How to Install Attendize on Alpine Linux Latest

In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Attendize on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you start with the installation of Attendize, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:

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

Step 1: Install PHP and Required PHP Extentions

1. Update the system packages:

sudo apk update

2. Install PHP and required PHP extensions using the following command:

sudo apk add php7 php7-dev php7-openssl php7-curl php7-mcrypt \
php7-json php7-phar php7-zip php7-mysqli php7-pdo php7-pdo_mysql \
php7-xml php7-bcmath php7-iconv php7-gd php7-zlib php7-fpm php7-gmp

Step 2: Install Required System Packages

1. To install some required system packages, run the following command:

sudo apk add tar curl nginx mysql mysql-client

Step 3: Install Attendize

1. Download and extract the Attendize source code from the official website:

wget https://github.com/Attendize/Attendize/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
unzip master.zip

2. Move the extracted directory to the default document root directory:

sudo mv Attendize-master /var/www/attendize

3. Change the ownership of the directory to the webserver user:

sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/attendize

4. Copy the Nginx configuration file from the Attendize source code to the Nginx configuration directory:

sudo cp /var/www/attendize/build/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

Step 4: Configure Nginx

1. Open the Nginx configuration file with a text editor:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf

2. Find the server block and make the following changes:

server_name <your-domain-name>;
root /var/www/attendize/public;

location / {
    try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}

location = /favicon.ico { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

location = /robots.txt  { access_log off; log_not_found off; }

error_page 404 /index.php;

location ~ \.php$ {
    fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php7.0-fpm.sock;
    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    include fastcgi_params;
}

3. Save and exit the file.

Step 5: Start the Required Services

1. Start the Nginx service:

sudo service nginx start

2. Start the PHP-FPM service:

sudo service php7-fpm start

Step 6: Install Attendize

1. Navigate to the Attendize directory:

cd /var/www/attendize

2. Install Composer:

sudo curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php
sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

3. Install the required packages:

sudo composer install

4. Copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

5. Generate the application key:

php artisan key:generate

6. Edit the .env file to configure your MySQL database connection:

DB_DATABASE=your_attendize_database
DB_USERNAME=your_username
DB_PASSWORD=your_password

7. Create the necessary tables:

php artisan migrate --seed

Step 7: Access the Attendize Web Interface

1. Open a web browser and navigate to your domain name or IP address.

http://your_domain_name

2. You should see the Attendize welcome page. Congratulations! Attendize has been successfully installed on Alpine Linux Latest.

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