Pretix is a web-based ticketing system for events and conferences. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Pretix on nixOS. NixOS is a Linux-based operating system that uses a functional package manager called Nix.
Before installing Pretix, ensure that:
Pretix requires PostgreSQL as a database. To install PostgreSQL on nixOS, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i postgresql
Create a PostgreSQL user and database for Pretix by running the following commands:
sudo su - postgres
createuser -P pretix
createdb -O pretix pretix
exit
Install Python and Virtualenv using the command below:
sudo nix-env -i python3 virtualenv
Download Pretix using the following command:
curl -L https://github.com/pretix/pretix/archive/3.14.0.tar.gz -o pretix.tar.gz
Extract Pretix by running the following command:
tar xzf pretix.tar.gz
Navigate to the Pretix folder and create a virtual environment using the command below:
cd pretix-3.14.0
virtualenv -p python3 venv
Activate the virtual environment using the command below:
source venv/bin/activate
Install Pretix dependencies by running the following command:
pip install -r requirements.txt
Create a configuration file using the following command:
cp src/pretix/settings.py.dist src/pretix/settings.py
Then, open the configuration file using your favorite text editor:
nano src/pretix/settings.py
Update the following lines in the configuration file with your PostgreSQL credentials:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql',
'NAME': 'pretix',
'USER': 'pretix',
'PASSWORD': '<password>',
'HOST': '127.0.0.1',
'PORT': '5432',
}
}
Replace <password>
with the password you provided in step 2.
Create the Pretix database tables by running the following command:
python manage.py migrate
Start the Pretix web server using the command below:
python manage.py runserver
Open your web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8000/
. You should see the Pretix homepage.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Pretix on nixOS. You can now start creating events and selling tickets.
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