Tutorial on How to Install Chevereto on nixOS

Chevereto is a web-based image hosting platform, which allows you to quickly and easily create your own image hosting website. In this tutorial, we'll walk through the process of installing Chevereto on nixOS .

Prerequisites

• A server running nixOS Latest.
• An SSH client or the ability to log in to your server as root.

Installation Steps

Step 1: Install Nix on your system

The first thing we need to do is install Nix, a package manager for nixOS.

$ curl https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh

After running this command, follow the prompts to complete the installation process.

Step 2: Clone Chevereto Repository

Next, we'll clone the Chevereto repository from GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/chevereto/chevereto.git

Step 3: Configure NixOS

Now, we'll configure NixOS to run Chevereto. Open the nixos configuration file:

$ nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix

Add the following lines to the configuration file:

services.nginx = {
        enable = true;
        virtualHosts."example.com" = {
            locations."/".proxyPass = "http://127.0.0.1:3000/";
        };
    };

Replace example.com with your own domain name or IP address.

Step 4: Install Required Dependencies

Next, let's install some required dependencies using the Nix package manager:

$ nix-env -i wget php php-fpm nodejs-14.x sqlite

Step 5: Configure the Chevereto Database

To configure the Chevereto database, we need to create a database.php file.

$ cd /path/to/chevereto/
$ cp app/settings/database.default.php app/settings/database.php

Then we'll edit the database.php file with our desired database credentials:

$ nano app/settings/database.php

Replace $dbUser, $dbPass and $dbName with the appropriate values.

Step 6: Install Chevereto and Start the Server

Now, we're ready to install Chevereto and start the server. Use the following command to install the dependencies and start Chevereto:

$ composer install
$ php gdaemon.php

Your Chevereto installation should now be up and running. You can access it by visiting your domain or IP address in your web browser.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have successfully installed Chevereto on nixOS Latest, configured it to work with Nginx, set up the required dependencies, and started the server. Now, you can start using this powerful image hosting platform for your projects.