How to Install Gossa on NetBSD

Gossa is an open-source, self-hosted photo gallery software designed to run on a wide range of operating systems, including NetBSD. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing and setting up Gossa on your NetBSD system.

Prerequisites

Before we start, please ensure that you have the following:

• A NetBSD VPS or dedicated server with root access.
• An SSH client such as PuTTY installed on your local machine.

Step 1: Installing Required Packages

First, update your NetBSD system to ensure that you have the latest packages installed:

pkgin update

Next, install the required packages for Gossa:

pkgin install go git

Step 2: Cloning Gossa Repository

Next, clone the Gossa repository from GitHub using the following command:

git clone https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa.git

This will download the Gossa source code to your local machine.

Step 3: Building Gossa

Change to the Gossa directory:

cd gossa

Now, build the executable file using the following command:

go build -o gossa

This will create an executable file named gossa in the current directory.

Step 4: Configuring Gossa

Next, create a configuration file for Gossa using the following command:

cp config.toml.example config.toml

Then, open the config.toml file using your preferred text editor, and modify the following settings according to your needs:

[server]
# The IP address and port number for Gossa to listen on.
# By default, Gossa listens on all available network interfaces on port 8080.
addr = "0.0.0.0:8080"

# The URL path for Gossa to serve content from.
# This should be set to the root URL path, unless you're running Gossa as a subdirectory.
rootPath = "/"

# The path to the directory containing the photos that you want to serve.
photoPath = "/path/to/photos"

# The URL path to the directory containing the photos that you want to serve.
photoURL = "/photos"

# The URL path to the directory containing static files (CSS, fonts, etc.).
staticURL = "/static"

# The directory containing the templates for Gossa's web interface.
templateDir = "templates"

Make sure that you specify the correct paths to your photos and template directories.

Step 5: Starting Gossa

Finally, start Gossa using the following command:

./gossa

This will start Gossa and listen for incoming connections on the specified IP address and port number.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Gossa on your NetBSD system. You can now access the Gossa web interface by navigating to the IP address and port number that you specified in the config.toml file. You can upload photos, organize them into albums, and share your gallery with your friends and family.

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