# Installing WebIssues Bug and Enhancement Tracker on Windows

## What is WebIssues?

> WebIssues is an open source, multi-platform system for issue tracking and team collaboration. It can be used to store, share and track issues with various attributes, description, comments and file attachments. It is easy to install and use but has many capabilities and is highly customizable. -https://webissues.mimec.org/

## Installation

1. Download XAMPP Download
2. Download WebIssues Download
3. Download Microsoft Visual C++ Download
4. Install Microsoft Visual C++
5. Right click the downloaded XAMPP .zip file > Extract All...
6. Right click the downloaded WebIssues .zip file > Extract All...
7. Rename the extracted folder webissues
8. Cut the webissues folder inside the XAMPP/htdocs directory
9. Copy the extracted XAMPP directory to a safe location to run from, C:\Program Files for example
10. Run XAMPP/setup_xampp.bat to update the configuration files with the new server location
11. Navigate to XAMPP/php and edit php.ini
12. Find the following lines and remove the ; to uncomment them

    extension=imap

13. Run XAMPP/xampp-control.exe
14. Click the Start button next to Apache and MySQL
15. Navigate to XAMPP/mysql/bin
16. Hold the SHIFT key and right click in the white space > Open PowerShell window here...
17. Type the following in the PowerShell window to setup the webissues database
    .\mysql -u root
    CREATE DATABASE webissues;
    GRANT ALL ON webissues.* TO 'webissues_rw'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'W3b1ssu3s!';
    FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
    EXIT;
    exit
18. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP/webissues
19. Click the Configure Database link
20. Select a Language > Click Next
21. Select Create new database tables and MySQL > Complete the form as follows

    Host name: localhost
    Database name: webissues
    User name: webissues_rw
    Password: W3b1ssu3s!

22. Click Next at the bottom right of the page
23. Give the server a name and enter and confirm a password for the admin user > Click Next
24. Review the installation summary > Click Install
25. After the installation completes click the Web Client link
26. Welcome to WebIssues

Source: https://doc.mimec.org/webissues-guide/installation.html