How to Install Lychee on Ubuntu Server Latest

This tutorial will guide you through the process of installing Lychee, an open-source photo management and sharing platform, on Ubuntu Server Latest.

Prerequisites

  • Ubuntu Server Latest installed on your system
  • Command line access with administrative privileges

Step 1: Install LAMP Stack

Lychee requires a web server with PHP and a MySQL database. You can install these components together with the following command:

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

Note that the caret (^) at the end of the command is intentional and required.

Step 2: Download and Extract Lychee

Go to the Lychee website (https://lycheeorg.github.io/) and download the latest version of the software. Once the download is complete, extract the files into the document root directory of your web server:

cd /var/www/html
sudo wget https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/archive/master.zip
sudo unzip master.zip
sudo mv Lychee-master lychee

Change the ownership of the lychee directory to the Apache2 user:

sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/lychee/

Step 3: Create a MySQL Database and User

Log in to your MySQL server as the root user:

sudo mysql -u root -p

Create a new database for Lychee and a user with the appropriate permissions:

CREATE DATABASE lychee;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lychee.* TO 'lychee_user'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password_here';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
EXIT;

Replace your_password_here with a strong password of your choice. Make sure to remember this password as you will need it in the next step.

Step 4: Configure the Lychee Database Connection

Edit the configuration file data/config.php with your text editor of choice:

sudo nano /var/www/html/lychee/data/config.php

Find the section labeled Database settings and update the following lines with the database name, username, and password from the previous step:

$dbHost = 'localhost';
$dbUser = 'lychee_user';
$dbPassword = 'your_password_here';
$dbName = 'lychee';

Save and close the file.

Step 5: Allow Access to Lychee from the Internet

By default, Ubuntu Server blocks incoming traffic to your web server. To allow traffic on port 80 (HTTP) and 443 (HTTPS), use the following commands:

sudo ufw allow 80/tcp
sudo ufw allow 443/tcp

Step 6: Access Lychee

Open your web browser and navigate to your server's IP address or domain name:

http://your_ip_address/lychee

You will be prompted to create an administrator account and to choose a location for your photos. Follow the prompts and you're done!

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Lychee on Ubuntu Server Latest. You should now have a working installation of Lychee and be able to manage and share photos with ease.