Photo Stream is a software to stream photos from your computer to your phone. It can be installed on Fedora CoreOS and here is how to do it:
Photo Stream is hosted on Github and you need to install Git to download the software. To install Git, run the following command in the terminal:
sudo dnf install git -y
Clone the Photo Stream repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/waschinski/photo-stream.git
Photo Stream relies on some dependencies. Install them by running the following command:
sudo dnf install nodejs npm GraphicsMagick -y
Navigate to the photo-stream directory that you cloned in Step 2:
cd photo-stream
Run the following command to install Photo Stream:
sudo npm install -g
Photo Stream needs to be configured before it can be used. Edit the configuration file by running the following command:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/photo-stream/config.json
Set up the configuration file according to your preferences. Save and exit the editor.
Start Photo Stream by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start photo-stream.service
Enable Photo Stream to start at boot by running the following command:
sudo systemctl enable photo-stream.service
Photo Stream communicates over the network and requires access through the firewall. Run the following command to allow access:
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service=photo-stream --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload
You have successfully installed and configured Photo Stream on your Fedora CoreOS Latest installation. You can now start streaming your photos from your computer to your phone.
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