ImageStore is an open-source image hosting platform that allows you to manage images on your server. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install ImageStore on NixOS latest. The installation process is straightforward and can be completed quickly.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
First, we need to install Git on our system. Git is required to clone the ImageStore repository from Github.
sudo nix-env -i git
Next, we will clone the ImageStore repository from Github. We will create a directory named imagestore
in the home directory and clone the repository to this directory.
mkdir ~/imagestore
cd ~/imagestore
git clone https://github.com/gregordr/ImageStore.git
ImageStore has some dependencies that we need to install. These dependencies include Nginx, PostgreSQL, and Redis.
To install Nginx, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i nginx
To install PostgreSQL, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i postgresql
To install Redis, run the following command:
sudo nix-env -i redis
Now, we will configure PostgreSQL to use ImageStore. We will create a new PostgreSQL user and database for ImageStore.
Run the following command to create a new PostgreSQL user for ImageStore. You can choose any username you want instead of imagestore_user
.
sudo -u postgres createuser --interactive --pwprompt imagestore_user
Run the following command to create a new PostgreSQL database for ImageStore. You can choose any database name you want instead of imagestore_db
.
sudo -u postgres createdb --owner=imagestore_user imagestore_db
Now, we will configure ImageStore. We will create a new configuration file and modify some settings.
Run the following command to create a new configuration file for ImageStore.
cp config.toml.example config.toml
Now, open the config.toml
file in a text editor and modify the following settings:
listen_address
- Set it to 127.0.0.1:8000
backend_header
- Set it to x-forwarded-for
postgres_connection_string
- Set it to postgresql://imagestore_user:PASSWORD@localhost/imagestore_db
PASSWORD
with the password you set for the PostgreSQL user in Step 4.Finally, we will build and run ImageStore.
Run the following command to build ImageStore.
nix-build dockerized.nix
Run the following command to run ImageStore.
./result/bin/imagestore run config.toml
Congratulations! You have successfully installed ImageStore on NixOS Latest. Now, you can easily manage your images on your server.
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