Gossa is a self-hosted photo album that allows you to share your pictures with others in a simple and secure way. In this tutorial, we will go through the steps required to install Gossa on Arch Linux.
Before we begin, there are a few prerequisites that you need to have in place:
git installed on your systemgo installed on your systemimagemagick installed on your systemFirst, we need to clone the Gossa repository from GitHub. To do that, open a terminal and run the following command:
git clone https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa.git
This will clone the repository into a local directory named gossa.
Once you have cloned the repository, navigate to the gossa directory and run the following command to build and install Gossa:
cd gossa
sudo make install
This will build Gossa and install it on your system.
Now that you have installed Gossa, we need to configure it to work with your photo collection. To do that, navigate to the /etc/gossa directory and edit the config.toml file:
sudo vi /etc/gossa/config.toml
In the config.toml file, you can set the path to your photo directory, configure the server's port, and set up authentication. Make the necessary changes, save the file, and exit.
Once you have configured Gossa, you can start the server by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start gossa.service
This will start the Gossa server and make your photo collection available to the public.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured Gossa on your Arch Linux system. You can now enjoy sharing your photo collection with others in a simple and secure way.
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