PictShare is a free, self-hosted image sharing platform that allows users to upload, manage, and share their photos and images in a secure way. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install PictShare on your Elementary OS latest.
Before we start the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
First, you need to install Apache, PHP, and MySQL on your server. You can install them using the following command:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install apache2 php mysql-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php
Now that you have installed MySQL, you need to create a database for PictShare. To do this, follow the below steps.
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE pictsharedb;
CREATE USER 'pictshareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pictsharedb.* TO 'pictshareuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Make sure to replace the database name and user information with your preferred details. Also, set a strong password for the PictShare user.
You can download the PictShare installation package using the following command:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/chrisiaut/pictshare.git pictshare
To configure PictShare, you need to edit the "config.php" file located in the "pictshare" directory.
cd /var/www/html/pictshare
sudo cp config.php.sample config.php
sudo nano config.php
In the "config.php" file, you need to set the following parameters:
define('MYSQL_PASS', 'password'); // set the password you set for the MySQL user
define('MYSQL_USER', 'pictshareuser'); // set the MySQL user you created
define('MYSQL_DATABASE', 'pictsharedb'); // set the MySQL database name
define('MYSQL_HOST', 'localhost'); // set the MySQL host
define('UPLOAD_DIR', '/var/www/html/pictshare/uploads'); // set the directory for uploaded images
define('BASE_URL', 'https://yourdomain.com/pictshare/'); // set the URL of PictShare installation
define('SHAREX_DOMAINS', ['yourdomain.com', 'localhost']); // set the allowed domains
Save and exit the file.
Now you need to set the appropriate permissions for the PictShare directory and the upload directory.
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pictshare
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/pictshare
sudo mkdir /var/www/html/pictshare/uploads
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/pictshare/uploads
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/pictshare/uploads
Once you have made all the above configurations, you need to restart Apache using the following command:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
You can now access PictShare by navigating to the following URL in your web browser:
https://yourdomain.com/pictshare/
If you have completed all the steps correctly, you should be able to access the PictShare installation page.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PictShare on your Elementary OS latest server. Now you can upload, manage, and share your images and photos securely with PictShare.
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