Introduction
Lychee is an elegant and powerful photo management system that allows you to host your own photo gallery. This guide will help you install Lychee on a Windows VPS.
Prerequisites
- A Windows VPS with administrative access. You can consider using a service like NetCloud24.
- Access to PowerShell or Command Prompt.
- Basic knowledge of server administration.
- Installed web server (Apache or Nginx), PHP, and MySQL or MariaDB.
Step 1: Download Lychee
1. Go to the Lychee official website.
2. Download the latest version of Lychee.
Step 2: Extract Lychee Files
1. After downloading, extract the contents of the ZIP file to a directory of your choice (e.g., C:\lychee).
Step 3: Configure Web Server
1. If you're using Apache, ensure that the following modules are enabled:
- mod_rewrite
- mod_headers
- mod_ssl (if using HTTPS)
2. Create a new virtual host configuration for Lychee:
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/lychee/"
ServerName yourdomain.com
<Directory "C:/lychee/">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Require all granted
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>Replace yourdomain.com with your domain or server IP address.
Step 4: Create Database
1. Open MySQL Command Line or use a database management tool like phpMyAdmin.
2. Create a new database for Lychee:
CREATE DATABASE lychee;
CREATE USER 'lycheeuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'your_password';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON lychee.* TO 'lycheeuser'@'localhost';Replace your_password with a strong password of your choice.
Step 5: Configure Lychee
1. Navigate to the Lychee directory and locate the Lychee/Config.php file.
2. Open it in a text editor and update the database connection settings:
$_CONFIG['db']['host'] = 'localhost';
$_CONFIG['db']['name'] = 'lychee';
$_CONFIG['db']['user'] = 'lycheeuser';
$_CONFIG['db']['password'] = 'your_password';Step 6: Set Up File Permissions
Ensure the web server has write permissions for the following folders:
C:/lychee/uploadsC:/lychee/preferences
Step 7: Start Web Server
1. Restart your web server to apply changes.
2. Open a web browser and navigate to http://yourdomain.com (or your server IP).
3. You should be greeted with the Lychee setup page. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
Conclusion
You have successfully installed the Lychee Photo Management System on your Windows VPS! You can now start uploading and managing your photos.
