How to install Gossa on Arch Linux

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.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, there are a few prerequisites that you need to have in place:

  1. A running instance of Arch Linux
  2. git installed on your system
  3. go installed on your system
  4. imagemagick installed on your system

Step 1 - Clone the Gossa repository

First, 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.

Step 2 - Build and install 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.

Step 3 - Configure Gossa

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.

Step 4 - Start the Gossa server

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.

Conclusion

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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