Pretix is an open-source event ticketing system developed in Python. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Pretix on an EndeavourOS Linux distribution. Follow the step-by-step guide below.
Before you start, make sure you have the following:
First and foremost, you'll need to install some required dependencies for Pretix to work properly. To do this, open a terminal and run the command below:
sudo pacman -S postgresql nginx redis python python-pip
This command will prompt you to enter your user password. After that, the system will install the required packages.
After installing the dependencies, you can now install Pretix. The easiest way to install Pretix is to use pip.
To install Pretix using pip, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo pip install pretix
This command will download and install the latest version of Pretix along with all the required dependencies.
Next, you need to create a database and user for Pretix in PostgreSQL. To create a new PostgreSQL database and user, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo -u postgres createuser -DRS pretixuser
sudo -u postgres createdb -O pretixuser pretix
This command will create a new user "pretixuser" and a new database "pretix" with the same name.
After installing Pretix and configuring PostgreSQL, you need to configure the Pretix application by creating a settings file.
To do this, navigate to your home directory and create a new directory called .pretix.
mkdir ~/.pretix
After creating the .pretix directory, create a new file called config.yml in the directory and paste the following code:
database:
engine: "django.db.backends.postgresql"
name: "pretix"
user: "pretixuser"
password: ""
host: "localhost"
port: ""
email:
backend: "django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend"
host: "smtp.gmail.com"
port: 587
username: "youremail@gmail.com"
password: "yourpassword"
use_tls: true
debug: false
Replace the values for name, user, password, host, username, and password with your PostgreSQL and email configuration. Save the file and exit.
Now, you need to configure Nginx as a reverse proxy for Pretix. To do this, create a new server block for Pretix by creating a new configuration file with the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/pretix
Paste the following configuration:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
server_name localhost;
client_max_body_size 20M;
location /static/ {
alias /home/username/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pretix-3.x.x-py3.9.egg/pretix/static/;
expires max;
access_log off;
}
location /media/ {
alias /home/username/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pretix-3.x.x-py3.9.egg/pretix/media/;
expires max;
access_log off;
}
location / {
proxy_pass http://localhost:8000;
proxy_set_header Host $host;
proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-for $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
proxy_set_header X-Nginx-Proxy true;
proxy_redirect off;
}
}
Replace username and version number with your own details. Save and exit.
Next, enable the new Nginx configuration with the following command:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/pretix /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Restart Nginx to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Finally, you can start the Pretix server by running the following command in your terminal:
pretix start
This command will start the Pretix server on port 8000.
If you want to run Pretix as a daemon, run the following command:
pretix start --daemons
You may now access Pretix by visiting http://localhost or your server's public IP address in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pretix on EndeavourOS Linux.
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