How to Install Gossa on FreeBSD Latest

Gossa is an open-source tool developed for managing and sharing photo galleries. It provides a simple and easy-to-use web interface for organizing your pictures. In this tutorial, we will guide you on how to install Gossa on FreeBSD Latest.

Prerequisites

• A FreeBSD Latest server
• Root access or sudo user privileges
• Git
• Go

Step 1: Update System Packages

Before we install Gossa on our FreeBSD system, we need to update the system packages:

sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade

Step 2: Install Git

We need to have Git installed on our FreeBSD system to download the Gossa source code.

sudo pkg install -y git

Step 3: Install Go

Gossa is written in Go programming language. We need to install Go on our FreeBSD system.

sudo pkg install -y go

Step 4: Clone Gossa Repository

We need to clone the latest version of Gossa repository from Github.

git clone https://github.com/pldubouilh/gossa.git

After cloning the repository, navigate inside the directory.

cd gossa

Step 5: Build and Install Gossa

To build and install Gossa on our FreeBSD system, we need to run the following command:

sudo go run build.go install

This command will build Gossa and install it on your system.

Step 6: Configure Gossa

Create a Gossa configuration file in the /usr/local/etc/gossa directory:

sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/etc/gossa
sudo nano /usr/local/etc/gossa/config.toml

Copy and paste the following lines into the config.toml file:

Path = "/usr/local/www/gossa"
Port = ":8080"
HttpMode = false

Save and close the file.

Step 7: Run Gossa Web Server

To start the Gossa web server, run the following command:

sudo gossa -c /usr/local/etc/gossa/config.toml

Now, open a web browser and go to http://localhost:8080. You should be able to see the Gossa dashboard.

Conclusion

You have successfully installed and configured Gossa on your FreeBSD Latest server. Now you can upload and manage your photos using Gossa web interface.