From d7f381254270028c7d239463521005f576575151 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "jake%acutex.net" <> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2002 07:26:39 +0000 Subject: Latest version of compiled docs (picking up recent SGML changes). --- docs/html/geninstall.html | 165 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 112 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/html/geninstall.html') diff --git a/docs/html/geninstall.html b/docs/html/geninstall.html index 18217ef48..6bda5b1e8 100644 --- a/docs/html/geninstall.html +++ b/docs/html/geninstall.html @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ REL="NEXT" TITLE="Win32 Installation Notes" HREF="win32.html">
Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static +> Bugzilla optimizes database lookups by storing all relatively static information in the versioncache file, located in the data/ subdirectory under your installation directory.
If you make a change to the structural data in your database
+>
If you make a change to the structural data in your database
(the versions table for example), or to the
That file gets automatically regenerated whenever it's more than an
+>
That file gets automatically regenerated whenever it's more than an
hour old, so Bugzilla will eventually notice your changes by itself, but
generally you want it to notice right away, so that you can test things.
The developers of Bugzilla are constantly adding new tables, columns and +> The developers of Bugzilla are constantly adding new tables, columns and fields. You'll get SQL errors if you just update the code. The strategy to update is to simply always run the checksetup.pl script whenever you upgrade your installation of Bugzilla. If you want to see what has changed, you can read the comments in that file, starting from the end.
If you are running Bugzilla version 2.8 or lower, and wish to upgrade to +> If you are running Bugzilla version 2.8 or lower, and wish to upgrade to the latest version, please consult the file, "UPGRADING-pre-2.8" in the Bugzilla root directory after untarring the archive.
To enhance the security of your Bugzilla installation, +> To enhance the security of your Bugzilla installation, Bugzilla will generate .htaccess files which the Apache webserver can use to restrict access to the bugzilla data files. The checksetup script will generate the .htaccess files.
+<Directory /usr/local/bugzilla/> + Options +FollowSymLinks +Indexes +Includes +ExecCGI + AllowOverride All +</Directory> + + |
The important part above is "AllowOverride All". + Without that, the .htaccess file created by + checksetup.pl will not have sufficient + permissions to protect your Bugzilla installation. +
If you are using Internet Information Server or other web server which does not observe .htaccess conventions, you can disable their creation by editing localconfig and setting the $create_htaccess variable to 0
It is possible for a user, by mistake or on purpose, to access +> It is possible for a user, by mistake or on purpose, to access the database many times in a row which can result in very slow access speeds for other users. If your Bugzilla installation is experiencing this problem , you may install the Apache module mod_throttle which can limit connections by ip-address. You may download this module at @@ -251,7 +310,7 @@ TARGET="_top" >. Follow the instructions to install into your Apache install. This module only functions with the Apache web server!. You may use the ThrottleClientIP command provided by this module to accomplish this goal. See the for more information.
bash# cd $BUGZILLA_HOME; for i in `ls *.cgi`; \
+CLASS="programlisting"
+>
bash# cd $BUGZILLA_HOME; for i in `ls *.cgi`; \
do cat $i | sed 's/Content-type\: text\/html/Content-Type: text\/html\; charset=ISO-8859-1/' >$i.tmp; \
mv $i.tmp $i; done
All this one-liner command does is search for all instances of +> All this one-liner command does is search for all instances of "Content-type: text/html"
This document was originally adapted from the Bonsai +> This document was originally adapted from the Bonsai installation instructions by Terry Weissman <terry@mozilla.org>.
The February 25, 1999 re-write of this page was done by Ry4an +> The February 25, 1999 re-write of this page was done by Ry4an Brase <ry4an@ry4an.org>, with some edits by Terry Weissman, Bryce Nesbitt, Martin Pool, & Dan Mosedale (But don't send bug reports to them; report them using bugzilla, at ).
This document was heavily modified again Wednesday, March 07 +> This document was heavily modified again Wednesday, March 07 2001 to reflect changes for Bugzilla 2.12 release by Matthew P. Barnson. The securing MySQL section should be changed to become standard procedure for Bugzilla installations.
Finally, the README in its entirety was marked up in SGML and +> Finally, the README in its entirety was marked up in SGML and included into the Guide on April 24, 2001 by Matt Barnson. Since that time, it's undergone extensive modification as Bugzilla grew.
Comments from people using this Guide for the first time are +> Comments from people using this Guide for the first time are particularly welcome.