How to install IFM on Alpine Linux Latest?

IFM (Image File Manager) is a file manager that is designed to manage image files. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install IFM on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before you proceed with the steps below, you need to make sure that you have the following requirements:

• A computer running Alpine Linux Latest
• A user account with sudo privileges
• Internet access

Step 1: Update System

Start by updating your system to ensure that all installed packages are up-to-date:

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install Dependencies

IFM requires the following dependencies to be installed:

• apache2-utils
• git
• lighttpd

You can install them using the following command:

sudo apk add apache2-utils git lighttpd

Step 3: Clone the IFM Repository

Next, clone the IFM repository from Github:

git clone https://github.com/misterunknown/ifm.git /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ifm

Step 4: Configure Lighttpd

IFM uses Lighttpd as a web server, so you need to configure Lighttpd to point to the IFM directory. To do this, create a configuration file for Lighttpd:

sudo nano /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf

And add the following lines at the end of the file:

server.modules += ( "mod_auth" )

auth.backend = "htdigest"
auth.backend.htdigest.userfile = "/var/www/localhost/htdocs/ifm/.htpasswd"

auth.require = (
    "" => (
        "method" => "digest",
        "realm" => "IFM",
        "require" => "valid-user"
    )
)

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/ifm($|/)" {
   server.document-root = "/var/www/localhost/htdocs"
   dir-listing.activate = "enable"
}

$HTTP["url"] =~ "^/ifm($|/)(.*)$" {
   url.access-deny = ("")
}

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Create a Password

IFM requires a username and password to access the application. Therefore, you need to create a password for the user. Run the following command:

sudo htdigest -c /var/www/localhost/htdocs/ifm/.htpasswd IFM your_username

And replace 'your_username' with your desired username.

Step 6: Start Lighttpd

Start the Lighttpd service and enable it to start at boot:

sudo rc-update add lighttpd
sudo service lighttpd start

Step 7: Access IFM

You can now access IFM by opening a web browser and navigating to the following URL:

http://localhost/ifm/

Please note that, for security reasons, you should access IFM over HTTPS. To enable HTTPS, you need to configure Lighttpd to use SSL.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we showed you how to install IFM on Alpine Linux Latest. IFM is a powerful tool that can help you manage your image files.

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