Bug management/Bugzilla Labs instance
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- Web address of Labs instance for testing Bugzilla code changes: https://boogs.wmflabs.org/
Logging in[edit]
- Setting up Labs access: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Access#Accessing_public_and_private_instances
ssh -Av <username>@bastion.wmflabs.org
ssh -v boogs
sudo -s
- Pull in our Bugzilla custom changes for Gerrit repository
cd /srv/bugzilla/modifications
git pull origin master
cp -r /srv/bugzilla/modifications /srv/bugzilla/bugzilla-x.y.z/
cd ..
./checksetup.pl
- Bugmail is enabled so you can create a test account on your own. In case you need the Bugzilla default account Bugzilla login information, see
more /srv/bugzilla/answerfile.pl
Creating new instances / Setting public IPs[edit]
- https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:NovaInstance (Projects = bugzilla)
- https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:NovaAddress (Projects = bugzilla)
Other helpful commands[edit]
- copying files from your local machine to the Labs instance
- Create software archive locally and copy to Labs instance:
tar -cvzf archive.tgz foldername/
scp archive.tgz <username>@<instance>.pmtpa.wmflabs:/home/<username>
- On Labs instance, extract the archive (and then move to intended folder):
tar -xvzf needinfo.tgz
- Restarting Apache / MySQL daemons
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart
/etc/init.d/mysql restart
- Updating the host system
apt-get dist-upgrade
Troubleshooting[edit]
- See https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Access#Troubleshooting
ip a s
host boogs.wmflabs.org