How to Install Attendize on Manjaro

Attendize is an open-source event management and ticketing system. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Attendize on Manjaro.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, make sure that your system meets the following requirements:

• Latest version of Manjaro installed on your system
• Apache web server installed and running
• MySQL or MariaDB database installed and running
• PHP version 7.2 or higher installed on your system
• Composer installed on your system

Step 1: Download Attendize

First, we need to download the latest version of Attendize from the official website. You can download the latest version of Attendize from https://www.attendize.com/download/.

To download Attendize, use the following command:

wget https://attendize.com/download/attendize-3.3.2.zip

Step 2: Extract Attendize

Once the download is complete, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip attendize-3.3.2.zip

Move move to the extracted directory.

cd attendize

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Attendize requires some dependencies to be installed to run properly. You can install them by running the following command:

composer install --no-dev

Step 4: Configure Attendize

First, rename the .env.example file to .env.

mv .env.example .env

Open .env file in your favorite text editor and configure the database settings accordingly.

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=attendize
DB_USERNAME=username
DB_PASSWORD=password

Change the APP_URL to your domain name or IP address.

APP_URL=http://localhost

Step 5: Create a Database

Create a database attendize using the following command in MySQL.

CREATE DATABASE `attendize` CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci;

Step 6: Run Migrations

Before you start using Attendize, you need to create tables in the database by running the following command:

php artisan migrate --seed

This command will create the tables necessary for Attendize and will seed the database with test data.

Step 7: Change Permissions

Change permissions on the following directories to 777.

storage
bootstrap/cache

Step 8: Configure Apache

Create a new virtual host configuration file for Apache.

sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf/extra/httpd-attendize.conf

Copy the following content to the file and save it.

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin your-email@example.com
    DocumentRoot "/path/to/attendize/public"
    ServerName example.com
    ServerAlias www.example.com
    <Directory "/path/to/attendize/public">
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
    ErrorLog "/path/to/attendize/error_log"
    CustomLog "/path/to/attendize/access_log" common
</VirtualHost>

Enable the virtual host.

sudo a2ensite httpd-attendize.conf

Restart Apache.

sudo systemctl restart httpd

Step 9: Test Attendize

Finally, open your web browser and enter the domain name or IP address you configured in Step 4 to access Attendize. You should see the Attendize installation page.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Attendize on Manjaro.

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