Attendize is a free and open-source event management and ticketing system. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Attendize on Kali Linux Latest.
Before proceeding with the installation, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
It is always best to update the system packages before proceeding with any installation. To update the Kali Linux operating system, open the terminal and execute the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
We need to install some required packages to install and run Attendize on Kali Linux. Execute the following command to install required packages:
sudo apt install apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.2 php7.2 php7.2-mysql php7.2-gd php7.2-curl php7.2-mbstring mysql-server
During the installation, you will be prompted to enter a password for MySQL root user. Enter the password and remember it, as we will need it later.
Composer is a dependency management tool for PHP that we will use to install Attendize. Execute the following command to install Composer:
sudo apt install composer
Now, we can download and install the latest stable release of Attendize using Composer. Execute the following commands to download and install Attendize:
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/attendize
cd /var/www/html/attendize
sudo composer create-project attendize/attendize
This will download and install the Attendize files to /var/www/html/attendize.
We need to configure the Apache or Nginx webserver to run Attendize. Create a virtual host configuration file for Attendize in /etc/apache2/sites-available/attendize.conf and add the following content:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your-server-name.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/attendize/public
<Directory /var/www/html/attendize/public>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace your-server-name.com with your own server name. Then, enable the virtual host and restart the Apache webserver with the following commands:
sudo a2ensite attendize.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2
If you are using Nginx, create a virtual host configuration file for Attendize in /etc/nginx/sites-available/attendize.conf and add the following content:
server {
listen 80;
listen [::]:80;
root /var/www/html/attendize/public;
index index.php index.html index.htm;
server_name your-server-name.com;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock;
}
}
Again, make sure to replace your-server-name.com with your own server name. Then, enable the virtual host and restart the Nginx webserver with the following commands:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/attendize.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Create a new MySQL database and user for Attendize using the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE attendize_test;
CREATE USER 'attendize_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your-password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON attendize_test.* TO 'attendize_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace attendize_test, attendize_user, and your-password with your own database name, username, and password respectively.
Rename the .env.example file to .env with the following command:
sudo mv /var/www/html/attendize/.env.example /var/www/html/attendize/.env
Then, open the .env file using your favorite text editor and update the following lines:
APP_URL=http://your-server-name.com
DB_DATABASE=attendize_test
DB_USERNAME=attendize_user
DB_PASSWORD=your-password
Make sure to replace your-server-name.com, attendize_test, attendize_user, and your-password with your own values.
Attendize requires some additional PHP extensions to run correctly. Install these extensions using the following command:
sudo apt-get install php7.2-zip
sudo apt-get install php7.2-dom
sudo apt-get install php7.2-xmlwriter
Execute the following commands to install and migrate the Attendize database:
cd /var/www/html/attendize
sudo composer install --no-dev
sudo php artisan key:generate
sudo php artisan migrate --seed
sudo php artisan clear-compiled
sudo chmod -R 777 storage
sudo chmod -R 777 bootstrap/cache
Attendize is now installed and ready to use. You can access Attendize by visiting http://your-server-name.com in your web browser. If everything was configured and installed correctly, you should see the Attendize homepage.
In this tutorial, we learned how to install Attendize on Kali Linux Latest. We went through each step of the installation process, from updating the system to configuring the database and webserver. Attendize is a powerful event management system that can help you manage your events and ticket sales effectively.
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