How to Install Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on Ubuntu Server Latest

Introduction

Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) is an all-in-one package for conference organizers, built on top of Drupal. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of setting up COD on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

• A server running Ubuntu Server Latest.
• A user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before installing COD, you need to make sure that your system has all the required packages installed. Here is the command to install them:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2 php php-mysql mysql-server libapache2-mod-php php-gd php-xml php-mbstring php-pear libyaml-dev libapache2-mod-auth-mysql rar unrar git npm -y

Step 2: Download COD

First, navigate to the directory where you want to install COD. In this tutorial, we will use /var/www/html. Then, clone the COD repository from GitHub:

sudo git clone https://github.com/usecod/cod.git /var/www/html/cod

Step 3: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. COD uses Composer to manage its dependencies. To install Composer, run the following commands:

cd /tmp
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o composer-setup.php
sudo php composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer

Step 4: Install Dependencies

Now that Composer is installed, navigate to the COD directory and install the dependencies:

cd /var/www/html/cod
sudo composer install

Step 5: Configure Database

COD requires a database to function. First, create a new database named "cod":

sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE cod;
exit

Then, create a new user and grant the necessary privileges:

sudo mysql -u root -p
GRANT ALL ON cod.* TO 'coduser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
exit

Replace "password" with a strong password of your choice. Remember this password as you will need it later in the installation process.

Step 6: Configure Apache

Create a new Apache virtual host for COD:

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

Paste the following code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
   ServerAdmin webmaster@localhost
   ServerName localhost
   ServerAlias localhost
   DocumentRoot /var/www/html/cod/web/
   <Directory /var/www/html/cod/web/>
           Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
           AllowOverride All
           Order allow,deny
           allow from all
   </Directory>
   ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
   CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file. Then, enable the new virtual host:

sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf
sudo a2ensite cod.conf
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Install COD

Now it's time to install COD. Navigate to the COD directory and run the installation command:

cd /var/www/html/cod
php ./vendor/bin/drush site-install cod --account-name=admin --account-pass=password --db-url=mysql://coduser:[PASSWORD]@localhost/cod

Replace "[PASSWORD]" with the password you set for the "coduser" MySQL user in Step 5. Replace "password" in "--account-pass=password" with a strong password of your choice. Remember this password as it will be used to log in to COD.

Once the installation is complete, navigate to http://localhost in your web browser to access COD.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install and configure Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now use COD to manage your conference events and attendees.

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