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            <h1>Run Lychee - Photo Management System - in Docker</h1>
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          <h2>What is Lychee?</h2>

<blockquote><em>Lychee is a free photo-management tool, which runs on your server or web-space. Installing is a matter of seconds. Upload, manage and share photos like from a native application. Lychee comes with everything you need and all your photos are stored securely. -<a href="https://lycheeorg.github.io/" target="_blank">https://lycheeorg.github.io/</a></em></blockquote>

<h2>Installing Docker</h2>

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	<li>Log into the Linux based device</li>
	<li>Run the following commands in the terminal
	<div class="codeBlock"># install prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt install apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl software-properties-common gnupg-agent -y<br />
	# add docker gpg key<br />
	curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F&#39;=&#39; &#39;/^ID=/{ print $NF }&#39; /etc/os-release)/gpg | sudo apt-key add -<br />
	# add docker software repository<br />
	sudo add-apt-repository &quot;deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://download.docker.com/linux/$(awk -F&#39;=&#39; &#39;/^ID=/{ print $NF }&#39; /etc/os-release) $(lsb_release -cs) stable&quot;<br />
	# install docker<br />
	sudo apt install docker-ce docker-compose containerd.io -y<br />
	# enable and start docker service<br />
	sudo systemctl enable docker &amp;&amp; sudo systemctl start docker<br />
	# add the current user to the docker group<br />
	sudo usermod -aG docker $USER<br />
	# reauthenticate for the new group membership to take effect<br />
	su - $USER</div>
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<h2>Running Lychee</h2>

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	<li>Continue with the following commands in a terminal window
	<div class="codeBlock"># list current uid and gid, note these for later<br />
	id $user<br />
	# create working directories<br />
	mkdir ~/docker/lychee/{conf,uploads,sim} -p &amp;&amp; mkdir ~/docker/mariadb -p<br />
	# set ownership on the working directories<br />
	sudo chown &quot;$USER&quot;:&quot;$USER&quot; ~/docker -R<br />
	# create containers network<br />
	docker network create containers<br />
	# run the mariadb docker container<br />
	docker run -d --name mariadb --network containers -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=r00tp@$$ -e MYSQL_USER=lychee_rw -e MYSQL_PASSWORD=&#39;Lych33!&#39; -e MYSQL_DATABASE=lychee -v ~/docker/mariadb:/var/lib/mysql -p 3306:3306 --restart=unless-stopped mariadb:latest<br />
	# run the lychee docker image<br />
	# replace PUID, GUID with the output of the id $user command above<br />
	docker run -d --name lychee --network containers -e PUID=1000 -e PGID=1000 -e TZ=America/New_York -e PHP_TZ=America/New_York -e DB_CONNECTION=mysql -e DB_HOST=mariadb -e DB_PORT=3306 -e DB_USERNAME=lychee_rw -e DB_PASSWORD=&#39;Lych33!&#39; -e DB_DATABASE=lychee -p 8090:80 -v ~/docker/lychee/conf:/config -v ~/docker/lychee/uploads:/uploads -v ~/docker/lychee/sym:/sym --restart=unless-stopped lycheeorg/lychee</div>
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	<li>Open a web browser and navigate to http://DNSorIP:8090</li>
	<li>Click Next at the Lychee welcome screen</li>
	<li>Click Next at the Requirements Check</li>
	<li>Click Next at the Permissions Check</li>
	<li>Update at least the following values in the 
	<p>APP_URL=http://DNSorIP:8090<br />
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	DB_CONNECTION=mysql<br />
	DB_HOST=mariadb<br />
	DB_PORT=3306<br />
	DB_DATABASE=lychee<br />
	DB_USERNAME=lychee_rw<br />
	DB_PASSWORD=Lych33!</p>
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	<li>Click Save &gt; Click Install</li>
	<li>Once the installation completes click Set up admin account</li>
	<li>Enter a Username &gt; Enter and confirm a Password &gt; Click Create admin account</li>
	<li>Click Open Lychee</li>
	<li>Login using the username and password setup earlier</li>
	<li>Welcome to Lychee</li>
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<p>Documentation: <a href="https://lycheeorg.github.io/docs/#installation" target="_blank">https://lycheeorg.github.io/docs/#installation</a></p>          </div>
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