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How to install OTRS (Open source Ticket Request System) in Debian

Posted by Admin on February 24th, 2007

OTRS is an Open source Ticket Request System (also well known as trouble ticket system) with many features to manage customer telephone calls and e-mails. The system is built to allow your support, sales, pre-sales, billing, internal IT, helpdesk, etc. department to react quickly to inbound inquiries.

OTRS Requirements

Apache Web server
Mysql or Postgresql Database
Perl 5.8,Perl Modules

Install OTRS in debian

If you want to install otrs in debian sarge you need to use the following command

#apt-get install otrs

If you want to install otrs in debian etch you need to use the following command

#apt-get install otrs2

This will start the installation process and if you want to configure database using dbconfig-common you need to select yes in the following screen and press enter in this example i am configuring using dbconfig-common.

Now you need to select which database you want to use in this example i am using Mysql database select ok and press enter

You need to enter the database administrative user password select ok and press enter

Now you need to enter the mysql application password for otrs select ok and press enter

This will complete the installation.

Now you need to access otrs using the following URL

http://your server ip/otrs/index.pl for admin access

You should see the following screen

Now you need to use the following username and password to login

Username :- root@localhost

Password :- root

Once you login in to the otrs you should see the following screen

If you want to give customer interface use the following url

http://your server ip/otrs/customer.pl

Now if you want to know how to use otrs you need to check otrs documentation

Possible Error and Solution

When you try to access http://your server ip/otrs/index.pl to login you can see the following error

Problem

no connection to syslog available – /dev/log is not a socket at /usr/share/otrs//Kernel/System/Log/SysLog.pm line 64

Solution

Edit the /usr/share/otrs/Kernel/Config/Defaults.pm file and un comment the following lines

$Self->{‘LogModule’} = ‘Kernel::System::Log::File’;
$Self->{‘LogModule::SysLog::Facility’} = ‘user’;
$Self->{‘LogModule::LogFile::Date’} = 0;

Restart your apache web server using the folloing command

#/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

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    15 Responses to “How to install OTRS (Open source Ticket Request System) in Debian”

    1. Rob Says:

      that configuration screen does not show up when using Ubuntu 6.10 Server….

    2. Bernhard Says:

      Thanks! Good job. Worked exactly as displayed using Debian.

    3. Barney Gumble Says:

      exactly, it doesnt work on ubuntu server, the page says:

      “OTRS is currently in maintainance mode

      OTRS is currently switched off by the system administrator. Please go back to the start page later and/or press the reload button of your browser”

      what can i do about this?

    4. Gus Says:

      Nice day!
      I have much troubles with a install a otrs in ubuntu 8.04, I’m newbie in linux, but i need build a help desk system in my univertity in colombia, any help are welcome.

    5. Gus Says:

      in unbuntu i try via synaptic and intall otrs2 but when i type otrs2 in console didn’t run, & the comand dbconfig-common.didnt’ work what ca i do?
      thank’s

    6. raul Says:

      Hi,

      I have these error can you help me??

      ERROR: OTRS-CGI-10 Perl: 5.8.8 OS: linux Time: Fri Oct 24 21:18:33 2008

      Message: Need TicketID!

      Traceback (6235):
      Module: Kernel::System::Ticket::Article::ArticleCreate (v1.147) Line: 83
      Module: Kernel::Modules::CustomerTicketMessage::Run (v1.24) Line: 318
      Module: Kernel::System::Web::InterfaceCustomer::Run (v1.20) Line: 704
      Module: ModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::usr_share_otrs_bin_cgi_2dbin_customer_2epl::handler (v) Line: 47
      Module: (eval) (v1.37) Line: 204
      Module: ModPerl::RegistryCooker::run (v1.37) Line: 204
      Module: ModPerl::RegistryCooker::default_handler (v1.37) Line: 170
      Module: ModPerl::Registry::handler (v1.99) Line: 31

    7. Hannes Says:

      Works, Thanks!

    8. afsar Says:

      Hi all,
      I am installing otrs in linux system, after all the installation when i am trying to access the otrs through http://my ip /otrs/index.pl its giving me error

      Apache::Registry’: Can’t locate Apache/Registry.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i

      Please suggest what to do…..
      Need the solution at earliest….
      Thanks in advance.

      Afsar

    9. Justin Says:

      I installed the otrs2.4.3 on solaris 10 x86, meet the error no connection to syslog available, referer: http://127.0.0.1/otrs/index.pl
      [Wed Sep 02 17:59:23 2009] [error] [client 192.168.25.98] [Wed Sep 2 17:59:23 2009] index.pl: \t- /dev/conslog is not a socket at ../..//Kernel/System/Log/SysLog.pm line 63

      use the solution above, but doesn;t work. :-(

    10. amador Says:

      hello, sorry for my english. i am latin.

      i try to install otrs in freebsd 7.2, but the program send me a error
      in the website send me the next error:

      Function not implemented at /usr/local/otrs/bin/cgi-bin/../../Kernel/System/Log.pm line 230.

      the version of otrs is 2.4 and version of perl is 5.10

      please help me

    11. yammie Says:

      please help…

      Error: Access denied for user ‘otrs’@'localhost’ (using password: YES)

      ERROR: OTRS-CGI-10 Perl: 5.8.8 OS: linux Time: Mon Dec 21 15:22:46 2009

      Message: Access denied for user ‘otrs’@'localhost’ (using password: YES)

      Traceback (4743):
      Module: Kernel::System::DB::new (v1.75) Line: 174
      Module: Kernel::System::Web::InterfaceAgent::Run (v1.23) Line: 144
      Module: ModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::usr_share_otrs_bin_cgi_2dbin_index_2epl::handler (v) Line: 47
      Module: (eval) (v1.81) Line: 204
      Module: ModPerl::RegistryCooker::run (v1.81) Line: 204
      Module: ModPerl::RegistryCooker::default_handler (v1.81) Line: 170
      Module: ModPerl::Registry::handler (v1.99) Line: 31

    12. BARD Says:

      Hi Guys,

      I HAVE THIS PROBLEM..SOMEBODY HELP……………………………

      +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

      Traceback: ERROR: OTRS-CGI-10 Perl: 5.10.0 OS: linux Time: Tue Mar 2 16:22:00 2010

      Message: POP3: Can’t connect to csmmail.cybersecurity.my

      Traceback (2028):
      Module: Kernel::System::MailAccount::POP3::Fetch (v1.4) Line: 75
      Module: Kernel::System::MailAccount::MailAccountFetch (v1.5) Line: 369
      Module: Kernel::Modules::AdminMailAccount::Run (v1.5) Line: 62
      Module: Kernel::System::Web::InterfaceAgent::Run (v1.35) Line: 824
      Module: ModPerl::ROOT::ModPerl::Registry::usr_share_otrs_bin_cgi_2dbin_index_2epl::handler (unknown version) Line: 47
      Module: (eval) (v1.87) Line: 204
      Module: ModPerl::RegistryCooker::run (v1.87) Line: 204
      Module: ModPerl::RegistryCooker::default_handler (v1.87) Line: 170
      Module: ModPerl::Registry::handler (v1.99) Line: 31

    13. qy Says:

      please help??

      Error: Access denied for user ‘otrs’@'localhost’ (using password: YES)

      ERROR: OTRS-CGI-10 Perl: 5.10.0 OS: MSWin32 Time: Mon Jul 12 09:24:56 2010

      Message: Access denied for user ‘otrs’@'localhost’ (using password: YES)

      Traceback (3212):
      Module: Kernel::System::DB::new (v1.105.2.1) Line: 188
      Module: Kernel::System::Web::InterfaceAgent::Run (v1.43.2.1) Line: 143
      Module: C:/Program Files/OTRS/OTRS/bin/cgi-bin/index.pl (v1.88) Line: 48

    14. philou Says:

      it worked out of the box.

      Thanks!

    15. NadaMac Says:

      Hi Justin
      for Solaris edit …/opt/otrs/Kernel/Config/Defaults.pm
      and change ‘unix’ to ‘stream’ in this line

      $Self->{‘LogModule::SysLog::LogSock’} = ‘stream’;

      save it and restart apache

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