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Bugzilla: Requirements Bugzilla's System Requirements Include

Bugzilla is an open source bug tracking system originally developed by Mozilla. It allows users to track, comment on, and manage bugs and issues. Bugzilla is widely used by organizations for both open source and proprietary software projects. It requires a database, Perl, web server, and other components to run.

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Bugzilla: Requirements Bugzilla's System Requirements Include

Bugzilla is an open source bug tracking system originally developed by Mozilla. It allows users to track, comment on, and manage bugs and issues. Bugzilla is widely used by organizations for both open source and proprietary software projects. It requires a database, Perl, web server, and other components to run.

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Bugzilla

Bugzilla is a Web-based general-purpose bugtracker and testing tooloriginally developed and


used by the Mozilla project, and licensedunder the Mozilla Public License.
Released as open source software by Netscape Communications in 1998, it has been adopted by
a variety of organizations for use as abug tracking system for both free and open source
software andproprietary projects and products. For instance Bugzilla is used byMozilla
Foundation, NASA, Yahoo!, GNOME, KDE, Red Hat andNovell.[2]

Requirements
Bugzilla's system requirements include:

A compatible database management system


A suitable release of Perl 5
An assortment of Perl modules
A compatible web server
A suitable mail transfer agent, or any SMTP server

Currently supported database systems are MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQLite. Bugzilla is
usually installed on Linux using the Apache HTTP Server, but any web server that supports CGI
such as Lighttpd, Hiawatha, Cherokee can be used. Bugzilla's installation process is command
line driven and runs through a series of stages where system requirements and software
capabilities are checked.

Features:

Optimized database structure for increased performance and scalability

Excellent security to protect confidentiality


Advanced query tool that can remember your searches

Integrated email capabilities


Editable user profiles and comprehensive email preferences

Comprehensive permissions system


Proven under fire as Mozilla's bug tracking system

Benefits:

Improve communication
Increase product quality

Improve customer satisfaction


Ensure accountability

Increase productivity
Bugzilla can adapt to multiple situations

Bugzilla in action:

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/
The "original" Bugzilla used by Mozilla projects (including Bugzilla). Note: This is an
example of a publicly-available live Bugzilla site, and not a place to try out Bugzilla.
Please use Landfill (listed below) if you want to actually try it out.

http://landfill.bugzilla.org/
A place where people can play with Bugzilla.

http://landfill.bugzilla.org/bugzilla-tip/
See the current development version.

Bugzilla is used by:

Red Hat: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

Mandriva: http://qa.mandriva.com/

Gentoo: http://bugs.gentoo.org/

Novell: https://bugzilla.novell.com/

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