How to Install Attendize on Arch Linux

Attendize is an open-source event management and ticket selling solution that enables you to create beautiful event pages, manage attendees, and accept payments. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Attendize on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure that your Arch Linux system is up to date by running the following commands:

sudo pacman -Syu

You also need to have the following packages installed:

  • Git
  • PHP >= 7.2
  • Composer
  • Apache or Nginx web server
  • MySQL or MariaDB

If you don't have these packages installed, you can install them using the following command:

sudo pacman -S git php composer apache mariadb

Step 1: Download Attendize

First, you need to download the latest version of the Attendize from GitHub. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/attendize/attendize.git

This will download the Attendize source code to your system.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

After downloading the Attendize, change the directory to the Attendize root directory and install its dependencies using Composer:

cd attendize
composer install

This will install all the required dependencies.

Step 3: Configure Apache

Next, you need to configure the Apache web server to serve the Attendize application. Create a new virtual host file under the Apache sites-available directory by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following lines at the end of the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName yourservername.local
    DocumentRoot /path/to/attendize/public
    <Directory /path/to/attendize/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Options FollowSymlinks
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Don't forget to replace yourservername.local with your actual server name and /path/to/attendize with the path where you downloaded the Attendize source code.

Finally, enable the new virtual host configuration by creating a symbolic link from the sites-available directory to the sites-enabled directory:

sudo ln -s /etc/httpd/conf/sites-available/YOUR_SITE.conf /etc/httpd/conf/sites-enabled/

Step 4: Create the Database

Attendize uses a MySQL or MariaDB database to store its data. Log in to your MySQL server as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database, user, and password for Attendize:

CREATE DATABASE attendize;
CREATE USER 'attendize'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON attendize.* TO 'attendize'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit;

Don't forget to replace password with a secure password.

Step 5: Configure Attendize

Find the .env.example file in the Attendize root directory and copy it to a new file named .env:

cp .env.example .env

Edit the .env file and set the following configuration values:

APP_ENV=production
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_URL=http://yourservername.local

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=attendize
DB_USERNAME=attendize
DB_PASSWORD=password

MAIL_DRIVER=smtp
MAIL_HOST=mailtrap.io
MAIL_PORT=2525
MAIL_USERNAME=null
MAIL_PASSWORD=null
MAIL_ENCRYPTION=null
[email protected]
MAIL_FROM_NAME="Attendize Admin"

Don't forget to replace yourservername.local, password, and the Mail configuration values with your actual values.

Step 6: Run the Migration

Finally, you need to migrate the database by running the following command:

php artisan migrate

This will create the necessary tables in the database.

Step 7: Start the Application

You can start the Attendize application by starting the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl start httpd

Open your web browser and navigate to http://yourservername.local to access the Attendize application. You should see the Attendize login page.

Use the default login credentials to log in as an administrator:

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Attendize on Arch Linux.