Request Tracker Bootcamp

Request Tracker (RT) is an enterprise-grade ticketing system. It’s designed to help your organization track what needs to get done and what still needs doing. From basic customer service to advanced back-office workflows, RT is flexible enough to keep your processes smooth and effective.

This tutorial, geared for systems administrators, will help you evaluate your issue tracking and workflow needs and show you how to deploy a new RT instance or better utilize your existing instance to help your organization get more done with little customization or retraining.

This tutorial will cover:

• Evaluating and specifying your issue tracking and workflow needs
• Minimally invasive use of RT to improve workflow without adding overhead
• Server sizing, database choices and deployment planning
• Backup and restore operations
• Basic RT configuration
• Email integration
• Application and server security best practices
• Integrating RT with other tools and systems
• Day to day administration and housekeeping
• Deploying pre-built RT extensions and customizations
• Basic customizations and development to meet in-house needs
• Using RTFM to make keep customer interaction quick, consistent and high-quality

This tutorial will focus on RT 3.8, but much of the material is equally applicable to older releases.