Frab is an open-source conference management system used to help organizers schedule events, manage conference timetables and track speaker data. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to install Frab on FreeBSD Latest.
Before you begin, make sure that you have the following:
To run Frab on FreeBSD Latest, you'll need to install some required packages. Let's start by updating the system packages with the following command:
pkg update
Once the system updates, use the following command to install the required packages:
pkg install ruby30 rubygems30 redis sqlite3-nodeps gmake pkgconf
To get started with the installation, clone the Frab repository and move into the Frab directory:
git clone https://github.com/frab/frab.git
cd frab
Bundler is a gem-based package manager for Ruby. We'll use Bundler to install Frab dependencies. Use the following command to install Bundler:
gem install bundler
Now that we've installed Bundler, we can use it to install Frab dependencies. Run the following command:
bundle install --without development:test --deployment
With the dependencies installed, we'll need to prepare the database. Use the following command to create the necessary database tables:
./bin/rake db:migrate
Frab uses Redis and Sidekiq for message queuing and background jobs. Use the following commands to start Redis and Sidekiq:
service redis restart
sidekiq -d
With the database and servers set up, navigate to the Frab directory and run the following command to start Frab:
rails server -b 0.0.0.0 -p 3000
With the server running, you can access Frab from your web browser by navigating to:
http://your_server_ip:3000
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Frab on FreeBSD Latest. You will now be able to schedule events, track speakers, and manage conference timetables using the Frab conference management system.
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