PiGallery 2 is a lightweight photo gallery management system written in PHP. It is a great alternative to the traditional image gallery applications out there. This tutorial will cover the steps needed to install PiGallery 2 on FreeBSD Latest.
Before we begin, we need to ensure that we have the following prerequisites installed on your FreeBSD system:
To install all the necessary packages, run the following command:
sudo pkg install apache24 php74 php74-mysqli php74-mbstring mysql57-server git composer
We need to download PiGallery 2 from GitHub. To do so, run the following Git command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/bpatrik/pigallery2.git
This command will clone the repository to your home directory.
Run the following Composer command to install PiGallery 2 dependencies:
composer install
This command will install all the necessary dependencies required by PiGallery 2.
We need to configure Apache to serve the PiGallery 2 application.
Open the Apache configuration file using your preferred text editor:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/httpd.conf
Uncomment the following lines:
LoadModule rewrite_module libexec/apache24/mod_rewrite.so
LoadModule php7_module libexec/apache24/libphp7.so
Save and exit the file.
Create a new file named pigallery2.conf in the following directory:
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/apache24/Includes
Insert the following configuration code:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot /path/to/pigallery2
ServerName example.com
<Directory /path/to/pigallery2>
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd-error.log
TransferLog /var/log/httpd-access.log
</VirtualHost>
Replace /path/to/pigallery2 with your actual PiGallery 2 installation path, and example.com with your domain name.
Save and exit the file.
Restart Apache to apply the changes:
sudo service apache24 restart
Log in to MySQL as root:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for PiGallery 2:
CREATE DATABASE pigallery2;
Create a new MySQL user and grant all privileges to the newly created database:
CREATE USER 'pigallery2user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pigallery2.* TO 'pigallery2user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Exit MySQL:
exit
Copy the sample configuration file:
cp config.example.php config.php
Open the configuration file using your preferred text editor:
nano config.php
Change the database settings to match the MySQL database information you created earlier:
'host' => 'localhost',
'username' => 'pigallery2user',
'password' => 'password',
'database' => 'pigallery2',
Replace password with the password you created in step 5.
Save and exit the file.
Create a new directory named galleries in the following directory:
mkdir /path/to/pigallery2/galleries
Replace /path/to/pigallery2 with your actual PiGallery 2 installation path.
Navigate to the PiGallery 2 directory:
cd /path/to/pigallery2
Run the following command to create a new symlink:
ln -s /path/to/pigallery2/galleries galleries
Set the correct file permissions for the PiGallery 2 files and directories:
sudo chown -R www:www /path/to/pigallery2
sudo chmod -R 755 /path/to/pigallery2
Replace /path/to/pigallery2 with your actual PiGallery 2 installation path.
Open your web browser and go to your configured domain and path for PiGallery 2. For example:
http://example.com/pigallery2
If everything is configured correctly, you should be able to log in to PiGallery 2 using the default username admin and password password.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed PiGallery 2 on FreeBSD Latest. You can now start uploading your photos and create your own photo galleries.
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