Installing Quru Image Server on Alpine Linux

Quru Image Server is a high-performance digital image server that provides on-demand image processing and caching. In this tutorial, we will cover the steps to install Quru Image Server on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Quru Image Server, you need to have the following prerequisites:

• A server running Alpine Linux Latest
• Root access or a privileged user account with sudo access

Step 1: Update the system

Before starting the installation process, update the system to the latest packages.

sudo apk update && sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install required packages

Quru Image Server requires some essential packages to be installed. Run the following command to install them.

sudo apk add --update nodejs npm libjpeg-turbo-dev zlib-dev autoconf automake libtool pkgconfig nasm

Step 3: Clone Quru Image Server from GitHub

We need to clone the Quru Image Server repository from GitHub to install it. Run the following command to clone the repository.

git clone https://github.com/QuruImageServer/qis.git

Step 4: Install Quru Image Server

Now, we can install the Quru Image Server using npm.

cd qis
sudo npm install --production

Step 5: Configure Quru Image Server

After installation, we need to configure the Quru Image Server according to our requirements. To do this, we need to create a configuration file named config.json in the config directory.

cd config
sudo cp config-example.json config.json
sudo nano config.json

Edit the config.json file according to your requirements. Save and close the file.

Step 6: Start Quru Image Server

After configuring the Quru Image Server, start the server using the following command.

cd ..
sudo npm start

Step 7: Test Quru Image Server

After starting the server, open your web browser and visit the following URL to test the Quru Image Server.

http://localhost:3000/qis/test

If everything is set up correctly, you will see a test image generated by the Quru Image Server.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have covered the steps to install and configure Quru Image Server on Alpine Linux Latest. Quru Image Server is a powerful image server that can help you to manage and process digital images with ease.

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