Requirements
You must have the following in order to run fixx:
- You must have the latest JDK installed and set up. Learn how to setup the JDK on Windows
- Your browser must have Javascript enabled.
Installing fixx
Windows
- Download fixx and store it somewhere you can find it easily.
- Navigate to the fixx zip file.
- Extract the contents of the zip file to your desired location (C:\ drive, desktop, etc).
If you want to use an external database with fixx, rather than the default embedded HSQLDB database, implement the steps described below before running your fixx server.
Choose the database server you want to use
MySQL
- Once extracted open the folder, navigate to 'bin', and open it.
- Run startup.bat.
- Go to http://localhost:9000 to get started with painless bug tracking.
On Mac OS X / Unix / Linux
- Download fixx and store it somewhere you can find it easily.
- Navigate to the fixx zip file.
- Extract the contents of the zip file to your desired location. Please ensure that the path you extracted fixx into does not have any spaces in it. For example /Users/jamesbond/Documents/fixx is valid but /Users/james bond/Documents/fixx is not valid.
If you want to use an external database with fixx, rather than the default embedded HSQLDB database, implement the steps described below before running your fixx server.
Choose the database server you want to use
MySQL
- Make the shell scripts in the bin folder of the fixx installation executable, by running chmod +x *.sh in bin.
- Change directory to the bin folder. Run startup.sh.
- Note: It is essential that you change your working directory to bin before you run fixx, in order for fixx to configure the right paths.
- Go to http://localhost:9000 to get started with painless bug tracking.
If you have any queries that are not answered here, then please go to our support page, where you will find out how to contact us.
