Joomla! Documentation™

Setting up a Joomla! Installation

Required if you want to test patches. There are two ways to get a Joomla! installation at PBF:

• Access one of the Pre-installed Joomla 4 installations here.
  • Servers are available in the UK, USA, Germany and Spain.
  • To get an instance to test on, click on the domain for a server, log in and change your password to take over the instance.
  • After you've changed the password on an instance, set up the pre-installed patch tester to start testing.
  • Drop a message in the PBF20 Glip, or in one of the video chats to say which instance you grabbed so others can see what's available next.
  • Can't access the instance you're trying? Once the password is changed, that instance is taken, so keep trying until you can get into one. Check the PBF20 Glip channel to see what the next available instance may be.
• Set up a local installation on your device. There's a variety of options you can look at installing. Read this Joomla Magazine Article for a tutorial on installing an environment using XAMPP, as well as configuring the Joomla Patch Tester and Joomla 4.

Check out the Bugs & Fun @Home page for a number of other links to resources relating to patch testing and setting up your test environment.