Indico

Indico is a feature-rich open-source conference and event management system, developed by CERN.

Dependencies

PostgreSQL - Database for storing events, registrations, and abstracts
Redis - Used for caching and background job queuing
SMTP - For sending registration confirmations and notifications

Configuration

Key settings in config.yaml:

domain - Where Indico will be accessible
storage - Persistent volume size for uploaded files (default: 2Gi)
timezone - Default timezone for events (default: UTC)
smtp - Email settings inherited from your Wild Cloud SMTP service

First-Time Setup

Add and deploy the app:

wild app add indico
wild app deploy indico

Create the admin user via the Indico shell:

kubectl exec -n indico deploy/indico -- indico shell -c \
  "from indico.modules.users.operations import create_user; \
   from indico.core.db import db; \
   u = create_user('admin@example.com', {'first_name': 'Admin', 'last_name': 'User', 'affiliation': ''}, is_admin=True); \
   db.session.commit(); print('Done')"

Notes

Indico is built for scientific and academic conferences — it supports abstracts, paper reviews, registration forms, and room booking
The secretKey is auto-generated in secrets.yaml
Categories are the top-level containers; events and conferences belong to categories