How to Install Open Event Server on EndeavourOS Latest

Open Event Server is an event management system that allows you to create and manage events. It is an open-source project developed by FOSSASIA. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of the Open Event Server on EndeavourOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A system running EndeavourOS Latest.
• A non-root user with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Git

The first step is to install Git, which we will use to clone the Open Event Server repository from GitHub.

To install Git, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S git

Step 2: Clone the Open Event Server repository

Next, we will clone the Open Event Server repository using Git.

To clone the repository, run the following command:

git clone https://github.com/fossasia/open-event-server.git

Once the repository has been cloned, navigate to the project's directory by running:

cd open-event-server

Step 3: Install Node.js and npm

Open Event Server is built on top of Node.js, so we need to install it first.

To install Node.js and npm, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

Step 4: Install PostgreSQL

Open Event Server uses PostgreSQL as its database management system. To install PostgreSQL, run the following command:

sudo pacman -S postgresql

Once Postgres is installed, start the PostgreSQL server by running:

sudo systemctl start postgresql.service

Then, enable the PostgreSQL server to start at boot time using:

sudo systemctl enable postgresql.service

Step 5: Configure PostgreSQL

Before we run the Open Event Server application, we need to create a new database and user for the application.

To create a new database, run the following command:

sudo -u postgres createdb <database-name>

Replace <database-name> with your desired name for the database.

Next, create a new user with the following command:

sudo -u postgres createuser -s <username>

Replace <username> with your desired name for the database user.

Once the user is created, update the password using:

sudo -u postgres psql -c "ALTER USER <username> WITH PASSWORD '<password>';"

Replace <username> with the name of the user that you just created, and <password> with your desired password.

Step 6: Install Application Dependencies

Next, we will install the dependencies required to run Open Event Server.

To install the dependencies, run the following command:

npm install -g yarn
yarn

Step 7: Configure the Application

Edit the config/config.js file and set the correct values for your PostgreSQL database and user.

module.exports = {
    database: '<database-name>',
    username: '<username>',
    password: '<password>',
    dialect: 'postgres',
    host: 'localhost'
};

Replace <database-name>, <username>, and <password> with the values you entered in step 5.

Step 8: Start the Application

Finally, we can start the Open Event Server application with the following command:

yarn start

Once the server has started, you can access the application by navigating to http://localhost:5000 in your web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Open Event Server on EndeavourOS Latest.