Using Bugzilla Part 3

After you have installed Bugzilla, you can now start logging issues against your projects. (See my prior posts for installation instructions)

When you login using the default email address and password you assigned, you will arrive at the bugzilla welcome page. It will inform you that you should set some parameters first. You should select the parameter link and input any parameters you find important such as the default email address of the administrator.

To input a New Bug, you will select the New link at the top of Bugzilla. You can input all the required fields and even add an attachment for this bug. You would commit the issue and the person assigned to the bug should get an email.

You can create a new product by selecting administrator and select create product. This will allow you to create a product to seperate your issues. You can press Add to add a new product, and under the product, you can create a new component. You can input a default assignee and a person to be CCd by default.

If you want to edit your fields such as changing the severity values or OS values, you can do that by editing field values from the admin screen. You can also create a custom field by selecting custom field from the admin screen.

This concludes my tutorial on Bugzilla.