How to Install Coppermine on Alpine Linux Latest

Coppermine is an open-source photo gallery management system that allows users to easily create and manage their own photo albums. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Coppermine on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

• Alpine Linux Latest installed on your machine/server
• sudo or root access to your Alpine Linux

Step 1: Update System

Before we proceed with the installation process, let’s ensure our system is updated by executing the following command:

sudo apk update
sudo apk upgrade

Step 2: Install LAMP Stack

Coppermine requires a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP) stack to run. Therefore, let’s install it by running the command below:

sudo apk add apache2 mysql mysql-client php7 php7-apache2 php7-mysqlnd

During the installation, the command prompts you to create a root password for the MySQL server.

Step 3: Download Coppermine

To download Coppermine, navigate to the directory where you want to download the files and execute:

wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/coppermine/files/cpg1.6.x/cpg1.6.12/cpg1.6.12.tar.gz

Step 4: Extract and Move Files

Extract the downloaded files by running the command below. This will create a folder named cpg1.6.12.

tar -xzvf cpg1.6.12.tar.gz

Next, move the newly created folder to the webroot directory.

sudo mv cpg1.6.12 /var/www/localhost/htdocs/

Step 5: Configure MySQL Database

Next, we need to create a MySQL database and user for Coppermine. First, log in to the MySQL server as the root user by running the command below and entering the root password created earlier.

mysql -u root -p

Next, let’s create a new database and user by executing the commands below:

CREATE DATABASE coppermine;
CREATE USER 'coppermineuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON coppermine.* TO 'coppermineuser'@'localhost';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
exit;

Step 6: Configure Coppermine

Navigate to the coppermine directory by running the command below and edit the config.inc.php file.

cd /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cpg1.6.12/
sudo nano include/config.inc.php

Modify the database section with the following details:

 $CONFIG['dbserver']  = 'localhost';
 $CONFIG['dbuser']    = 'coppermineuser';
 $CONFIG['dbpass']    = 'password';
 $CONFIG['db']        = 'coppermine';

Step 7: Configure Apache2 Web Server

Now, let’s configure the Apache2 web server so that it can serve Coppermine. First, enable the Apache2 server to start on boot by executing the command below:

sudo rc-update add apache2 boot

Next, create a virtual host file for Coppermine by running the command below:

sudo nano /etc/apache2/conf.d/coppermine.conf

Update the file with the following content:

<VirtualHost *:80>
 ServerName localhost
 DocumentRoot /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cpg1.6.12
 <Directory /var/www/localhost/htdocs/cpg1.6.12>
 Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
 AllowOverride All
 Order allow,deny
 allow from all
 </Directory>
</VirtualHost>

Save the file and restart the Apache2 web server.

sudo rc-service apache2 restart

Step 8: Access Coppermine Web Interface

Finally, access the Coppermine web interface by navigating to http://localhost/ in your web browser. This should redirect you to the coppermine setup page where you can complete the installation process.

Conclusion

That’s it! You have successfully installed Coppermine on Alpine Linux Latest. You can now start uploading images and managing your photo albums.