- perl checksetup.pl
After this Bugzilla should be up and running with the classic skin
- Now change the following settings:
- Administration->Default Preferences->Bugzilla's general appearance (skin) = Wikimedia
- Administration->Default Preferences->Position of the Additional Comments box = After other comments
REST API
Setting up Whining
According to the user guide :
- For whining to work, a special Perl script must be executed at regular intervals. More information on this is available in Section 2.3.3.
This cron job is currently set up to run once an hour at 15 past the hour. Here's the cron entry:
15 */1 * * * cd <bugzilla-directory> ; ./whine.pl
How to recover in a hurry
Its a good thing we backed up our database and Bugzilla 3.0.8 home directory as part of the upgrade
- Move the backed up Bugzilla back to its original location
- Restore the MySQL database from the backup dump
- Run the checksetup.pl script
Notes
- Switched to SSL 2008-02
Patches
- the custom template...
- some linking patches...
- globalwatchers preference patch
- SVN
