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OpenPhoto / Installation for Lighttpd on Ubuntu/Debian
OpenPhoto, a photo service for the masses
This guide instructs you on how to install OpenPhoto under Lighttpd on Ubuntu or Debian
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 database is setup you can get started on your server. For that you'll need to have Lighttpd, and PHP installed with a few modules.
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
apt-get install lighttpd php5-cgi php5-curl php5-gd php5-mcrypt php-apc
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-imagick exiftran
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
There are certain directories that need to be created and made writable by the user the Lighttpd server runs as. Most likely (on Ubuntu/Debian) this is 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 Lighttpd and PHP
Lighttpd
First you will need to copy the sample Lighttpd configuration into a place where Lighty can find it.
cp /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/configs/openphoto-lighttpd.conf /etc/lighttpd/conf-available/99-openphoto.conf
The 99 in the prefix of the destination filename above is so that Lighttpd loads our OpenPhoto configuration last. In reality you can use any number greater than the prefix of the FastCGI configuration.
Next open the configuration you just copied and edit it to match your site. Edit the $HTTP["host"] line and replace the variable contents with the subdomain where you are installing OpenPhoto. The value is a regular expression, so keep the \. which matches a period instead of any character as well as the ^ $ to direct matching the beginning and end of the hostname respectively.
Now replace the path on the server.document-root line with the path to the src/html sub-directory where you downloaded/copied OpenPhoto. This path would be /var/www/yourdomain.com/src/html if you followed the directions in the last section exactly.
A few modules must be enabled for use by Lighty for our OpenPhoto install. First edit /etc/lighttpd/lighttpd.conf and uncomment the line for mod_rewrite under the server.modules section. Next enable PHP through the FastCGI module from the command line.
lighttpd-enable-mod fastcgi
Finally, enable your edited configuration and force Lighty to reload its configuration.
lighttpd-enable-mod openphoto
/etc/init.d/lighttpd force-reload
PHP
You should also verify that your php.ini file has a few important values set correctly.
vi /etc/php5/cgi/php.ini
Search for the following values and make sure they're correct.
file_uploads = On
upload_max_filesize = 16M
post_max_size = 16M
If you made any changes then restart your Lighttpd server.
/etc/init.d/lighttpd 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!