Mantis Administration Guide

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Table of Contents

1. About MantisBT.........................................................................................................................1

What is MantisBT?.................................................................................................................1Who should read this manual?............................................................................................1License.....................................................................................................................................1Minimum Requirements.......................................................................................................1How to get it?.........................................................................................................................1About the Name.....................................................................................................................2History.....................................................................................................................................2Support....................................................................................................................................2MantisBT News......................................................................................................................3Goals........................................................................................................................................3Versioning...............................................................................................................................3

2. Installation...................................................................................................................................5

Summary.................................................................................................................................5New Installations...................................................................................................................5Requirements..........................................................................................................................6Backups...................................................................................................................................6CVS Integration......................................................................................................................6Uninstall..................................................................................................................................7

3. User Management......................................................................................................................9

Creating User Accounts........................................................................................................9Enabling/Disabling User Accounts....................................................................................9Deleting User Accounts........................................................................................................9User Signup..........................................................................................................................10Forgot Password and Reset Password..............................................................................10Changing Password.............................................................................................................10Pruning User Accounts.......................................................................................................11Authorization and Access Levels......................................................................................11Auto Creation of Accounts on Login................................................................................11User Preferences...................................................................................................................12User Proﬁles..........................................................................................................................13

4. Issue Lifecycle and Workﬂow................................................................................................15

Issue Creation.......................................................................................................................15Issue Statuses........................................................................................................................15Workflow...............................................................................................................................16Workflow Transitions.................................................................................................16Workflow Thresholds................................................................................................16

5. Conﬁguration............................................................................................................................19

Database................................................................................................................................19Path........................................................................................................................................19Webserver..............................................................................................................................20Conﬁguration Settings........................................................................................................20Signup and Lost Password.................................................................................................20Email......................................................................................................................................21Version...................................................................................................................................24Language...............................................................................................................................24Display...................................................................................................................................24Time.......................................................................................................................................27 JpGraph.................................................................................................................................27Date........................................................................................................................................28News......................................................................................................................................28Default Preferences..............................................................................................................28Summary...............................................................................................................................30Bugnote.................................................................................................................................31File Upload............................................................................................................................31HTML....................................................................................................................................32

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