This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Lychee, an open-source photo management and sharing platform, on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Lychee requires a web server with PHP and a MySQL database. You can install these components together with the following command:
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
Note that the caret (^) at the end of the command is intentional and required.
Go to the Lychee website (https://lycheeorg.github.io/) and download the latest version of the software. Once the download is complete, extract the files into the document root directory of your web server:
cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/archive/master.zip
sudo unzip master.zip
sudo mv Lychee-master lychee
Change the ownership of the lychee directory to the Apache2 user:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/lychee/
Log in to your MySQL server as the root user:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Create a new database for Lychee and a user with the appropriate permissions:
CREATE DATABASE lychee;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lychee.* TO 'lychee_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;
Replace your_password_here with a strong password of your choice. Make sure to remember this password as you will need it in the next step.
Edit the configuration file data/config.php with your text editor of choice:
sudo nano /var/www/html/lychee/data/config.php
Find the section labeled Database settings and update the following lines with the database name, username, and password from the previous step:
$dbHost = 'localhost';
$dbUser = 'lychee_user';
$dbPassword = 'your_password_here';
$dbName = 'lychee';
Save and close the file.
By default, Ubuntu Server blocks incoming traffic to your web server. To allow traffic on port 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS), use the following commands:
sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
sudo ufw allow 443/tcp
Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name:
http://your_ip_address/lychee
You will be prompted to create an administrator account and to choose a location for your photos. Follow the prompts and you're done!
In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Lychee on Ubuntu Server Latest. You should now have a working installation of Lychee and be able to manage and share photos with ease.
If you want to self-host in an easy, hands free way, need an external IP address, or simply want your data in your own hands, give IPv6.rs a try!
Alternatively, for the best virtual desktop, try Shells!
