First, ensure that your FreeBSD operating system is up to date. You can do this by running the following command:
pkg update && pkg upgrade
Install the required packages by running the command:
pkg install php74-lite nginx mysql57-server php74-mysqli php74-bcmath php74-exif php74-ftp php74-gd php74-gettext php74-imap php74-intl php74-json php74-mbstring php74-opcache php74-openssl php74-pdo_mysql php74-session php74-sockets
Next, you need to download the PictShare source code from the official website. Navigate to the following URL: https://www.pictshare.net/ and click the download button to get the latest version of PictShare.
Extract the downloaded archive by running the following command:
tar -xvf pictshare-X.X.X.tar.gz
Replace X.X.X with the version number of the PictShare you downloaded.
Then, move the extracted PictShare directory to the web server document root. In this tutorial, we will use /usr/local/www as the web server document root:
mv pictshare-X.X.X /usr/local/www/pictshare
Configure the database by running the following commands:
service mysql-server start
mysql_secure_installation
This will start the MySQL server and secure it by setting a root password and removing the anonymous user, as well as other security-related tasks.
Create a new database and user for PictShare in MySQL. You can use the following commands:
mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE pictshare;
CREATE USER 'pictshareuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON pictshare.* TO 'pictshareuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;
Replace password with a strong password of your choice.
Now, navigate to the PictShare directory and copy the sample configuration file:
cd /usr/local/www/pictshare/config
cp app.sample.ini app.ini
Edit the app.ini file to configure PictShare. You need to specify the database details, server details, and enable/disable features. Below is an example of how the configuration file should look like:
;Database configuration
db_host = "localhost"
db_name = "pictshare"
db_username = "pictshareuser"
db_password = "password"
;Server configuration
public_address = "http://localhost/pictshare"
pictures_folder_relative = "data"
pictures_folder_absolute = "/usr/local/www/pictshare/data"
allow_origins = "*"
expires_header_minutes = 60
meta_description = "PictShare is a multi lingual, open source image sharing application with an emphasis on privacy, security and scalability. This project is for everyone using open source software to keep control over their data."
debugging = 0
;Features
picture_annotate = true
picture_share = true
picture_resize = true
picture_convert = true
picture_upload = true
picture_remove = true
picture_edit = true
picture_rename = true
picture_report = true
picture_info = true
Finally, start the web server and check if PictShare is running by typing the following commands:
service nginx start
service php-fpm start
Navigate to http://<your-server-ip-or-domain>/pictshare on your web browser to access PictShare.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed and configured PictShare on FreeBSD. You can now start uploading and sharing images securely.
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