How to Install Admidio on Fedora CoreOS Latest?

Admidio is a web-based membership management software that helps you manage memberships, events, and other activities of your organization. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Admidio on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure you have the following:

Step 1: Download Admidio

Firstly, navigate to the Admidio official website admidio.org/">https://www.admidio.org/ and download the latest stable version of Admidio to your Fedora CoreOS Latest server.

wget https://www.admidio.org/files/admidio_X.X.X.tar.gz

Replace X.X.X with the version number downloaded.

Extract the downloaded file using the following command:

tar -xf admidio_X.X.X.tar.gz

Step 2: Configure Apache

Create a new virtual host configuration file for Admidio in the Apache configuration directory by running the following command:

nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/admidio.conf

And add the following configuration code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin admin@example.com
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/admidio/
    ServerName example.com

    <Directory /var/www/html/admidio/>
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/admidio_error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/admidio_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Make sure the ServerAdmin, ServerName, and DocumentRoot values match your server settings.

Save and close the file.

Step 3: Create a new database for Admidio

Log in to the MySQL/MariaDB server using the following command:

mysql -u root -p

Enter the MySQL/MariaDB root user password when prompted.

Create a new database for Admidio using the following command:

CREATE DATABASE admidio;

Next, create a new MySQL/MariaDB user account and grant it access to the admidio database:

CREATE USER 'admidio'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON admidio.* TO 'admidio'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Replace password with a strong and unique password.

Exit the MySQL/MariaDB console using the following command:

exit;

Step 4: Configure Admidio

Navigate to the Admidio installation directory using the following command:

cd admidio/

Copy the config.php.example file to config.php using the following command:

cp config.php.example config.php

Open the config.php file using the following command:

nano config.php

And update the following values according to your server settings:

$g_root_path      = '/admidio/';
$g_root_url       = 'http://example.com';
$g_database_type  = 'mysql';
$g_database_host  = 'localhost';
$g_database_name  = 'admidio';
$g_database_user  = 'admidio';
$g_database_password = 'password';
$g_default_timezone = 'Europe/Berlin';

Save and close the config.php file.

Step 5: Run the Admidio installer

Navigate to the Admido installation directory and run the installer using the following command:

php install.php

Follow the installer prompts to complete the Admidio installation.

Step 6: Restart Apache

Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes using the following command:

systemctl restart httpd

Step 7: Access Admidio

Visit the Admidio web interface in your web browser by navigating to:

http://example.com/admidio/

Replace example.com with your server's domain name or IP.

You should now be able to log in to the Admidio web interface using the administrator credentials you created during the installation process.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Admidio on Fedora CoreOS latest. You can now start using Admidio to manage memberships, events and other activities of your organization.

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