How to Install Attendize on OpenBSD

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing Attendize on OpenBSD. Attendize is a free and open-source event management and ticketing software. It allows event organizers to create events, sell tickets, and manage attendees.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, there are a few things that we will need:

• A server running OpenBSD
• A connection to the internet
• A user with sudo privileges

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

First, we need to install the necessary dependencies for Attendize. OpenBSD uses the pkg_add command to install packages from the official repositories.

Use the following command to install PHP 7.4 and its required extensions:

sudo pkg_add php74 php74-curl php74-gd php74-mbstring php74-pdo_mysql php74-xml php74-zip

Step 2: Install Attendize

We will now download the latest version of Attendize from Github and extract it to the webroot directory.

cd /var/www/htdocs
sudo mkdir attendize
cd attendize
sudo fetch https://github.com/attendize/attendize/archive/master.tar.gz -o - | tar -xzvf -

Step 3: Configure Attendize

We will now configure Attendize by creating a .env file, which contains settings for the application.

cd attendize
sudo cp .env.example .env
sudo vi .env

Replace the following with your own settings:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=attendize
DB_USERNAME=your_db_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_db_password
APP_URL=https://your_domain_or_IP

Step 4: Configure the Web Server

Now that we have installed and configured Attendize, we need to configure our web server to serve the Attendize files.

In OpenBSD, the default web server is httpd. We will create a new virtual host configuration file for Attendize:

sudo vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Add the following configuration:

server "attendize.example.com" {
    listen on * port 80
    listen on * port 443 tls
    root "/var/www/htdocs/attendize/public"
    fastcgi socket "/run/php-fpm.sock"
    location "*.php" {
        fastcgi
        index "index.php"
    }
}

Replace attendize.example.com with your own domain or IP address. This configuration specifies that httpd will listen on ports 80 and 443, use FastCGI to handle PHP requests, and serve files from the Attendize public directory.

Restart httpd for the changes to take effect:

sudo rcctl restart httpd

Step 5: Access Attendize

Now that we have configured the web server, we can visit Attendize in our web browser. Navigate to http://attendize.example.com and you should see the Attendize homepage.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Attendize on OpenBSD. You can now create events, sell tickets, and manage attendees with this powerful event management software.