TestLink is a web application.It provides a private website to an individual or a set of requested users belonging to the same company/project. TestLink can be run at the server side.
TestLink is a PHP based application and supports all OS platforms such as Windows, Linux of different versions, MAC, etc.
System requirements:
Browser
TestLink supports all famous browsers such as Chrome, IE, Mozilla, and Safari.
PHP
The web server should support PHP. It can be installed as CGI or any other integration technology. It is recommended to use 5.3.8 PHP version.
Mandatory PHP Extensions
Extensions for RDBMS are mysqli, pgsql, oci8, sqlsrv. Mbstring is required for Unicode – UTF-8 support.
Web Server
TestLink supports Apache 2.2.2.1 and Later Versions. Currently installed version is Apache/2.4.39.
Database server
MySQL 10.4.6-MariaDB
Operating systems
Linux x86-64 bit.
Download Required Softwares:
Go to site and Click Win/Mac/Linux
https://bitnami.com/stack/testlink
It displays Download links for testlink stack and click Download for Linux 64-bit
Testlink file downloaded like this with version "bitnami-testlink-1.9.19-6-linux-x64-installer.run"
Give executable permission
chmod 755 bitnami-testlink-1.9.19-6-linux-x64-installer.run
Installation:
Run software like below
It will pop up with GUI installation
Click OK
Click Next
Click Next
Check installation location and Click Next
Provide Requested details and Click Next
Select Apache port (in my case already 80 in use) and Click Next
Select Apache SSL port (in my case already 443 in use) and Click Next
Select Mysql port (in my case already 3306 in use) and Click Next
Select radio button if you want mail support otherwise deselect and Click Next
Provide mail id , password and Click Next
Untick radio button and Click Next
Click Next to Install Testlink
It will take 10-15 min to installation
Click Finish. It Displays Testlink stack, we can manage mysql and Apache from console.
Now Testlink installation Completed Successfully. Page looks like below.
Testlink url in our case;
localhot:81/testlink