Configuration Instructions for Flyspray ======================================= 0) If you are upgrading from a previous version of flyspray, please skip to the Upgrading section below. 1) Create a mysql database for Flyspray to use. Here is one way to do that, from the unix/linux command line, entering your mysql root password when prompted: # mysqladmin -u root -p create flyspray 2) Insert the following configuration command into your Apache httpd.conf: Alias "/flyspray/" "%%FLYSPRAYDIR%%/" <Directory %%FLYSPRAYDIR%%> AllowOverride All Options Indexes FollowSymLinks Order allow,deny Allow from all </Directory> 3) Point your browser to http://yourserver.com/flyspray/ and you should see the Flyspray setup script! 4) Click on the admin links to set up your Options and lists. 5) Close the sample task, and begin adding your own. 6) Report any bugs you find back to http://flyspray.rocks.cc/bts/ or the mailing list linked from the Flyspray homepage. Upgrading from Flyspray 0.9.7 ============================= You can upgrade from a previous version of Flyspray by doing the following: 0) read %%DOCSDIR%%/UPGRADING.txt. 1) back up your old flyspray task database using "mysqldump". No, really, you seriously run the risk of losing data if you don't do this. 2) load http://yourserver.com/flyspray/ in your browser and follow the installation instructions. On the "Database setup" page, set the "Install/Upgrade" field to "Upgrade 0.9.7 - 0.9.8" and enter your database parameters. 5) That's it! flyspray has been upgraded to 0.9.8. If you messed up the sequence of commands, you will probably have lost data in the process, and may need to re-install your database from your backup. You did take a backup, right?