How to Install Photo Stream on FreeBSD

Photo Stream is an open-source self-hosted photo gallery that you can install on your own server. This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Photo Stream on FreeBSD latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Photo Stream, make sure you have the following items:

• A FreeBSD latest server
• A web server, such as Apache or Nginx, installed and configured
• PHP 7.1 or later installed and configured
• Composer installed

Step 1: Download Photo Stream

First, you need to download the Photo Stream source code from the GitHub repository. You can do this by running the following command:

git clone https://github.com/waschinski/photo-stream.git

This will download the Photo Stream source code to your current directory.

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Next, you need to install the dependencies required by Photo Stream. From the root directory of the Photo Stream source code, run the following command:

composer install

This will install all the dependencies required by Photo Stream.

Step 3: Configure Photo Stream

Before you can start using Photo Stream, you need to configure it. From the root directory of the Photo Stream source code, copy the .env.example file to .env:

cp .env.example .env

Then, open the .env file in your text editor of choice and update the necessary configuration options. For example, you need to configure the database settings, the base URL of your Photo Stream installation, and the location of your image upload directory.

Step 4: Set Permissions

Next, you need to set the appropriate permissions for the directories used by Photo Stream. From the root directory of the Photo Stream source code, run the following commands:

chmod -R 777 storage/
chmod -R 777 public/uploads/

These commands will give the appropriate permissions to the storage and public/uploads directories.

Step 5: Set Up the Database

You need to set up a database for Photo Stream. You can use any database of your choice, such as MySQL or SQLite. Here, we'll use PostgreSQL.

First, create a new PostgreSQL database:

createdb photostream

Then, create a new PostgreSQL user and grant it permissions to the new database:

createuser photostreamuser
psql -c "ALTER USER photostreamuser WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE photostream TO photostreamuser;"

Replace password with a strong password of your choice.

Next, import the database schema that Photo Stream uses:

psql photostream < database/schema.pgsql

Step 6: Start the Web Server

You can now start the web server and access Photo Stream using a web browser. Make sure your web server is configured properly and that it can access the Photo Stream source code directory.

For example, if you're using Nginx, create a new configuration file:

sudo vi /usr/local/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/photostream

Add the following configuration to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-domain.com;

    root /path/to/photo-stream/public;
    index index.php;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/photostream_error.log;

    location / {
        try_files $uri /index.php$is_args$args;
    }

    location ~ \.php$ {
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }
}

Replace your-domain.com with your domain name or IP address, and /path/to/photo-stream with the absolute path to your Photo Stream source code directory.

Then, restart Nginx:

sudo service nginx restart

You should now be able to access Photo Stream using a web browser at http://your-domain.com.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Photo Stream on FreeBSD latest. Now you can start using Photo Stream to manage your own self-hosted photo gallery. Enjoy!

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