How to Install Lychee on NetBSD

Lychee is an open-source and free PHP photo management tool used to upload, edit, and share photos online. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Lychee on NetBSD.

Prerequisites

Before starting, ensure that you have the following:

• A NetBSD server with root access
• A web server (e.g., Apache or Nginx) installed and configured on the server
• PHP and its extensions enabled
• A MariaDB/MySQL database installed and running

Step 1: Download Lychee

First, download the Lychee package by executing the following command:

$ cd /var/www/
$ git clone https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee.git lychee

This will download Lychee's source code from its official repository on Github.

Step 2: Install Lychee

Next, give ownership of the lychee directory to the web server user.

$ chown -R www:www /var/www/lychee/

Now, create a virtual host for lychee by creating a configuration file for Apache or Nginx.

For Apache, create a virtual host file:

$ nano /usr/pkg/etc/httpd/conf/lychee.conf

Add the following code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName lychee.example.com
    DocumentRoot "/var/www/lychee"
    ErrorLog "/var/www/logs/lychee_error.log"
    CustomLog "/var/www/logs/lychee_access.log" combined

    <Directory "/var/www/lychee">
        Options FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride All
        Require all granted
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

For Nginx, create a virtual host file:

$ nano /usr/pkg/etc/nginx/lychee.conf

Add the following code:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name lychee.example.com;
    root /var/www/lychee;
    index index.php index.html index.htm;

    access_log /var/log/nginx/lychee.access.log;
    error_log /var/log/nginx/lychee.error.log;

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

    location ~ \.php$ {
        include fastcgi.conf;
        fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_NAME $fastcgi_script_name;
    }
}

Once you have created the virtual host file, save and close it.

Next, restart your web server to apply the changes made:

For Apache:

$ apachectl restart

For Nginx:

$ systemctl restart nginx

Step 3: Configure Lychee

Navigate to the Lychee directory:

$ cd /var/www/lychee

Now, copy the "data/" directory to "/var/www/".

$ cp -R data/ /var/www/

Lychee needs to be configured to use the MariaDB/MySQL database. Use your preferred text editor to open the config.php file.

$ nano /var/www/lychee/data/config.php

Update the following variables with your MariaDB/MySQL database credentials:

$dbHost = 'localhost'; //hostname
$dbUser = 'user'; //database user
$dbPassword = 'password'; //password
$dbName = 'lychee'; //database name

Once you have made the changes, save and close the file.

Step 4: Access Lychee

You can now access Lychee through your web browser by visiting lychee.example.com (your virtual host's domain name).

You can create a Lychee account by clicking on the "Sign up" button on the login page.

After you have created a Lychee account, you can start uploading images and managing them through the web interface.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Lychee on NetBSD.

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