Client Install

This is the subsection on installing Ticket Auction Manager on the client.

Prerequisites

A Docker or Podman supported Linux distribution running on bare metal (preferred) or within WSL.
Docker CE or Podman installed
- Docker Engine Install by Distro
- Podman Install by Distro
- On Fedora or Fedora Atomic, Podman can be enabled with two steps
  - sudo systemctl enable podman
  - sudo systemctl enable podman-restart
On Windows, Docker Desktop

Open a terminal emulator of your choice, create a directory to stage the installation, then navigate to it:

mkdir ~/tam3-client
cd ~/tam3-client

Download the latest version of tam3-client-full_... from the releases page using wget. Example using 0.2.0 below:

wget https://github.com/dbob16/tam3/releases/download/0.2.0/tam3-client-full_0.2.0.tar.gz

(To get the link for above, you can copy it by right-clicking, then Copy link. Then paste it into most terminal emulators by using Ctrl + Shift + V)

Extract the file by using the tar -xvzf tam3<Tab> (Using the Tab button can autocomplete in most consoles):

tar -xvzf tam3-client-full_0.2.0.tar.gz

Then using the two scripts, load and start the client:

./client-load.sh
./client-launch.sh

The client launch script will ask you a few questions to set it up.

Do you want to connect to a remote server? “y” for yes, “n” for no (without quotes).
Enter a short venue name: (Enter a short abbreviated or acronym’d event name)

(If you answered “y” (yes) to the remote server question above)

Enter the protocol, server host/ip, and port like “https://ip_or_host:8443” w/o quotes:
- As it says, either enter http://ip_or_host:8000 if you installed your server in plain text mode. Or https://ip_or_host:8443 if you installed it in secure mode.
Paste in (Ctrl + Shift + V on most terminal emulators) or enter the api key you generated for your server:
- The API key is to be generated using the generate_key.sh script on the server. Or it can be retrieved by computer name by using the list_keys.sh script on the server. You can highlight it, then copy it using Ctrl + Shift + C in most terminal emulators. Then paste into the window where you’re setting up your client using Ctrl + Shift + V.

Then once you’re done you can then open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost:8300/ to use it.