How to Install ImageStore on Elementary OS Latest

ImageStore is a web-based image hosting application that allows users to upload and share images with others. It is built using the Laravel PHP framework, Vue.js, and Bootstrap. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install ImageStore on Elementary OS Latest using the terminal.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you should have the following:

• A user account with sudo privileges on your Elementary OS system.
• Apache web server installed and running on your system.
• PHP version 7.3 or later with the necessary modules installed.

Step 1: Install Composer

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. It will be used to install dependencies for ImageStore. To install Composer, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install composer

Step 2: Download ImageStore

To download ImageStore, you can either clone the repository from GitHub or download the source code as a zip file. For this tutorial, we will clone the repository using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/gregordr/ImageStore.git

Step 3: Install Dependencies

Change your current directory to the root directory of the ImageStore project, then run the following command to install the necessary dependencies:

composer install --no-dev

Step 4: Configure Environment Variables

Copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

Next, generate a new application key using the following command:

php artisan key:generate

Update the .env file with your database connection information and other settings as necessary. For example:

APP_NAME=ImageStore
APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=base64:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
APP_DEBUG=false
APP_URL=http://localhost

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=imagestore
DB_USERNAME=imagestore
DB_PASSWORD=secret

Step 5: Create a Database

Create a MySQL or MariaDB database for ImageStore, then run the following command to create the necessary tables:

php artisan migrate --seed

Step 6: Configure Apache

Create a new virtual host configuration file for ImageStore in /etc/apache2/sites-available/, then enable the new site and disable the default site:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/imagestore.conf

Add the following configuration to the file:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName imagestore.local
    DocumentRoot /var/www/imagestore/public

    <Directory /var/www/imagestore/public>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
        AllowOverride All
        Order allow,deny
        allow from all
    </Directory>

    ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/imagestore_error.log
    CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/imagestore_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

Save and close the file, then enable the new site and disable the default site:

sudo a2ensite imagestore.conf
sudo a2dissite 000-default.conf

Restart Apache for the changes to take effect:

sudo systemctl restart apache2

Step 7: Access ImageStore

In your web browser, navigate to http://imagestore.local (or whatever domain you used) to access ImageStore. You should see the login page. Login with the default username and password:

Username: admin@example.com Password: password

After logging in, you can begin using ImageStore to upload and share images.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install ImageStore on Elementary OS Latest using the terminal. You also learned how to configure Apache to serve ImageStore and how to access ImageStore through your web browser.

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