TestLink

TestLink installation Using XAMPP

Xampp Configuration -

• Download latest XAMPP package (xampp-win32-1.8.1-VC9.zip) from the site – http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html
• Unzip the XAMPP zip archives into the folder of your choice. I have copied the extracted file under D:\Applications\xampp folder.
• Start the file "setup_xampp.bat", to adjust the XAMPP configuration to your system.
• Starts XAMPP Control Panel – Double click on xampp-control.exe file.

 

•  Now change the MySql default password –

a.       Login to mysql server, type the following command at shell prompt:

mysql -u root –p ->Press Enter

b.      Leave the password blank. Click on Enter.

c.       Change password for user root, enter:

update user set password=PASSWORD("NEWPASSWORD") where User='root';

d.      Commit above command.

e.      Reload the privileges –

flush privileges;

quit;

f.        The password change process completed.

TestLink Installation –

• Download the latest TestLink testlink-1.9.5.tar.gz from the site – http://sourceforge.net/projects/testlink/files/
• Unzip the testlink tar archives into any folder.
• Copy the testlink-1.9.5 folder and paste under the xampp “htdocs” directory (ex - D:\Applications\xampp\htdocs).
• Rename the directory (testlink-1.9.5) to “testlink”. Now the path looks like - D:\Applications\xampp\htdocs\testlink.
• Now open the browser and navigate the URL - http://localhost/testlink/install/index.php
• Shows the below screen –

•  Click on the “New Installation” link. Shows below screen –

• Check the “I agree..” checkbox and click on Continue button. Shows below screen –

• Click on Continue button. Shows below screen –

• Enter the DB information and click on “Process TestLink Setup” button. Shows below screen –

• The TestLink installation is completed. Now you can use username as “admin” and password as “admin” to login in testlink.

Comments –

•  If you face issue like “For security reason we suggest that directories tagged with [S] on following messages, will be made UNREACHEABLE from browser” then follow the below steps –

 Go to config.inc.php and log directory ($tlCfg->log_path) edit the path to C:\xampp\testlink\logs and upload directory ($g_repositoryPath) to C:\xampp\testlink\upload_area

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