PiGallery 2 is a web-based photo gallery that can be installed on a Clear Linux Latest system. In this tutorial, we'll go through the steps to install PiGallery 2 on Clear Linux Latest.
Before installing PiGallery 2, it's important to update the system to the latest available packages.
sudo swupd update
sudo swupd bundle-add package-utils
This will update the system and install the package-utils bundle which will provide the 'grep' and 'awk' commands we'll need later on.
Next, you'll need to install the following packages:
sudo swupd bundle-add nginx php basic-dev
The packages will be installed using the Clear Linux package manager.
You can download the latest release of PiGallery 2 from GitHub, or use the following command to download the latest version directly from the command line:
curl -L https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/releases/latest/download/pigallery2.zip -o pigallery2.zip
Once downloaded, extract the zip file to the /srv/ directory:
sudo unzip pigallery2.zip -d /srv/
sudo mv /srv/pigallery2-* /srv/pigallery2
Use the following commands to open the configuration file for Nginx:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
Add the following block of code just before the closing } of the http block:
server {
listen 80;
server_name localhost;
location / {
root /srv/pigallery2;
index index.html index.htm index.php;
}
location /api/ {
root /srv/pigallery2;
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm.sock;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root/api.php;
include fastcgi_params;
}
location /masonry/ {
root /srv/pigallery2/vendor/commercial/masonry/dist;
}
error_page 404 /404.html;
location = /40x.html {
}
error_page 500 502 503 504 /50x.html;
location = /50x.html {
}
}
Save and exit the file by pressing Ctrl + X. You'll need to verify Nginx's configuration before you can use it.
sudo nginx -t
sudo systemctl restart nginx
sudo systemctl enable nginx
sudo systemctl status nginx
Make sure PHP-FPM is configured to listen on a socket by using the following commands:
sudo sed -i 's/listen = 127.0.0.1:9000/listen = \/run\/php-fpm.sock/' /etc/php-fpm.d/www.conf
sudo systemctl restart php-fpm
sudo systemctl enable php-fpm
sudo systemctl status php-fpm
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/ to access PiGallery 2. You should see a message that says "No albums found" since you haven't uploaded any photos yet.
You can upload photos to the gallery by copying them to the /srv/pigallery2/gallery/ directory.
Congratulations! You've successfully installed PiGallery 2 on Clear Linux Latest.
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