Gossa is an open-source photo album generator that allows users to create collections of photos and share them with others. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Gossa on Clear Linux.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, you will need to have the following requirements:
The first step in installing Gossa on Clear Linux is to install the dependencies required by the application. Run the following command to install the required dependencies:
sudo swupd bundle-add nginx php php-fpm php-pgsql postgresql
Next, we need to download the Gossa application from Github. Run the following command to clone the Gossa repository:
git clone https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa.git
Once you have cloned the repository, navigate to the gossa directory using the following command:
cd gossa
You will find a file called config.sample.php in the gossa directory. Rename it to config.php using the following command:
mv config.sample.php config.php
We need to install the dependencies required by Gossa. Run the following command to install composer:
sudo php -r "readfile('https://getcomposer.org/installer');" | sudo php -- --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
Next, we need to install the dependencies using Composer. Run the following command to install Composer dependecies:
composer install
You need to configure the Gossa application depending on how you want to use it. Open the config.php file using the following command:
nano config.php
Edit the configuration file as per your requirements.
To serve Gossa, we will be using Nginx. Create a file called gossa.conf in the /etc/nginx/conf.d/ directory using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/gossa.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
server {
listen 80;
server_name example.com;
root /path/to/gossa;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri /index.php?$args;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
fastcgi_param PATH_INFO $fastcgi_path_info;
}
}
Replace the example.com with your domain name and the /path/to/gossa with the absolute path to your Gossa directory.
Save and close the file.
We need to create a database for Gossa. Run the following command to log in to PostgreSQL:
sudo -u postgres psql
Once you are logged in, create a database using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE dbname;
Replace dbname with the name of the database that you want to create.
Next, create a user for the database using the following command:
CREATE USER username WITH PASSWORD 'password';
Replace username with the name of the user that you want to create and password with the password for the user.
Finally, give the user access to the database using the following command:
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE dbname TO username;
Replace dbname and username with your created database and user.
That's it! You have successfully installed Gossa on Clear Linux.
To access Gossa, navigate to your domain name in your web browser. You should see the Gossa login screen.
Enter your username and password to login to Gossa.
Congratulations, You have now installed Gossa on Clear Linux.
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