Chevereto is an open-source image hosting script that allows you to create your own image hosting website. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Chevereto on Void Linux.
Before we begin, you need to make sure that the following prerequisites are met:
We need to install some dependencies before we can install Chevereto. Run the following command to install Apache web server, PHP, and MariaDB:
sudo xbps-install -S apache php mariadb
After installing MariaDB, we need to start the MariaDB service and enable it to start at boot time. Run the following commands:
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/mariadb /var/service/
sudo mysql_install_db --user=mysql
sudo sv up mariadb
sudo sv start mariadb
After starting the MariaDB service, run the following commands to secure MariaDB:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
Create a new database and user for Chevereto. Run the following commands:
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter your root password when prompted. Afterwards, create a new database and user for Chevereto:
CREATE DATABASE chevereto;
CREATE USER 'chevereto'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL ON chevereto.* TO 'chevereto'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
Replace your_password with a strong password of your choice.
Exit the MySQL prompt by running exit.
Download the latest version of Chevereto from the official GitHub repository:
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/chevereto/chevereto/archive/refs/heads/master.zip" -o chevereto.zip
sudo unzip chevereto.zip -d /var/www/
sudo mv /var/www/chevereto-master /var/www/chevereto
Create a new configuration file for Chevereto by copying the app/settings.php file:
sudo cp /var/www/chevereto/app/settings.php.dist /var/www/chevereto/app/settings.php
Edit the settings.php file and modify the following variables:
define('CHEVERETO_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
define('CHEVERETO_DB_NAME', 'chevereto');
define('CHEVERETO_DB_USER', 'chevereto');
define('CHEVERETO_DB_PASS', 'your_password');
define('CHEVERETO_URL', 'http://your_domain_or_ip/');
define('CHEVERETO_TITLE', 'Your Chevereto Site Title');
Replace your_password with the password you set for the Chevereto user in Step 3. Replace your_domain_or_ip with your website's domain or IP address.
Set the ownership and permission of the Chevereto directory to your web server user:
For Apache:
sudo chown -R apache:apache /var/www/chevereto/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/chevereto/
For Nginx:
sudo chown -R nginx:nginx /var/www/chevereto/
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www/chevereto/
Create a new virtual host configuration for Apache or Nginx by creating a new file in /etc/httpd/conf.d/ or /etc/nginx/conf.d/ respectively:
For Apache:
sudo nano /etc/httpd/conf.d/chevereto.conf
And add the following lines:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName your_domain_or_ip
DocumentRoot /var/www/chevereto/
ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/chevereto_error.log
CustomLog /var/log/httpd/chevereto_access.log combined
<Directory /var/www/chevereto/>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
Replace your_domain_or_ip with your website's domain name or IP address.
For Nginx:
sudo nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/chevereto.conf
And add the following lines:
server {
listen 80;
server_name your_domain_or_ip;
root /var/www/chevereto;
error_log /var/log/nginx/chevereto_error.log;
access_log /var/log/nginx/chevereto_access.log combined;
index index.php;
location / {
try_files $uri $uri/ /index.php$request_uri;
}
location ~ \.php$ {
fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php-fpm/php-fpm.sock;
include fastcgi_params;
fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
}
}
Replace your_domain_or_ip with your website's domain name or IP address.
Save the file and restart Apache or Nginx:
For Apache:
sudo sv restart httpd
For Nginx:
sudo sv restart nginx
Now you can open Chevereto in your web browser by visiting http://your_domain_or_ip/ (replace your_domain_or_ip with your website's domain or IP address).
Congratulations, you have successfully installed and configured Chevereto on Void Linux!
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