= Frequently Asked Questions =

Here you can find answers to frequently asked questions about Bitten.

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== General ==

=== What is Bitten? ===

Bitten is a [http://trac.edgewall.org/ Trac] extension for continuous integration. See the [wiki:WhitePaper white paper] for the original motivation behind the project.

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=== What license governs the use of Bitten? ===
 
Bitten is released under the [wiki:License revised BSD license], which is a liberal open source license that has been [http://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php approved] by the [http://opensource.org/ Open Source Initiative (OSI)].

=== What software metrics and statistics are collected/displayed, is there a sample to look at? ===

You can get an impression of what is possible at the [http://bitten.edgewall.org/build/trunk Boost Testing Project].

=== How is Bitten used in other organizations? ===

An detailed overview of using bitten for the Boost project can be see at [https://boost-consulting.com/trac/projects/boost/]

== Bitten Slave ==

=== How do I point the bitten slave to my build configuration? ===

If your trac installation is hosted at trac.xxx.com, and you have a project called my-project in trac, the command line would look like:

bitten-slave https://trac.xxx.com/my-project/builds -u <username> -p <password>

=== What options does the Bitten slave support? ===

See [wiki:BittenSlaveOptions Bitten Slave Options.]

== Bitten Master ==

=== My slave connects to the build master, why doesn't it start a build? ===

See [wiki:BittenBuildWontStart Build Won't Start].

=== How do I add one of those cool over-time charts to my build page? ===

See this page on [wiki:AddingCharts Adding Charts to Bitten.]