How to Install Attendize on Pop!_OS Latest

Attendize is a free and open-source ticket selling and event management platform. It is a self-hosted solution that helps event organizers to successfully manage and sell tickets for their events. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Attendize on Pop!_OS.

Prerequisites

• A system running Pop!_OS.
• A non-root user account with sudo privileges.
• A LAMP stack installed.

Step 1 - Install Dependencies

Before we install Attendize, let's first install its dependencies.

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y git curl unzip php7.4-cli php7.4-curl php7.4-mbstring php7.4-xml php7.4-zip

Step 2 - Download Attendize

Now let's download the latest version of Attendize from its official website:

cd /var/www/html/
sudo curl -L https://github.com/Attendize/Attendize/releases/latest/download/attendize-x.x.x.zip -o attendize.zip

Note: Replace x.x.x with the latest version of Attendize.

Step 3 - Extract and Configure Attendize

After downloading the Attendize archive, extract it using the following command:

sudo unzip attendize.zip

Next, let's make the Attendize directory writable:

sudo chown www-data:www-data -R /var/www/html/attendize/
sudo chmod 775 -R /var/www/html/attendize/

Now create a new virtual host file for Attendize:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/attendize.conf

And add the following content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
    DocumentRoot /var/www/html/attendize/public

    <Directory /var/www/html/attendize/public>
        Options +FollowSymLinks -Indexes
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/attendize_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/attendize_access.log combined

</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file.

Now enable the virtual host:

sudo a2enmod rewrite
sudo a2ensite attendize.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2

Step 4 - Install Attendize

Open your web browser and go to http://your-server-ip/attendize/public/install. Follow the on-screen instructions to install Attendize.

Step 5 - Access Attendize

After the installation is complete, you can access Attendize by visiting http://your-server-ip/attendize/public.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Attendize on Pop!_OS. You can now use it to manage and sell tickets for your events.

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