How to Install Alf.io on Windows 10

Alf.io is an open-source event management and registration platform. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Alf.io on a Windows 10 machine.

Prerequisites

• A Windows 10 machine with administrator privileges.
• PHP 7.2 or higher with some extensions enabled (e.g., JSON, MySQLi, GD, etc.).
• MySQL 5.7 or higher
• Composer

Step 1: Download Alf.io

• Download the latest version of Alf.io from their official website here: https://alf.io/download/
• Extract the downloaded zip file to a directory of your choice.

Step 2: Create a MySQL Database

• Open the MySQL command prompt and create a new database with the following command:

CREATE DATABASE alfiodb CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

• Replace 'alfiodb' with your preferred database name.

Step 3: Configure Alf.io with the Database

• Navigate to the extracted alf.io folder and open the app/config/parameters.yml file.
• Replace the default database settings with your MySQL details. It should look something like this:

parameters:
    database_driver: pdo_mysql
    database_host: 127.0.0.1 # MySQL hostname
    database_port: null
    database_name: alfiodb # Your MySQL database name
    database_user: root # MySQL username
    database_password: '' # MySQL password
    mailer_transport: smtp
    mailer_host: 127.0.0.1
    mailer_user: null
    mailer_password: null
    locale: en
    secret: ThisTokenIsNotSoSecretChangeIt

Step 4: Install Dependencies

• Open a terminal window in the Alf.io folder and run the command composer install.
• Wait for Composer to install all the required dependencies.

Step 5: Setup Alf.io

• In the same terminal window, run the following command to initialize the database:

php bin/console doctrine:schema:update --force

• This creates the required tables in the database.

• Run the following command to create an administrator user:

php bin/console fos:user:create adminuser admin@example.com password --super-admin

• Replace adminuser, admin@example.com and password with your preferred details.

Step 6: Run Alf.io

• Finally, start the server by running the following command in the terminal window:

php bin/console server:run

• This starts the server at http://localhost:8000.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed Alf.io on our Windows 10 machine. You can now access and use Alf.io by visiting the server URL on your web browser.

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