Photonix is a free and open source PHP photo management application that allows you to easily store, organize, and share your images. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation process of Photonix on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before you begin, make sure you have the following:
First, download the latest version of Photonix from the official website. You can do this by executing the following command in the terminal:
wget https://github.com/dmazar/photonix/releases/download/1.3.3/photonix-1.3.3.tar.gz
This will download the latest version of Photonix to your system in tar.gz format.
Before we proceed any further, we need to install the required dependencies for Photonix to work correctly. We can install these dependencies by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install php-gd php-mbstring php-xml php-mysql mysql-server
This will install the necessary packages on your system.
Now, we need to create a database and a user for Photonix to use. To do this, log in to MySQL/MariaDB server using the following command:
mysql -u root -p
Then enter the root password to log in. After that, execute the following commands to create a new database and user:
CREATE DATABASE photonix;
CREATE USER 'photonix_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON photonix.* TO 'photonix_user'@'localhost';
Replace your_password with a strong password of your choice. Make sure you remember this password as we will need it later.
Extract the downloaded Photonix archive using the following command:
tar -xvzf photonix-1.3.3.tar.gz
Move the extracted photonix folder to the /var/www/html directory:
sudo mv photonix /var/www/html/
Now, set the appropriate permissions for the photonix folder:
sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/photonix
We need to configure Apache to serve the Photonix website on your domain or IP address. Create a new virtual host configuration file for Photonix using the following command:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/photonix.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/photonix/public/
<Directory /var/www/html/photonix/public/>
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/photonix_error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/photonix_access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_domain with your actual domain or IP address. Save and close the file.
Next, enable the new virtual host configuration by running the following command:
sudo a2ensite photonix.conf
Finally, restart Apache for the changes to take effect:
sudo systemctl restart apache2
Open the Photonix config.php file using the following command:
sudo nano /var/www/html/photonix/config.php
Find the following lines and replace the values with your database and user details:
$config = [
'database' => [
'type' => 'mysql',
'server' => 'localhost',
'port' => '3306',
'database' => 'photonix',
'username' => 'photonix_user',
'password' => 'your_password',
'charset' => 'utf8',
],
];
Save and close the file.
Open your web browser and go to http://your_domain.com. You should see the Photonix login screen. Enter the default admin credentials:
adminadminAfter that, you will be prompted to change the password. Once you have done this, you can start using Photonix to manage your photos and albums.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Photonix on Ubuntu Server Latest. You can now use Photonix to store, organize, and share your images with others on your own website!
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