Alf.io is an open-source event management software that helps you to manage events, ticket sales, and registrations. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install Alf.io on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before starting with the installation process, make sure you have:
First, we need to install the packages required to run Alf.io. Open the Terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y curl git apache2 mysql-server php7.4 php7.4-mysql php7.4-dom php7.4-mbstring php7.4-curl php7.4-zip php7.4-gd libapache2-mod-php7.4
This will update the package list and install the necessary packages.
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP that will help us to install and manage the required packages for Alf.io.
Run the following command in the Terminal to install Composer:
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Now we'll clone the Alf.io code from their official GitHub repository.
Navigate to the root directory of your server and run the following command:
sudo git clone https://github.com/alfio-event/alf.io.git
This will clone the Alf.io code to the root directory of your server.
Now we need to install the dependencies required to run Alf.io.
Navigate to the Alf.io directory by running the following command:
cd /alf.io
Next, run the following command to install the dependencies:
sudo composer install --no-dev
Next, we need to create a virtual host for Alf.io.
Run the following command to create a virtual host configuration file:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/alfio.conf
Add the following code to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
DocumentRoot /alf.io/public
<Directory /alf.io/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Make sure to replace "example.com" with your domain name.
Save and close the file by pressing "Ctrl + X", then "Y", then "Enter".
Now we need to enable the virtual host we just created. Run the following command:
sudo a2ensite alfio.conf
This will enable the virtual host.
Restart Apache by running the following command:
sudo service apache2 restart
We need to create a database and user for Alf.io to use.
Open the MySQL console by running the following command:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password when prompted.
Run the following commands to create a database and user:
CREATE DATABASE alfio;
CREATE USER 'alfio'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON alfio.* TO 'alfio'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Make sure to replace "password" with a strong password of your choice.
Now we need to configure Alf.io to use the database we just created.
Navigate to the Alf.io directory by running the following command:
cd /alfio
Run the following command to rename the ".env.example" file to ".env":
sudo mv .env.example .env
Open the ".env" file by running the following command:
sudo nano .env
Update the following lines in the file:
DB_DATABASE=alfio
DB_USERNAME=alfio
DB_PASSWORD=password
Save and close the file by pressing "Ctrl + X", then "Y", then "Enter".
Now we need to run the database migrations to create the required tables.
Run the following command in the Alf.io directory:
sudo php artisan migrate
Lastly, we need to generate an application key for Alf.io.
Run the following command in the Alf.io directory:
sudo php artisan key:generate
That's it! Now you can access Alf.io by going to your domain name in a web browser.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Alf.io on Ubuntu Server Latest!
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