How to Install UberGallery on OpenBSD

UberGallery is a user-friendly gallery plugin for websites that allows easy and fast customization of your image galleries. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing UberGallery on OpenBSD.

Prerequisites

Before installing UberGallery on your OpenBSD system, you need to have the following:

• OpenBSD system installed and configured
• nginx or apache web server installed and configured
• PHP 5.5 or above installed and configured with web server
• MySQL or another database server installed and configured

Step 1: Download and Extract UberGallery

Firstly, go to the UberGallery official site (https://www.ubergallery.net/) and download the latest stable release of the plugin. Once the download is complete, extract the package to the web server's directory. For instance, if you are using nginx, extract it to /usr/local/www/nginx/your-site/.

Step 2: Configure the Database

UberGallery needs a database to store images, categories, and other data. For the database, you can choose MySQL, PostgreSQL, or any other database server that you are comfortable with. For this tutorial, we will use MySQL.

1. Connect to the MySQL server using root credentials:

mysql -u root -p

2. Create a new database:

CREATE DATABASE ubergallery;

3. Create a new user and grant necessary privileges:

CREATE USER 'ubergallery'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON ubergallery.* TO 'ubergallery'@'localhost' WITH GRANT OPTION;

Step 3: Configure UberGallery

After extracting the UberGallery package and setting up the database, you will need to configure the plugin.

1. Copy config-sample.php to config.php in the root directory of the extracted package:

cp config-sample.php config.php

2. Open config.php in your favorite text editor and adjust the following settings:

• $config['database']['host']: the location of your database server. If it is running locally, use localhost.
• $config['database']['user']: the username of the user created in Step 2.
• $config['database']['pass']: the password for the user created in Step 2.
• $config['database']['name']: the name of the database created in Step 2.
• $config['base_dir']: the path to the directory where UberGallery is installed. For instance, if you installed it in /usr/local/www/nginx/your-site/, set it to /your-site/.
• $config['cache_dir']: the path to the cache directory. This directory must be writable by the web server.
• $config['thumbs_dir']: the path to the directory where thumbnails will be saved. This directory must be writable by the web server.

Step 4: Set Up a Virtual Host

To access UberGallery from your web browser, you need to set up a virtual host in your web server configuration. Here, we assume that you are using nginx.

1. Create a new nginx configuration file for UberGallery:

sudo nano /etc/nginx/sites-available/your-site.conf

2. Add the following configuration lines to the file:

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name your-site.com;
    root /usr/local/www/nginx/your-site;
    
    location / {
        index index.php;
        try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php?$args;
    }

    location ~ .php$ {
        include fastcgi_params;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_index index.php;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
    }

    location ~* .(js|css|png|jpg|jpeg|gif|ico|svg|woff|ttf|eot)$ {
        expires max;
        log_not_found off;
    }
}

3. Save and close the file.

4. Enable the configuration file:

sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/your-site.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/

5. Restart nginx to apply the changes:

sudo service nginx restart

Step 5: Access UberGallery

Now that UberGallery is installed and configured, you can access it from your web browser by visiting http://your-site.com/your-site/. You should see a page with sample galleries that come with the package.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install and configure UberGallery on OpenBSD. With UberGallery, you can easily create and manage image galleries for your website.

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