Installing PhotoPrism on nixOS Latest

In this tutorial, we will walk you through the process of installing PhotoPrism on nixOS Latest. PhotoPrism is a web-based personal photo management app that allows users to organize and browse their photo collection using AI technologies.

Step 1: Install NixOS Latest

Before we get started, make sure you have nixOS Latest installed on your system. If you do not have it installed, you can follow this guide to install nixOS Latest:

https://nixos.org/guides/install-nixos.html

Step 2: Install Docker on nixOS

Next, we need to install Docker on nixOS. Docker is a containerization tool that allows users to run applications in isolated environments. PhotoPrism requires Docker to run.

Run the following command to install Docker:

$ sudo nix-env -iA nixos.docker

Next, we need to start the docker daemon by running the following command:

$ sudo systemctl start docker

You can check if the docker daemon is running by running the following command:

$ sudo systemctl status docker

Step 3: Install PhotoPrism

Now that we have Docker installed, we can proceed to install PhotoPrism. PhotoPrism provides a Docker image that we can use to run the application.

To download the PhotoPrism Docker image, we will use the following command:

$ docker pull photoprism/photoprism:latest

This will download the latest version of the PhotoPrism Docker image to your system.

Step 4: Start PhotoPrism

Now that we have the PhotoPrism Docker image, we can start the application by running the following command:

$ sudo docker run \
  --name photoprism \
  --restart=always \
  -p 2342:2342 \
  -v /var/lib/photoprism:/photoprism/storage \
  -v /var/lib/photoprism/cache:/photoprism/cache \
  photoprism/photoprism:latest

This command will start the PhotoPrism Docker container, with the following configuration:

  • --name photoprism - sets the name of the container to "photoprism"
  • --restart=always - sets the container to restart always
  • -p 2342:2342 - maps port 2342 of your local system to the container
  • -v /var/lib/photoprism:/photoprism/storage - maps the local directory /var/lib/photoprism to the container storage directory
  • -v /var/lib/photoprism/cache:/photoprism/cache - maps the local directory /var/lib/photoprism/cache to the container cache directory
  • photoprism/photoprism:latest - sets the image to the PhotoPrism Docker image

Step 5: Access PhotoPrism

Once the container is running, you can access PhotoPrism by opening a web browser and navigating to:

http://localhost:2342

This will bring up the PhotoPrism web interface, where you can start organizing and browsing your photo collection.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed PhotoPrism on nixOS Latest. With PhotoPrism, you can now easily organize and browse your photo collection using AI technologies.