Setup Test case management tool - TestLink

These days I am working on introducing TestLink as test case management tool. Tetslink have few software pre-requisites, here is the step by step guide to setup TestLink for your team.

1. Download and install Apache Web Server
2. Download and install PHP
3. Configure Apache
4. Download and Install MySQL server
5. Download and install TestLink
6. Configure TestLink

Detailed installation instruction for step 1-4 can be found @ http://webdevcodex.com/tutorial-installing-apache2-php5-mysql5-phpmyadmin3-windows-7-vista/

Download and unzip testlink in apache web directory and open http://localhost/Tetslink. If it is the first time installation it will open installation page. Follow the instructions and Testlnk is installed.

Once you open the testlink login page or login, you might get following error:

"PHP Warning: strftime(): It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function"

To resolve this issue, edit <php install dir>\php.ini and add "date.timezone = PRC"

Sometimes you also get warning message in UI, to eliminate those warning message from UI

make change in <Testlink install dir>\config.inc.php and change "$tlCfg->config_check_warning_mode = 'SILENT';"