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authorlpsolit%gmail.com <>2008-09-19 05:31:55 +0200
committerlpsolit%gmail.com <>2008-09-19 05:31:55 +0200
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Bug 432708: Installation Instructions For Oracle - Patch by Xiaoou <xiaoou.wu@oracle.com> and Frédéric Buclin <LpSolit@gmail.com> r=mkanat
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diff --git a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
index 916fd84e8..e82cfb317 100644
--- a/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
+++ b/docs/en/xml/installation.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!-- <!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"> -->
-<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.160 2008/09/05 22:08:15 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: installation.xml,v 1.161 2008/09/18 22:31:55 lpsolit%gmail.com Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installing-bugzilla">
<title>Installing Bugzilla</title>
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
<section id="install-perl">
<title>Perl</title>
- <para>Installed Version Test: <filename>perl -v</filename></para>
+ <para>Installed Version Test: <programlisting>perl -v</programlisting></para>
<para>Any machine that doesn't have Perl on it is a sad machine indeed.
If you don't have it and your OS doesn't provide official packages,
@@ -101,13 +101,14 @@
<section id="install-database">
<title>Database Engine</title>
- <para>From Bugzilla 2.20, support is included for using both the MySQL and
- PostgreSQL database servers. You only require one of these systems to make
- use of Bugzilla.</para>
+ <para>
+ Bugzilla supports MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle as database servers.
+ You only require one of these systems to make use of Bugzilla.
+ </para>
<section id="install-mysql">
<title>MySQL</title>
- <para>Installed Version Test: <filename>mysql -V</filename></para>
+ <para>Installed Version Test: <programlisting>mysql -V</programlisting></para>
<para>
If you don't have it and your OS doesn't provide official packages,
@@ -134,7 +135,7 @@
<section id="install-pg">
<title>PostgreSQL</title>
- <para>Installed Version Test: <filename>psql -V</filename></para>
+ <para>Installed Version Test: <programlisting>psql -V</programlisting></para>
<para>
If you don't have it and your OS doesn't provide official packages,
@@ -148,7 +149,27 @@
PostgreSQL server is started when the machine boots.
</para>
</section>
-
+
+ <section id="install-oracle">
+ <title>Oracle</title>
+ <para>
+ Installed Version Test: <programlisting>select * from v$version</programlisting>
+ (you first have to log in into your DB)
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you don't have it and your OS doesn't provide official packages,
+ visit <ulink url="http://www.oracle.com/"/>. You need Oracle
+ version &min-oracle-ver; or higher.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ If you install from something other than a packaging/installation
+ system, such as .rpm (Redhat Package), .deb (Debian Package), .exe
+ (Windows Executable), or .msi (Microsoft Installer), make sure the
+ Oracle server is started when the machine boots.
+ </para>
+ </section>
</section>
<section id="install-webserver">
@@ -317,6 +338,12 @@
<listitem>
<para>
+ DBD::Oracle (&min-dbd-oracle-ver;) if using Oracle
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
File::Spec (&min-file-spec-ver;)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -682,13 +709,22 @@
</para>
<para>
- Load this file in your editor. The only value you
- <emphasis>need</emphasis> to change is $db_pass, the password for
+ Load this file in your editor. The only two values you
+ <emphasis>need</emphasis> to change are $db_driver and $db_pass,
+ respectively the type of the database and the password for
the user you will create for your database. Pick a strong
password (for simplicity, it should not contain single quote
- characters) and put it here.
+ characters) and put it here. $db_driver can be either 'mysql',
+ 'Pg' or 'oracle'.
</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>
+ In Oracle, <literal>$db_name</literal> should actually be
+ the SID name of your database (e.g. "XE" if you are using Oracle XE).
+ </para>
+ </note>
+
<para>
You may need to change the value of
<emphasis>webservergroup</emphasis> if your web server does not
@@ -713,16 +749,8 @@
<para>
The other options in the <filename>localconfig</filename> file
are documented by their accompanying comments. If you have a slightly
- non-standard MySQL setup, you may wish to change one or more of
- the other "$db_*" parameters.
- </para>
-
- <para>
- You may also wish to change the names of
- the priorities, severities, operating systems and platforms for your
- installation. However, you can always change these after installation
- has finished; if you then re-run <filename>checksetup.pl</filename>,
- the changes will get picked up.
+ non-standard database setup, you may wish to change one or more of
+ the other "$db_*" parameters.
</para>
</section>
@@ -730,8 +758,9 @@
<title>Database Server</title>
<para>
This section deals with configuring your database server for use
- with Bugzilla. Currently, MySQL (<xref linkend="mysql"/>) and
- PostgreSQL (<xref linkend="postgresql"/>) are available.
+ with Bugzilla. Currently, MySQL (<xref linkend="mysql"/>),
+ PostgreSQL (<xref linkend="postgresql"/>) and Oracle (<xref linkend="oracle"/>)
+ are available.
</para>
<section id="database-schema">
@@ -838,14 +867,15 @@
Run the <filename>mysql</filename> command-line client and enter:
</para>
- <screen> <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> GRANT SELECT, INSERT,
+ <screen>
+ <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> GRANT SELECT, INSERT,
UPDATE, DELETE, INDEX, ALTER, CREATE, LOCK TABLES,
CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES, DROP, REFERENCES ON bugs.*
TO bugs@localhost IDENTIFIED BY '<replaceable>$db_pass</replaceable>';
- <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;</screen>
+ <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
+ </screen>
+ </section>
- </section>
-
<section>
<title>Permit attachments table to grow beyond 4GB</title>
@@ -864,9 +894,9 @@
</para>
<screen>
- <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> use <replaceable>$bugs_db</replaceable>
- <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> ALTER TABLE attachments
- AVG_ROW_LENGTH=1000000, MAX_ROWS=20000;
+ <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> use <replaceable>$bugs_db</replaceable>
+ <prompt>mysql&gt;</prompt> ALTER TABLE attachments
+ AVG_ROW_LENGTH=1000000, MAX_ROWS=20000;
</screen>
<para>
@@ -936,6 +966,77 @@
to the one you picked previously, while setting up the account.</para>
</section>
</section>
+
+ <section id="oracle">
+ <title>Oracle</title>
+ <section>
+ <title>Create a New Tablespace</title>
+
+ <para>
+ You can use the existing tablespace or create a new one for Bugzilla.
+ To create a new tablespace, run the following command:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ CREATE TABLESPACE bugs
+ DATAFILE '<replaceable>$path_to_datafile</replaceable>' SIZE 500M
+ AUTOEXTEND ON NEXT 30M MAXSIZE UNLIMITED
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ Here, the name of the tablespace is 'bugs', but you can
+ choose another name. <replaceable>$path_to_datafile</replaceable> is
+ the path to the file containing your database, for instance
+ <filename>/u01/oradata/bugzilla.dbf</filename>.
+ The initial size of the database file is set in this example to 500 Mb,
+ with an increment of 30 Mb everytime we reach the size limit of the file.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Add a User to Oracle</title>
+
+ <para>
+ The user name and password must match what you set in
+ <filename>localconfig</filename> (<literal>$db_user</literal>
+ and <literal>$db_pass</literal>, respectively). Here, we assume that
+ the user name is 'bugs' and the tablespace name is the same
+ as above.
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ CREATE USER bugs
+ IDENTIFIED BY "<replaceable>$db_pass</replaceable>"
+ DEFAULT TABLESPACE bugs
+ TEMPORARY TABLESPACE TEMP
+ PROFILE DEFAULT;
+ -- GRANT/REVOKE ROLE PRIVILEGES
+ GRANT CONNECT TO bugs;
+ GRANT RESOURCE TO bugs;
+ -- GRANT/REVOKE SYSTEM PRIVILEGES
+ GRANT UNLIMITED TABLESPACE TO bugs;
+ GRANT EXECUTE ON CTXSYS.CTX_DDL TO bugs;
+ </programlisting>
+ </section>
+
+ <section>
+ <title>Configure the Web Server</title>
+
+ <para>
+ If you use Apache, append these lines to <filename>httpd.conf</filename>
+ to set ORACLE_HOME and LD_LIBRARY_PATH. For instance:
+ </para>
+
+ <programlisting>
+ SetEnv ORACLE_HOME /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/
+ SetEnv LD_LIBRARY_PATH /u01/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/lib/
+ </programlisting>
+
+ <para>
+ When this is done, restart your web server.
+ </para>
+ </section>
+ </section>
</section>
<section>