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OpenPhoto / Installation for Ubuntu|Debian + Nginx
OpenPhoto, a photo service for the masses
OS: Linux Ubuntu 12.04+ or Debian 6.0+
This guide instructs you on how to install OpenPhoto on an Ubuntu Desktop|Server or Debian distribution.
Prerequisites
Database and File System Options
MySql
You'll need to provide credentials for a MySql database. If the database doesn't already exist it will be created. If the user doesn't have CREATE DATABASE permissions then make sure it's already created.
AWS
If you're going to use AWS services then You'll need to be signed up for them.
Server Packages and Modules
Once you've confirmed that your cloud account is setup you can get started on your server. For that you'll need to have NGinx, PHP-FPM and CURL installed with a few modules.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install nginx php5-fpm curl php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcrypt php-pear
And if you are going to use MySQL install php5-mysql.
There are also a few optional but recommended packages and modules.
apt-get install php5-dev php5-imagick exiftran
pecl install oauth
sh -c "echo \"extension=oauth.so\" >> /etc/php5/conf.d/oauth.ini"
Installing OpenPhoto
Download and install the source code. We recommend /var/www/yourdomain.com but you can use any directory you'd like.
Using git clone
apt-get install git-core
git clone git://github.com/photo/frontend.git /var/www/yourdomain.com
Using tar
cd /var/www
wget https://github.com/photo/frontend/tarball/master -O openphoto.tar.gz
tar -zxvf openphoto.tar.gz
mv openphoto-frontend-* yourdomain.com
Assuming that this is a development machine you only need to make the config writable by the user Nginx runs as. Most likely www-data.
mkdir /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/userdata
mkdir /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/html/photos
mkdir /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/html/assets/cache
chown www-data:www-data /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/userdata
chown www-data:www-data /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/html/photos
chown www-data:www-data /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/html/assets/cache
Setting up NGinx and PHP
NGinx
You'll need to copy the sample virtual host configuration file from the source to /etc/nginx/sites-enabled.
cp /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/configs/openphoto-nginx.conf /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/openphoto
You'll need to replace:
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The host name (yourdomain.com)
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The path where OpenPhoto is installed (/var/www/yourdomain.com/src/html/)
/etc/nginx/sites-enabled/openphoto
You also need to change the port on which nginx talks to PHP. Change the comments in the fastcgi_pass section to look like this:
#fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000;
# Unix socket is faster and default on Ubuntu/Debian:
fastcgi_pass fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php5-fpm.sock;
PHP
You should also verify that your php.ini file has a few important values set correctly.
vi etc/php5/fpm/php.ini
Search for the following values and make sure they're correct.
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 16M
post_max_size = 16M
Now you're ready to restart apache and visit the site in your browser.
service php-fpm restart
service nginx restart
Launching your OpenPhoto site
Now you're ready to launch your OpenPhoto site. Point your browser to your host and you'll be taken to a setup screen. You'll need your cloud account credentials to continue.
Once you complete the 3 steps your site will be up and running and you'll be redirected there. The setup screen won't show up anymore. If for any reason you want to go through the setup again you will need to delete the generated config file and refresh your browser.
rm /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/userdata/configs/yourdomain.com.ini
ENJOY!