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
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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')" -
Log in at the app URL with the admin account and set a password via Profile → Change Password.
Notes
- Indico is built for scientific and academic conferences — it supports abstracts, paper reviews, registration forms, and room booking
- The
secretKeyis auto-generated insecrets.yaml - Categories are the top-level containers; events and conferences belong to categories