Coppermine is a free, open-source, and fully featured photo gallery software that allows you to create and manage your photo galleries on your website. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Coppermine on OpenBSD.
Visit the official Coppermine website and download the latest version of Coppermine. You can download the source code in a .tar.gz archive format. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download it using the terminal:
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/files/coppermine/2.3.1/cpg1.5.48.tar.gz/download -O cpg1.5.48.tar.gz
If you have not already installed Apache, use the following command to install it:
sudo pkg_add apache-httpd
Use the following command to install PHP on your OpenBSD server:
sudo pkg_add php
Use the following command to install MySQL on your OpenBSD server:
sudo pkg_add mysql-server
Set the MySQL root password when prompted.
Extract the downloaded Coppermine tarball using the following command:
tar -xvf cpg1.5.48.tar.gz
Log in to your MySQL database using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Coppermine using the following command:
CREATE DATABASE coppermine;
Create a new user for Coppermine and grant all permissions on the newly created database using the following command:
CREATE USER 'cpg_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON coppermine.* TO 'cpg_user'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Exit the MySQL prompt using the following command:
exit
Navigate to the coppermine directory in your terminal:
cd coppermine
Copy the include/config.inc.php.dist file to include/config.inc.php:
cp include/config.inc.php.dist include/config.inc.php
Edit the include/config.inc.php file using your preferred text editor and update the following lines with the appropriate values:
$CONFIG['dbserver'] = 'localhost';
$CONFIG['dbuser'] = 'cpg_user';
$CONFIG['dbpass'] = 'password';
$CONFIG['dbname'] = 'coppermine';
$CONFIG['TABLE_PREFIX'] = 'cpg15x_';
Save and exit the file.
Create the required directories and set the necessary permissions using the following command:
sudo chown -R _www:daemon albums userpics themes cache
sudo chmod -R 777 albums userpics themes cache
Create a new Apache configuration file for Coppermine using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.modules.d/coppermine.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<Directory "/var/www/htdocs/coppermine">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
Save and exit the file.
Restart the Apache web server using the following command:
sudo rcctl restart apache
You can now access the Coppermine web interface by navigating to http://<your-server-ip>/coppermine in your web browser.
You have successfully installed and configured Coppermine on your OpenBSD server. You can now start creating and managing your photo galleries using the Coppermine web interface.
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