Alf.io is an open-source event management software that allows you to create and manage tickets, admission control, payments, and more. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the steps to install Alf.io on NetBSD.
Before you start installing Alf.io on NetBSD, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Before we start installing Alf.io, make sure your NetBSD system is up-to-date by running the following command:
# pkgin update && pkgin upgrade
To run Alf.io successfully, we need to install a few dependencies on our NetBSD system. The required dependencies are:
You can install all the required dependencies by running the following command:
# pkgin install bash curl git php74 php74-mbstring php74-mysqli php74-openssl php74-pdo php74-pdo_mysql php74-zip
After installing the dependencies, we’ll download the latest version of the Alf.io code from the GitHub repository using the following command:
# git clone https://github.com/alfio-event/alf.io.git /var/www/alf.io
We need to create a MySQL database for Alf.io. You can do this by logging in to your MySQL database server using the following command:
$ mysql -u root -p
Then, create a database and assign a user with permission to manage the database.
mysql> CREATE DATABASE alfio;
mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON alfio.* TO 'alfio'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
mysql> exit;
Navigate to the Alf.io directory, then copy and rename the alfio.example.json file.
# cd /var/www/alf.io
# cp alfio.example.json alfio.json
Open alfio.json with your text editor of choice and change the following variables:
{
...
"db_name": "alfio",
"db_user": "alfio",
"db_password": "your_password_here"
...
}
After we've completed the configuration, we need to adjust the file permissions on the Alf.io directory:
# chown -R www /var/www/alf.io
# chmod -R 755 /var/www/alf.io
In this step, we'll configure Nginx or Apache to serve our Alf.io site. Navigate to your web server's config directory and create a new configuration file using your preferred text editor.
Create a new server block for Alf.io:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain_name_here;
root /var/www/alf.io;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Create a new virtual host for Alf.io:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain_name_here
DocumentRoot /var/www/alf.io
<Directory /var/www/alf.io>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/alfio_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/alfio_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Don't forget to replace "your_domain_name_here" with your actual domain name!
After configuring the web server, you need to restart it to apply the changes.
# /etc/rc.d/nginx restart
# /etc/rc.d/httpd restart
Once your web server is back up, you can navigate to your Alf.io site using your web browser:
http://your_domain_name_here/
If everything is set up correctly, the Alf.io installation page should appear, and you can continue with the installation process.
That's it! You've successfully installed Alf.io on your NetBSD server. Now, you can create and manage your events with ease. If you run into any issues, consult the official Alf.io documentation or seek help from the Alf.io community.
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