In this tutorial, we will be installing ImageStore, an open-source image hosting service, on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before starting, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:
The first step is to clone the ImageStore repository from GitHub using the following command:
git clone https://github.com/gregordr/ImageStore.git
This will clone the ImageStore repository to your local system.
ImageStore requires some packages to be installed on your system. To install these packages, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install python3 python3-pip python3-dev python3-mysqldb libjpeg-dev
Next, we need to create a MySQL database for ImageStore. To create a database and a user with all privileges, run the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your MySQL root password, then execute the following commands in the MySQL shell:
CREATE DATABASE imagestore;
CREATE USER 'imagestore'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON imagestore.* TO 'imagestore'@'%';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace "password" with a strong password for the imagestore user.
ImageStore comes with a default configuration file that we need to edit to match our requirements. Open the configuration file using the following command:
nano ImageStore/imagestore/config.py
In this file, find the following lines:
MYSQL_USER = 'imagestore'
MYSQL_PASSWORD = 'imagestore'
MYSQL_DB = 'imagestore'
MYSQL_PORT = 3306
Change the values of these parameters based on your MySQL database settings.
ImageStore requires some Python dependencies to be installed. To install them, run the following command:
sudo pip3 install -r requirements.txt
This will install all the required dependencies.
To launch the ImageStore server, run the following command:
python3 run.py
This will start the ImageStore server on port 5000.
You can now access ImageStore by visiting your server's IP address in your web browser. For example, if your server's IP address is 192.168.0.100, you can access ImageStore by visiting http://192.168.0.100:5000/.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ImageStore on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now start using ImageStore to host your images.
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