How to install Zenphoto – 1.4.14 on Ubuntu – 17.04

To install Zenphoto &ndash 1.4.14 on Ubuntu &ndash 17.04

Zenphoto is an open source PHP based content management system used for creating gallery focused websites. It supports multiple media formats, integrated blogs, and custom pages. Zenphoto is an ideal CMS tool for photographers, designers, filmmakers, and musicians. Installation of Zenphoto in Ubuntu &ndash 17.04

Prerequisites

Zenphoto CMS requires a web server to functionally based on LAMP setup on your system and also with following required PHP modules.

apt-get install php-mysql php-curl php-json php-cgi php libapache2-mod-php php-mcrypt php-xmlrpc php-gd php-mbstring php  php-common  php-xmlrpc php-soap  php-xml php-intl  php-cli  php-ldap php-zip php-readline 
php-imap php-tidy php-recode php-sqlite3 php-xdebug php-gettext php-dev php-pear php-memcache php-memcached php-bz2

Let' s first start with updating the system repositories

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty InRelease
Hit:2 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-updates InRelease
Hit:3 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu zesty-security InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Installation

Create a database for zenphoto and configure them as follows

root@linuxhelp1:~# mysql -u root -p
Enter password: 
Welcome to the MariaDB monitor.  Commands end with   or g.
Your MariaDB connection id is 11
Server version: 10.1.25-MariaDB- Ubuntu 17.04

Copyright (c) 2000, 2017, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.

Type ' help '  or ' h'  for help. Type ' c'  to clear the current input statement.

MariaDB [(none)]>  create database zenphoto 
Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  grant all privileges on zenphoto.* to ' zenuser' @' localhost'  identified by ' 123'  
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  flush privileges 
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec)

MariaDB [(none)]>  exit 
Bye

Switch to the directory where the package is downloaded

root@linuxhelp1:~# cd /home/user/Downloads/

Extract the package using the following command

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user/Downloads# tar -zxvf zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14.tar.gz 
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/.gitattributes
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/.gitignore
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/LICENSE
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/README.md
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/albums/
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/albums/.gitignore
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/contributing.md
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/index.php
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/plugins/
.
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zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zenpage/zenpage.css
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zenphotoDonate.php
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zenphoto_news.php
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zenphoto_news/
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zenphoto_news/rsslib.php
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zenphoto_sendmail.php
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zpCaptcha.php
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zpCaptcha/
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-core/zp-extensions/zpCaptcha/c.php
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-data/
zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14/zp-data/.gitignore

Move the file to the HTML directory

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user/Downloads# mv zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14 /var/www/

Switch to the Directory

root@linuxhelp1:/home/user/Downloads# cd /var/www/

Rename the file as follows

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# mv zenphoto-zenphoto-1.4.14 zenphoto

Change ownership and permission for the file

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chown -R www-data.www-data zenphoto
root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# chmod -R 755 zenphoto

Create the virtualhost

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# vim /etc/apache2/sites-available/zen.conf

Enable the site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2ensite zen.conf
Enabling site zen.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

Enable rewrite module

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2enmod rewrite
Enabling module rewrite.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl restart apache2

Disable the site access

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# a2dissite 000-default.conf
Site 000-default disabled.
To activate the new configuration, you need to run:
systemctl reload apache2

Restart the apache2 service

root@linuxhelp1:/var/www# systemctl restart apache2

Now you can proceed the further installation and configuration from the browser by navigating to the following URL: http://< ipaddress or domain name

Check and configure for the database and php modules

Verify the updated database tables

Proceed to setup the admi user and password

Accept the license terms

Configure the database details and apply all the changes.

Login using the admin user credentials

After the successful login you will see the admin dashboard of Zenphoto as shown below.

with this, the method to install Zenphoto &ndash 1.4.14 on Ubuntu &ndash 17.04 comes to an end.