How to Install OnTrack on EndeavourOS Latest

OnTrack is a simple, configurable, and extensible issue tracker/bug tracker by Inoda Software. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OnTrack on EndeavourOS latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, you will need the following:

  • A running EndeavourOS latest installation
  • A sudo user
  • A web browser

Step 1: Install Java

OnTrack is a Java application, so you must have Java installed on your system. To install Java, open a terminal window and run the following command:

sudo pacman -S jdk-openjdk

Step 2: Install and Configure Tomcat

OnTrack runs on Tomcat, an open-source web server and servlet container. To install Tomcat, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S tomcat

Once Tomcat has been installed, you can start and enable it to run at boot time using the following commands:

sudo systemctl start tomcat
sudo systemctl enable tomcat

Now that Tomcat is installed and running, you need to create a Tomcat user for OnTrack. Open the Tomcat user configuration file in a text editor:

sudo nano /usr/share/tomcat/conf/tomcat-users.xml

Add the following lines to the file, replacing username and password with your desired values:

<user username="username" password="password" roles="manager-gui,admin-gui"/>

Save and close the file.

Step 3: Install OnTrack

You can now download the latest release of OnTrack from its official GitHub repository:

wget https://github.com/inoda/ontrack/releases/download/2.17.0/ontrack-2.17.0.war

Move or copy the downloaded file to the Tomcat webapps directory:

sudo mv ontrack-2.17.0.war /usr/share/tomcat/webapps/ontrack.war

Restart Tomcat to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart tomcat

Step 4: Access OnTrack

Once Tomcat has restarted, you can access OnTrack using your web browser. Open the following URL:

http://localhost:8080/ontrack

You will be prompted to log in using the Tomcat user credentials you created earlier.

Congratulations, you have successfully installed OnTrack on EndeavourOS latest!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install OnTrack on EndeavourOS latest. By following these steps, you can easily set up your own issue tracker/bug tracker and track your project issues efficiently.