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PhotoPrism® is an AI-Powered Photos App for the Decentralized Web. It makes use of the latest technologies to tag and find pictures automatically without getting in your way. You can run it at home, on a private server, or in the cloud.
PhotoPrism runs on its own port; 16626 has been automatically generated for you, but you may choose another 5 digit port between 10000 and 32767.
Installation
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Make a directory for PhotoPrism to use
mkdir ~/photoprism; cd ~/photoprism
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Download the container compose file
wget https://dl.photoprism.app/docker/docker-compose.yml
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Edit the compose file (
nano docker-compose.yml
) and make the following changes:Go to
ports:
and change the first port to your randomly select port 16626. The line should look like:- "16626:2342"
Change
PHOTOPRISM_SITE_URL
from"http://localhost:2342/"
to"http://server.whatbox.ca:16626/"
Uncomment (remove the #) from
PHOTOPRISM_UID
,PHOTOPRISM_GID
and change them from1000
to0
.Uncomment
user: "1000:1000"
and change it touser: "0:0"
Check the volumes in the file and edit the directories as needed. The default photos location of
~/Pictures
can be changed to any other directory on your slot with photos.At the bottom of the file, remove the entire
watchtower:
block of textSave the file with
Ctrl+s
and exit nano withCtrl+x
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Launch the container with
docker-compose up -d
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Log in to PhotoPrism using the initial credentials:
- URL: http://server.whatbox.ca:16626
- User:
admin
- Password:
insecure
Go to http://server.whatbox.ca:16626/settings/account and change the default password.
Continue to the First Steps to begin using PhotoPrism.
HTTPS
- Go to the Box setup page to configure HTTPS
- Click "Add App"
- Enter the subdomain of your choice (eg "photos") and the port above (16626)
- PhotoPrism should now be accessible via the HTTPS link generated.