Guide – How To Start – Trac System with Auth on Linux Stream 10 on Amazon

Trac System with Auth on Linux Stream 10 provides a secure, authenticated issue-tracking system, improving project management and development workflows.

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Connection to Trac System with Auth on Linux Stream 10

To work, you should open ports 22, and 80 (TCP) in the network properties in the Amazon firewall. After purchasing and starting the VM, you should know its IP address. You can find it in Amazon’s account

  1. To open the site, go to the following address in any browser convenient for you: http://vm_ip
  1. You will be asked to select the project. The system has already created one project called “Default project” by default
  1. To log in as administrator click ‘Login’
  1. Enter login tracadmin (1), password adminpwd (2), and click Sign In (3)
  1. For further setup and site operations, see the manuals and setup guides. You can find links at the bottom of the page in the “Starting Point” section or the “Help/Guide” link in the upper right of the page

To connect to the Server, you should generate a “Private Key” in advance. This can be done using the following instructions (by choosing the “file format:” option “.ppk” in point 3) Guide – How To – Create and use Key Pair to connect to a VM

  1. Connecting to the VM using the PuTTY application. You can download it at the following link – Download
    • Go to section SSH on the left panel, and then to Auth
  • In the “Auth” section, click “Browse” and specify the path to the .ppk file you received earlier.
  • Go to the home page of “Session”, enter the IP address of the VM, and click “Open”.
  • In the opened console, you will need to enter the login ec2-user
  1. After logging in run the following command:

> sudo su (1)

> mkdir -p /var/local/trac/new_project (2)

> trac-admin /var/local/trac/new_project initenv (3)

To replace “new_project”, enter the directory title for your new project

Enter the title of the new project (4) and press “Enter” twice (5)

  1. Stop the trac service by the following command:

> systemctl stop trac

  1. Open the file in the vim text editor:

> sudo vi /etc/systemd/system/trac.service

  1. Take the following actions in sequence:

Press the “Insert” key to enter edit mode

Following the default project path add your new project path (for example, /var/local/trac/new_project)

Press the “Esс” key to exit edit mode

Press Shift+: to enter command line mode

Press “wq” to save changes to the file and exit

Press “Enter“

  1. To apply the changes, enter the following command:

> systemctl daemon-reload

  1. Relaunch the service with the following command:

> systemctl start trac

  1. The new project will be displayed on the start page

Now you can use, configure, and manage the Trac System Server

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