Anuko Time Tracker Virtual Appliance FAQ
Why do I need Anuko Time Tracker Virtual Appliance?
Some enterprise customers prefer running Anuko Time Tracker in a controlled environment on their own server.
The appliance addresses the problem of setting up the environment correctly and configuring the system. It is pre-configured, ready to run, and extremely easy to install.
Will Anuko Time Tracker Virtual Appliance work with VMware Player?
Definitely. Anuko Time Tracker Virtual Appliance does work with VMware Player, which is available free of charge from
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
I am using trial version. How can I migrate my data to the full version I purchased?
The best way is to deploy your full version and then import all team data from the trial version to the full version. To do so, follow these steps:
- Login to your trial version as team manager. Use the "export data" link in top menu to export data to a file.
- Login as admin to your full version. Type "admin" in the "login" field on the login page and admin's password in the "password" field. Note that a default value for admin's password is "secret" without quotes.
- Go to the "teams" menu. Click on the "import team" button on the bottom of the teams list. Then, import your team data from the file created earlier.
Where exactly are the Time Tracker source files located in the appliance?
You can find the source files at /var/www/html/ in the appliance.
How can I configure a redirect of all requests to https?
To redirect all http requests to https in the appliance, add the following lines to the end of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file:
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/$
RewriteRule ^(.*) https://timetracker.example.com$1 [R=permanent]
Replace timetracker.example.com in the last line with your time tracker URL. Then reload apache config with the following command:
service httpd graceful
How to backup Anuko Time Tracker data from the appliance?
The virtual appliance consists of a pre-configured operating system (CentOS) with Anuko Time Tracker application installed on it. The application is a collection of PHP source files that are located in /var/www/html/. The data is stored in a MySQL database called timetracker. The application uses a configuration file /var/www/html/WEB-INF/config.php where application parameters are defined.
To backup your database use the mysqldump utility. To backup source files just copy them.
A team manager can also export the data for the entire team into an xml file using the "export data" link in the top menu. An administrator can later import the data from this file into Time Tracker.
