How to Install Attendize on FreeBSD Latest

Introduction

Attendize is an open-source event ticketing and management application that is written in PHP. It is a self-hosted platform and provides a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for organizers to manage events, sell tickets and track attendees.

This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Attendize on FreeBSD latest.

Prerequisites

• A root user account or user account with sudo privileges
• A webserver installed and configured (we will use Apache in this tutorial)
• PHP and its extensions installed and configured

Step 1: Download and Install Attendize

1. Login to your FreeBSD system via SSH or terminal
2. Download the latest release of Attendize by running the command:

wget https://github.com/Attendize/Attendize/releases/download/v1.2.5/Attendize-v1.2.5.zip

3. Unzip the downloaded file using the command:

unzip Attendize-v1.2.5.zip

4. Move the Attendize folder to the web root directory. In FreeBSD, the default web root directory is /usr/local/www/apache24/data/ so use the following command:

sudo mv Attendize /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Step 2: Create a Database and User

1. Login to your MySQL server and create a database for Attendize. You can use the following command:

CREATE DATABASE db_attendize;

2. Create a new user with the username and password that you prefer. Use the following command:

CREATE USER 'attendizeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';

3. Grant the new user full privileges on the database you created. Use the following command:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON db_attendize.* TO 'attendizeuser'@'localhost';

4. Flush the privileges by running the following command:

FLUSH PRIVILEGES;

Step 3: Configure Attendize

1. Navigate to the Attendize directory and rename the env.example file to .env. Use the following command:

cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/Attendize
sudo mv env.example .env

2. Open the .env file and edit the following lines to match your configuration:

APP_ENV=production
...

APP_URL=http://yourdomain.com #replace with your domain name

...

DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=db_attendize #replace with the database name you created
DB_USERNAME=attendizeuser #replace with the database username you created
DB_PASSWORD=password #replace with the database user password you created

3. Save and close the .env file.

Step 4: Install Dependencies

1. Change your working directory to the Attendize directory:

cd /usr/local/www/apache24/data/Attendize

2. Run the following command to install the required packages:

sudo pkg install php73 php73-bcmath php73-bz2 php73-calendar php73-ctype php73-curl php73-dom php73-exif php73-fileinfo php73-filter php73-ftp php73-gd php73-gettext php73-gmp php73-hash php73-iconv php73-json php73-mbstring php73-mysqli php73-openssl php73-pdo php73-pdo_mysql php73-phar php73-posix php73-session php73-shmop php73-SimpleXML php73-Sockets php73-sqlite3 php73-sysvmsg php73-sysvsem php73-sysvshm php73-tokenizer php73-xml php73-xmlreader php73-xmlwriter php73-xsl php73-zip php73-zlib

Step 5: Set File and Folder Permissions

1. Assign the appropriate file and folder permissions to the Attendize directory by running the following commands:

sudo chown -R www:www /usr/local/www/apache24/data/Attendize
sudo chmod -R 775 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/Attendize/storage
sudo chmod -R 775 /usr/local/www/apache24/data/Attendize/bootstrap/cache

Step 6: Restart Apache and Test Attendize

1. Restart the Apache server using the command:

sudo /usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache24 restart

2. Visit your domain name in the web browser to access Attendize. You should see the Attendize homepage appear if everything has been configured successfully.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Attendize on FreeBSD latest. You can now log in as administrator and start managing your events.

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