Requirements:

• MS SQL Server
• MSDE installed on local machine
• .NET Framework 1.0 or 1.1 installed on local machine

Issue Tracker ASP.NET Starter Kit is an official release by the Microsoft ASP.net team. The Issue Tracker Starter Kit installation program is designed to install Issue Tracker on your local machine. To install Issue Tracker on DiscountASP.NET servers, you will need to perform some customization.

Below is a step-by-step installation procedure to install the Issue Tracker Starter Kit on our web servers. Please note that the steps below are one way among many methods to install the application and only serves as a guideline. We do not support the Issue Tracker application. For help, you should use the Community Forum or use the ASP.net Forums for peer support.

Installation instructions

• Download Issue Tracker SDK
• Run installation program on your local machine  
• Install the application in default location (c:\issuetracker)  
• After the installation wizard installs the files on your local computer, the Issue Tracker Starter Kit Setup wizard opens up.  Skip this step by closing the window.  Then close the installation wizard window.
• Customize the web.config file for deployment on DiscountASP.NET servers.
  • Open c:\issuetracker\IssueTrackerStarterKit\web.config
  • Replace this line <add key="ConnectionString" value="server=localhost;Trusted_Connection=true;database=IssueTrackerStarterKit2" /> with <add key="ConnectionString" value="server=[SQL ServerName];database=Database_Name;user ID=Database_Username;password=Database_password" />
  • Save web.config file
  • Upload c:\issuetracker\IssueTrackerStarterKit directory to your site using FTP
• Create IssueTracker database tables on DiscountASP.NET SQL Server
  • Open command prompt and execute these statements using osql:
    • Create the database objects on your MSSQL database at DiscountASP.NET:

osql -S [SQL ServerName] -U [UserName] -P [password] -i c:\issuetracker\Setup\DBScripts\CreateDatabaseObjects.sql

• Run the initialization stored procedure to create an admin account login of admin/password:

osql -S [SQL ServerName] -U [UserName] -P [password] -Q "IssueTracker_Initialize 'admin','password'"

• Create IssueTrackerStarterKit as an application.

1. Log into your hosting Control Panel
2. Navigate to the Web Application Tool
3. Select the Issue Tracker directory
4. Click Install Application

• Login as admin/password to administer the site

Note: To avoid any conflicts, we recommend using a fresh database for the application install.