How to Install Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on POP! OS Latest?

COD is a distribution maintained by the Drupal community that provides a complete system for the organization of conferences. It is built on top of Drupal 7 and specifically made for conference management. In this tutorial, we will explain how to install COD on POP! OS.

Prerequisites

Before we start the installation process, you will need to have the following:

• A running instance of POP! OS latest
• Command-line terminal
• Access to sudo permissions

Step 1: Update packages

Before installing any new software packages, it is always a good practice to update and upgrade the existing packages on your system.

On your terminal, run the following command:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Step 2: Install required packages

COD requires Apache, PHP, and MySQL to run. You can install all these packages using the following command:

sudo apt install apache2 mysql-server php php-mysql php-curl php-gd php-dev php-pear

Step 3: Create a database

COD uses MySQL as a database management system. In this step, we will create a database that COD can use.

To create a database, log in to the MySQL server as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Enter your MySQL root password when prompted. Then, execute the following commands to create a new COD database and user:

CREATE DATABASE cod;
CREATE USER 'coduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON cod.* TO 'coduser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace "password" with your preferred password.

Step 4: Download COD

You can download the COD package from the official website http://usecod.com/. Once you download it, extract the ZIP file.

unzip path/to/cod.zip -d /var/www/html/

Next, change the ownership of the COD directory to the webserver user:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/cod/

Step 5: Install COD

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost/cod/install.php. Follow the instructions on the screen to install COD.

When prompted to provide the database credentials, enter the following details:

• Database name: cod
• Database username: coduser
• Database password: password
• Database host: localhost

Step 6: Configure COD

COD comes with default configuration settings. You can modify the settings by going to the COD admin dashboard.

Open your browser and navigate to http://localhost/cod. Login with the credentials you provided during the installation process.

From the COD dashboard, you can configure your conference settings, add speakers, and schedule your sessions.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have explained how to install COD on POP! OS latest. You can now use COD to manage your conferences with ease.

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