Configuring Virtual Bugzilla After Initial Installation

All these steps are optional. If you plan to use Virtual Bugzilla in production environment, most steps are highly recommended.

1. Change passwords to Linux accounts

   Log in as root, and do passwd root and passwd bugzilla.

2. Configure network, IP address and DNS name

   Don't forget to change urlbase parameter in Bugzilla.

3. Rename admin account and choose admin password

   The initial administrative account for Bugzilla is admin/admin, for the sake of simplicity. The username should probably be changed to your e-mail, and password should be changed to something more secure.

4. Close network access to MySQL

   Edit /etc/mysql/my.cnf and uncomment (remove "#" character) the line saying bind-address=127.0.0.1. Restart MySQL with /etc/init.d/mysql restart.

5. Adjust mail configuration

   Edit Bugzilla mail parameters and set mail_delivery_method to SMTP and smtpserver to your local server for outgoing mail. Set mailfrom to be a valid e-mail address.

   Alternatively, you can change the configuration of the exim4 MTA included with Virtual Bugzilla. Log in as root, and run dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config.

6. Configure important Bugzilla parameters

   Look into setting good values for: maintainer, timezone, upgrade_notification.

7. Configure SSL

8. Prepare a backup plan

   It's easy with VMWare - you can periodically make a copy of the whole VM. You can also use shadow database support in Bugzilla.