GForge Installation Guide

Reinhard Spisser

Tom Copeland

Ognyan Kulev

Guillaume Smet


1. Hardware Requirements
2. Software Requirements
3. Installation
3.1. Overview
3.2. Installing on Debian
3.3. Installing on RPM-based systems
3.4. Installing GForge
3.5. Configuring the Database (PostgreSQL)
3.6. Configuring DNS Server (BIND)
3.7. Configuring PHP
3.8. Configuring the Web Server (Apache)
3.9. Configuring Mail Transport Agent (Any)
3.10. File Release System (FRS)
3.11. Configuring GNU Mailman
3.12. Source Code Management (SCM)
3.13. Cron Jobs
3.14. Verifying the Installation
3.15. Creating the Admin User
3.16. Customizing Front Page
3.17. Optional Features
4. Plugins
4.1. CVS
4.2. CVSTracker
4.3. SVN
5. Upgrading Existing Install
6. Most Common Problems