Organizr is a web-based front-end for Plex, Emby, Sonarr, Radarr, and other media management software. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Organizr on the latest version of Debian.
Before starting the installation process, you need:
The first step is to update the Debian system to ensure that all packages are up to date. Open the terminal, and execute the following commands:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Organizr requires the following dependencies to be installed before the actual installation:
Use the below command to install all of these in one go.
sudo apt install apache2 php-curl php7.4-mysql mariadb-server git -y
Organizr requires a database to store all its data. You can either install MariaDB or MySQL or PostgreSQL, and use the below commands to start the database server and secure the installation.
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Enter root as the password.
sudo mysql
Create the Organizr database.
CREATE DATABASE organicdb;
Create a new user and grant permissions.
CREATE USER 'organicuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON organicdb.* TO 'organicuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Clone the Organizr source code from GitHub to the Apache document root in /var/www/.
cd /var/www/
sudo git clone https://github.com/causefx/Organizr
Change the file permission.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/Organizr
Restart the Apache server to apply the changes.
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open the web browser and access the Organizr installation page by navigating to http://your-server-IP/Organizr/install
Accept the terms and conditions.
Provide the database, user, and password details.
Click on "Verify Database Connection" and then click "Install" button.
Once the installation process is completed, navigate to http://your-server-IP/Organizr/, and log in with your Organizr credentials.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install Organizr on Debian latest. Organizr is a powerful tool that provides a web-based front-end to manage media content. You can now start using Organizr to manage all your media collection.
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