How to Install Lychee on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Lychee is an open-source, self-hosted photo-management platform that allows users to upload and organize their photos in a user-friendly interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Lychee on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before installing Lychee, you need to make sure you have the following prerequisites:

• A VPS or a dedicated server running Fedora CoreOS Latest
• SSH access to the server as a non-root user with sudo privileges
• Docker and Docker Compose installed on the server

Step 1: Install Docker and Docker Compose

First, you need to install Docker and Docker Compose on your server. To do this, run the following commands:

$ sudo systemctl start docker
$ sudo systemctl enable docker
$ sudo systemctl start docker.socket
$ sudo systemctl enable docker.socket
$ sudo dnf install -y docker-compose

Verify the installation by running the following command:

$ docker --version
$ docker-compose --version

Step 2: Create a Docker Compose File

In this step, we will create a Docker Compose file to run Lychee. Create a new file named docker-compose.yaml in your preferred location and add the following content:

version: '3'

services:
  lychee:
    image: lycheeorg/lychee:v4.1.8
    container_name: lychee
    restart: always
    ports:
      - "80:80"
      - "443:443"
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - ./data:/lychee/data

This Docker Compose file will create a containerized instance of Lychee, expose the application on ports 80 and 443, and store the data in the data folder.

Step 3: Run the Docker Compose File

Now that you've created the Docker Compose file, it's time to run it. Navigate to the directory where the docker-compose.yaml file is located and run the following command:

$ docker-compose up -d

This command will download the Lychee Docker image and start the container. The -d flag indicates that the container will run in the background.

Step 4: Access Lychee

Once the container has started, you can access Lychee by visiting your server's IP address or hostname in a web browser, followed by :80 (e.g., http://YOUR_SERVER_IP:80).

You will be prompted to create a Lychee administrator account. Once you’ve created an account, you can start using Lychee to upload and organize your photos.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Lychee on Fedora CoreOS Latest using Docker Compose. With Lychee, you can self-host your own photo-management platform and take control of your personal data.