Photoview is an open-source, web-based photo gallery application that allows you to manage and view your photo collection. This tutorial will guide you through the installation of Photoview on Ubuntu Server Latest.
Before proceeding with this tutorial, you will need the following:
The first step is to ensure that your Ubuntu Server Latest machine has all the required packages installed. Use the following command to install the required packages:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y git curl php php-xml php-mbstring php-zip php-mysql composer
This command will update the package list and then install the required packages, including the Git version control system, the Curl web client, and the PHP extensions required by Photoview.
The next step is to install and configure the MariaDB database server. Use the following command to install it:
sudo apt install mariadb-server
Once installed, run the following command to secure the installation:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
This command will guide you through a series of prompts to configure the MariaDB server. You will be prompted to set the root password, remove anonymous users, disallow root login remotely, and remove test databases and access.
After securing the MariaDB installation, create a new database for Photoview using the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
CREATE DATABASE photoview;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON photoview.* TO 'photoview'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit
Replace 'password' with a strong password of your choice.
Now that you have installed and configured the required packages, you can install Photoview. Use the following commands to clone the Photoview repository and install it:
cd /var/www/html
sudo git clone https://github.com/photoview/photoview.git
cd photoview
sudo composer install
sudo php artisan photoview:install
The first command changes your working directory to the default web root directory, /var/www/html. The second command clones the Photoview repository into a new 'photoview' directory inside /var/www/html. The third command installs the dependencies required by Photoview using Composer. The fourth command runs Photoview's built-in installation script, which will prompt you for the database connection details and other configuration options.
The last step is to configure your web server to serve Photoview. The exact steps depend on the web server you are using. Here are the basic steps for Apache2:
sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/photoview.conf
Add the following lines to the file:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName example.com
ServerAlias www.example.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/photoview/public
<Directory /var/www/html/photoview/public>
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>
Replace example.com with your domain name or server IP address. Then save the file and exit.
After saving the file, enable the new site by running the following commands:
sudo a2ensite photoview.conf
sudo systemctl reload apache2
This will enable the new site and reload the Apache2 web server.
Congratulations! You have now installed and configured Photoview on your Ubuntu Server Latest machine. You can now access your photo collection by visiting your domain name or server IP address in your web browser.
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