Attendize is a free and open-source event ticketing and attendee management application. It is a great tool for event organizers who need to manage ticket sales, check-ins, and more. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Attendize on the latest version of nixOS.
Before getting started, make sure you have the following:
Before installing Attendize, it is important to ensure that the system is up to date. To do this, run the following command:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
To install Attendize on your nixOS system, you need to install a few required packages. These include PHP, Nginx, MariaDB, and others.
To install the required packages, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -iA nixos.mariadb nixos.nginx nixos.php nixos.php-fpm nixos.phpMyAdmin nixos.unzip
To download and install Attendize on your system, you need to perform the following steps:
Create a directory for your Attendize installation:
sudo mkdir -p /var/www/attendize
Change the ownership of the directory to your non-root user:
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /var/www/attendize
Download the latest version of Attendize:
cd /var/www/attendize
wget https://github.com/attendize/attendize/releases/download/v1.3.3/attendize-v1.3.3.zip
Extract the contents of the archive:
unzip attendize-v1.3.3.zip
Rename the Attendize directory:
mv attendize/* attendize/.htaccess .
rm -rf attendize
This will move all the files from the subdirectory "attendize" to the current directory.
To configure Nginx to serve Attendize, you need to create a new server block in Nginx configuration. You can do this by creating a new file in the nginx configuration directory:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/attendize
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com; # Replace with your domain name
root /var/www/attendize/public;
index index.php;
error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log;
access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$query_string;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/www.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Next, create a symbolic link to enable the newly created configuration:
sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/attendize /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/
Restart Nginx for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart nginx
Attendize uses a database to store attendees' information, ticket types, and other data. To create a database for your Attendize installation, follow the steps below:
Log in to the MariaDB server:
sudo mysql
Create a new database for Attendize:
MariaDB> CREATE DATABASE attendize;
Create a new user and grant privileges to the new database:
MariaDB> CREATE USER 'attendizeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
MariaDB> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON attendize.* TO 'attendizeuser'@'localhost';
MariaDB> FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Make sure to replace your_password with a strong and unique password for the new user.
Exit the MariaDB server:
MariaDB> exit;
Now that you have installed and configured all the necessary components, it's time to configure Attendize.
Copy the .env.example file to .env:
cd /var/www/attendize/
cp .env.example .env
Edit the .env file with your favorite text editor:
nano .env
Update the values in the following lines:
APP_URL=http://example.com # Replace with your domain name
DB_DATABASE=attendize
DB_USERNAME=attendizeuser
DB_PASSWORD=your_password # Replace with the password you set in Step 5
Save the file and exit the text editor.
Generate a new application key:
php artisan key:generate
Migrate the database:
php artisan migrate --force
This will create the necessary tables in the database.
Seed the database with initial data:
php artisan db:seed --force
This will create sample event organizers, users, and sample events.
You can now access Attendize by navigating to the URL http://example.com in your web browser (replace example.com with your domain name).
You should see the Attendize welcome screen. Login as the admin@attendize.com user with the password password.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Attendize on your nixOS system. You can now start creating your events and selling tickets.
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