Running LibrePhotos - Self-Hosted Google Photos Alternative - in Docker

#LibrePhotos #Docker #PhotoOrganizer

Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0684.html

What is LibrePhotos?

A self-hosted Google Photos clone, with a slight focus on cool graphs. -  https://docs.librephotos.com/

Installing Docker

   01. Log into the Linux host and run the following commands in a terminal window          # install prerequisites          sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y          # add docker gpg key          curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -          # add docker software repository          sudo add-apt-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F'=' '/^ID=/{ print $NF }' /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable"          # install docker          sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y          # enable and start docker service          sudo systemctl enable docker && sudo systemctl start docker          # add the current user to the docker group          sudo usermod -aG docker $USER          # reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect          su - $USER

Running LibrePhotos Container

   01. Continue with the following commands in a terminal window          # generate a random string          superSecretKey=$(openssl rand -base64 32)          # create working directories          mkdir ~/docker/librephotos/{media,cache,logs} -p && mkdir ~/docker/postgresql -p          # set owner of docker directory          sudo chown "$USER":"$USER" ~/docker -R          # create containers network          docker network create containers          # run the postgesql container          docker run -d --name postgres -e POSTGRES_USER=librephotos_rw -e POSTGRES_PASSWORD=Libr3Photo$ -e POSTGRES_DB=librephotos -v ~/docker/postgresql:/var/lib/postgresql/data --network=containers --restart=unless-stopped postgres:latest          # run the librephotos backend container          # change the admin email, username and password as needed          docker run -d --name backend -v ~/Pictures:/data -v ~/docker/librephotos/media:/protected_media -v ~/docker/librephotos/logs:/logs -v ~/docker/librephotos/cache:/root/.cache -e SECRET_KEY=$superSecretKey -e BACKEND_HOST=librephotos_backend -e ADMIN_EMAIL=i12bretro@i12bretro.local -e ADMIN_USERNAME=i12bretro -e ADMIN_PASSWORD=SomethingSecure -e DB_BACKEND=postgresql -e DB_NAME=librephotos -e DB_USER=librephotos_rw -e DB_PASS=Libr3Photo$ -e DB_HOST=postgres -e DB_PORT=5432 -e REDIS_HOST=redis6 -e REDIS_PORT=6379 -e MAPBOX_API_KEY='' -e WEB_CONCURRENCY=2 -e SKIP_PATTERNS='' -e DEBUG=0 -e HEAVYWEIGHT_PROCESS=1 --network containers --restart=unless-stopped reallibrephotos/librephotos:latest          # run the librephotos frontend container          docker run -d --name frontend --network containers --restart=unless-stopped reallibrephotos/librephotos-frontend:latest          # run the librephotos proxy container          docker run -d --name librephotos_proxy -v ~/Pictures:/data -v ~/docker/librephotos/media:/protected_media -p 8088:80 --network containers --restart=unless-stopped reallibrephotos/librephotos-proxy:latest          # run the redis 6 container          docker run -d --name redis6 --network containers --restart=unless-stopped redis:6    02. Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8088    03. Login with the admin username and password set on the backend container    04. Welcome to LibrePhotos   Documentation:  https://github.com/LibrePhotos/librephotos-docker  

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