PiGallery 2 is a web-based photo gallery software that can turn your home media server into a beautiful and interactive photo album. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install PiGallery 2 on Debian Latest.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following prerequisites fulfilled:
The first step is to install the PHP extensions required by PiGallery 2. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install php-imagick php-gd
Once the installation completes, restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Next, download the latest version of PiGallery 2 from the official website using the following command:
wget https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2/releases/download/vX.Y.Z/pigallery2-X.Y.Z.zip
Replace 'X.Y.Z' with the latest stable release version available.
Extract the downloaded zip file by running:
unzip pigallery2-X.Y.Z.zip
Move the extracted directory to your web root directory /var/www/html/:
sudo mv pigallery2 /var/www/html/
Change the ownership and permissions of the directory recursively:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pigallery2
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/pigallery2
Create a new MySQL/MariaDB database and user by running:
mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL/MariaDB root password when prompted.
CREATE DATABASE pigallery2;
CREATE USER 'pigallery2'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL ON pigallery2.* TO 'pigallery2'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choice.
Now, navigate to the pigallery2 directory and rename the config.sample.php file to config.php:
sudo mv config.sample.php config.php
Open the config.php file in a text editor and modify the following lines:
define('PIGALLEY_DATABASE_USER', 'pigallery2');
define('PIGALLEY_DATABASE_PASSWORD', 'password');
define('PIGALLEY_DATABASE_DATABASE', 'pigallery2');
Replace 'password' with the password you created for the pigallery2 user.
Save and close the file.
PiGallery 2 uses Apache URL Rewrite module to make clean URLs. To enable this module, run:
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Restart the Apache web server to apply the changes:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Now, you can access PiGallery 2 web interface by visiting the following URL in your web browser:
http://your_server_ip/pigallery2/
You will be redirected to the login page where you can enter the default username and password, which is 'admin' for both.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PiGallery 2 on your Debian Latest server. Now you can upload your photos and create beautiful galleries.
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