How to Install Attendize on OpenSUSE Latest

Attendize is an open-source event management and ticketing platform that is designed to help event organizers sell tickets and manage attendees. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Attendize on OpenSUSE Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you must have the following:

• OpenSUSE Latest installed on your system
• Apache or Nginx web server installed and running
• PHP 7.1 or later installed on your system
• MySQL 5.5.3 or later or MariaDB 5.5 or later installed and running
• Composer installed on your system
• Git installed on your system

Step 1: Clone the Repository

1. Open a terminal on your OpenSUSE system.
2. Change to the webroot directory:

cd /srv/www/htdocs

3. Clone the Attendize repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/Attendize/Attendize.git

Step 2: Install Dependencies

1. Change into the Attendize directory:

cd Attendize

2. Install the dependencies using Composer:

composer install --no-dev

Step 3: Set Permissions

1. Set the permissions for the Attendize directory:

sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/Attendize

2. Set the permissions for the storage directory:

sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/Attendize/storage

3. Set the permissions for the bootstrap/cache directory:

sudo chmod -R 755 /srv/www/htdocs/Attendize/bootstrap/cache

Step 4: Create the Database

1. Login to the MySQL or MariaDB server as the root user:

mysql -u root -p

2. Create a new database for Attendize:

CREATE DATABASE attendize;

3. Create a new user and grant privileges to the database:

GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON attendize.* TO 'attendize_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';

4. Flush the MySQL privileges and exit:

EXIT;```

## Step 5: Configure Attendize

1. Create a copy of the .env.example file:

```cp .env.example .env```

2. Open the .env file using a text editor:

```nano .env```

3. Change the following values:

APP_ENV=production APP_DEBUG=false APP_URL=http://your_domain_here

DB_CONNECTION=mysql DB_HOST=127.0.0.1 DB_PORT=3306 DB_DATABASE=attendize DB_USERNAME=attendize_user DB_PASSWORD=your_password_here

4. Save the file and exit the text editor.

## Step 6: Run the Attendize Installer

1. Run the Attendize installer:

```php artisan app:install```

2. Follow the prompts to set up the event organizer account and finalize the installation.

## Step 7: Configure the Web Server

1. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Attendize:

```sudo nano /etc/apache2/vhosts.d/attendize.conf```

2. Add the following lines to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80> ServerName your_domain_here DocumentRoot /srv/www/htdocs/Attendize/public

<Directory /srv/www/htdocs/Attendize>
    AllowOverride All
    Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews
    Require all granted
</Directory>

ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/attendize_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/apache2/attendize_access.log combined

3. Save the file and exit the text editor.

4. Restart the Apache web server:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 8: Access the Attendize Web Interface

1. Open a web browser and navigate to:

http://your_domain_here

2. Log in using the credentials you created during the installation.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Attendize on OpenSUSE Latest.

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