#Photo gallery transfer tags to digikam install#
#Photo gallery transfer tags to digikam manual#
#Photo gallery transfer tags to digikam archive#

Open the database file for editing with sudo nano digikamwebui/app/Config/database.php and add the database connection profiles shown in Listing 1.įigure 5: digikamWebUi adds a web interface to digiKam.ĭigikamWebUi's interface is divided into three columns. Make sure that you are still in the /var/www directory and clone the project's repository: sudo git clone digikamwebui

#Photo gallery transfer tags to digikam install#

Now you are ready to install digikamWebUi. Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViewsĬhange the AllowOverride None command to AllowOverride All and save the file then, enable the mod_rewrite Apache module: sudo a2enmod rewrite Now open the default file with sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default for editing and locate the following fragment: Next, set the Security.cipherSeed parameter to a different 29-number random value.

Make cakephp writable by the server using the sudo chown -R parameter to a string consisting of 63 random alphanumeric characters (you can use the page to generate a random string).

#Photo gallery transfer tags to digikam archive#

Unpack the downloaded archive and rename the resulting directory cakephp: sudo tar xzvf x.x.x.tar.gz You can check the latest version number at : cd /var/www Switch to the /var/with the actual version number of the latest CakePHP release. The next step is to install and configure the CakePHP framework that powers digikamWebUi. The machine itself runs Debian or Ubuntu (or any of their derivatives).ĭigikamWebUi runs on the Apache/PHP/SQLite stack, so the first step is to install the required components: sudo install apache2 php5 php5-sqlite sqlite3 git The following installation instructions assume that you're deploying digikamWebUi on the same machine running digiKam, where all photos and digiKam databases are stored in the /home/user/photos directory.

#Photo gallery transfer tags to digikam manual#

The digikamWebUi software fills this void by adding a web interface that allows you to view and manage photos in digiKam albums using nothing but a browser.Īlthough digikamWebUi is easy to use, deploying the application requires some manual work. digikamWebUiĪs a desktop application, digiKam doesn't provide functionality for accessing the entire photo library via the web. To transfer the selected photos now, hit the Start export button. Enter the URL to the remote destination directory, which should look something like the following (replace 127.0.0.1 with the actual domain name or IP address of the machine running Mejiro): fish://127.0.0.1/var/www/mejiro/photos To do this, select the photos you want to upload and choose Export | Export to remote computer ( Figure 4).

Figure 4: The 'Export to remote computer' option can be used to upload photos to remote machines via a variety of supported protocols.įor example, if you happen to use Mejiro, cobbled together by yours truly, you can use the KioExportImport plugin to upload photos to the application.