How to Install Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on Debian Latest

Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) is an open-source tool designed for managing and organizing events. It is developed by Tech Team of Drupal Association. COD provides various features like event registration, user management, scheduling, and much more.

In this tutorial, we'll cover the installation process of COD on Debian Latest in a few simple steps.

Prerequisites

• A Debian Latest machine or VPS
• SSH access with sudo privileges
• LAMP stack installed on the server
• Composer installed on the server
• Access to the root directory of the web server

Let's begin

1. Update the Repository

First, we need to update and upgrade the repository using the following commands:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

2. Install Git

COD is hosted on Git, so we need to install it on our server by running the following command:

sudo apt-get install git

3. Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. We can install it by running the following commands:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/composer

4. Create a Directory for COD

We need to create a directory for COD's installation by running the following command:

sudo mkdir /var/www/html/cod

5. Clone the COD Repository

Go to the directory that you have created in the previous step and clone the COD repository using the following command:

cd /var/www/html/cod
sudo git clone https://github.com/DrupalCon/DrupalCon.git .

6. Install COD using Composer

Install COD using Composer by running the following command:

sudo composer install

Composer will automatically download and install all the required packages and dependencies.

7. Create a Database

Create a database for COD by running the following commands:

mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE cod;
CREATE USER 'coduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cod.* TO 'coduser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Remember to replace coduser and password with your desired values.

8. Import Database

Import the COD database from the SQL file by running the following command:

mysql -u coduser -p cod < /var/www/html/cod/core/cod_base.sql

Remember to replace coduser with the username you used in the previous step.

9. Configure the Database

Configure the database connection settings by editing the .env file:

sudo nano /var/www/html/cod/.env

Find the following lines:

DB_USER=root
DB_PASSWORD=
DB_HOST=localhost

Update them with your database credentials:

DB_USER=coduser
DB_PASSWORD=password
DB_HOST=localhost

10. Configure Apache

Create a new VirtualHost file for COD by running the following command:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/cod.conf

Add the following lines:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/cod/public
    <Directory /var/www/html/cod/public>
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/cod_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/cod_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Next, we need to enable the VirtualHost and rewrite module.

sudo a2ensite cod.conf
sudo a2enmod rewrite

Then, restart the Apache service:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

11. Finish Installation

Now, open a web browser and navigate to your domain name or IP address. You should see the COD installation screen.

Follow the on-screen instructions, and COD is ready to use.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown how to install Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on Debian Latest. We hope this tutorial was useful and helped you to install COD successfully.