How to Install Alf.io on OpenSUSE Latest

Introduction

Alf.io is a free and open-source event management software that helps you manage your events and attendees efficiently. It provides you with a user-friendly interface that helps you create, organize, and manage your events, speakers, sponsors, and attendees dynamically. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Alf.io on the OpenSUSE latest operating system.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you must have the following:

• A computer running OpenSUSE latest.
• Root privileges or sudo rights to install packages.

Step 1: Install Required Dependencies

The first step is to install the required dependencies to run Alf.io. Open the terminal (press Ctrl + Alt + T) and run the following commands:

sudo zypper update
sudo zypper install curl git nginx php7 php7-gd php7-mbstring php7-pdo php7-posix php7-zlib unzip

Step 2: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. We need to install it to install and manage Alf.io dependencies. Run the following command to install Composer:

curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Step 3: Install Alf.io

Now, we are ready to install Alf.io. Change the current directory to the web server's document root directory and clone Alf.io's repository from GitHub using the following commands:

cd /srv/www/htdocs/
sudo git clone https://github.com/alfio-event/alf.io.git

Navigate inside the cloned directory and install the required dependencies using the composer:

cd alf.io/
sudo composer install

Step 4: Configure Nginx

Now that we have installed Alf.io, we need to configure the Nginx web server to serve Alf.io. Create a new configuration file for Alf.io in the Nginx configuration directory:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/alfio.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    server_name your_domain.com;

    root /srv/www/htdocs/alf.io/public;
    index index.php;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php7-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Save and close the file.

Restart the Nginx web server to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart nginx

Step 5: Configure Alf.io

Visit http://YOUR_DOMAIN.com/install (replace YOUR_DOMAIN.com with your own domain name). You will see the Alfio installation page. Follow the on-screen instructions to configure the application.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and configure Alf.io on OpenSUSE Latest. You should now be able to create, organize, and manage your events and attendees using Alf.io.

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