In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on Arch Linux. COD is a free and open-source Drupal distribution that helps conference organizers manage and promote their events.
Before proceeding, ensure that you have administrative privileges on your system and a working internet connection.
COD requires Apache, MySQL, and PHP to be installed on your system. You can install them using the following command:
sudo pacman -S apache mysql php php-apache
During the installation process, you will be prompted to enter a root password for the MySQL database.
After the installation is complete, start the Apache and MySQL services:
sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl start mysqld
You can verify that Apache and MySQL are running by visiting http://localhost and http://localhost/phpmyadmin, respectively, in your web browser.
COD is built on top of Drupal, so we need to install Drupal on our system. We will use the Composer package manager for this purpose.
First, install Composer:
sudo pacman -S composer
After installing Composer, navigate to the Apache web root directory:
cd /srv/http
Then, create a new directory for our COD installation:
sudo mkdir cod
Navigate to the newly created directory:
cd cod
Finally, install Drupal using the following command:
sudo composer create-project drupal/recommended-project . --no-interaction
This command will install the latest version of Drupal along with all its dependencies.
Now that we have installed Drupal, we can proceed with installing COD. We will use Composer to install COD as a Drupal module.
Navigate to the Drupal module directory:
cd web/modules
Then, install COD using the following command:
sudo composer require drupal/usecod
After the installation is complete, enable the COD module using the following command:
sudo drush en usecod -y
This command will enable the COD module on your Drupal site.
COD requires a database to store its data. We need to create a new database and grant privileges to a new MySQL user.
First, log in to the MySQL command line:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password that you set during the installation of MySQL.
Then, create a new database and user using the following commands:
CREATE DATABASE cod_db;
CREATE USER 'cod_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cod_db.* TO 'cod_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace cod_user and password with your desired username and password.
After creating the database and user, navigate to your Drupal site in your web browser. You will be prompted with a setup wizard.
In the setup wizard, choose the profile as Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) and enter the database details that you created in the previous step.
Complete the setup wizard by following the on-screen instructions.
After completing the setup wizard, you can log in to COD using the credentials that you set during the setup process.
You can access the COD dashboard by navigating to /admin in your Drupal site. From the dashboard, you can manage all aspects of your conference, including attendees, speakers, sessions, sponsors, and more.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on Arch Linux.
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