How to Install Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on macOS

Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) is an open-source platform that helps manage conferences and events. In this tutorial, we will walk through installing COD on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we start, we need to make sure we have the following prerequisites:

• Homebrew: COD is installed using Homebrew, so we need to ensure that we have Homebrew installed on our system. If you do not have Homebrew installed, you can install it by running the following command in your terminal:

/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)"

Installation

Now that we have our prerequisites installed, we can start installing COD. Here are the steps to follow:

1. Open your terminal and run the following command to add the COD tap to Homebrew:

brew tap usecod/homebrew-cod

2. Once the tap is added, install COD by running the following command:

brew update && brew install cod

3. Once the installation is complete, you can validate that the installation was successful by running the following command:

cod version

This command should output the current version of COD that is installed on your system.

Running COD

Now that COD is installed, you can start using it to manage your conferences and events. Before you start, however, you will need to set up your database.

1. You can set up a PostgreSQL database by running the following command:

brew install postgresql

2. Once installed, you can start PostgreSQL by running the following command:

brew services start postgresql

3. You will also need to create a database for COD. To do this, run the following command:

createdb cod-db

4. Finally, you can start COD by running the following command:

cod start

Conclusion

That's it! You now have a working installation of Conference Organizing Distribution (COD) on your macOS system. You can start using COD to manage your conferences and events.

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