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PiGallery 2

PiGallery 2 is a simple image gallery.

There is an official image for this service that we'll use: bpatrik/pigallery2.

Pre-Installation

We'll create a folder in the main user's home where all the service's data will be saved.

mkdir ~/services/media/pigallery2

Docker Compose

PiGallery 2 will be run using Docker Compose. The content of the docker-compose.yml file is as follows:

services:
  web:
    image: bpatrik/pigallery2:1.9.5
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      default:
      proxy_external:
        aliases:
          - pigallery
    volumes:
      - ./config:/app/data/config
      - ./data:/app/data/db
      - /media/usb_4tb_2/Gallery/Caches:/app/data/tmp
      - /media/usb_4tb_2/Gallery/Images:/app/data/images:ro
    environment:
      TZ: America/Guayaquil
      NODE_ENV: production
    labels:
      traefik.enable: true
      traefik.docker.network: proxy_external
      traefik.http.routers.pigallery.rule: Host(`gallery.alpha.example.com`) || Host(`gallery.alpha.home.example.com`)
      traefik.http.routers.pigallery.entrypoints: local-https
      traefik.http.routers.pigallery.tls: true
      traefik.http.routers.pigallery.tls.certresolver: le
      traefik.http.routers.pigallery.service: pigallery@docker
      traefik.http.services.pigallery.loadbalancer.server.port: 80

networks:
  proxy_external:
    external: true

Reverse Proxy

This service is exposed by a reverse proxy. More specifically, it is using Traefik.

For this reason, you will see that this service has:

  1. A directive to connect it to the proxy_external external network.
  2. A container alias for the proxy_external network.
  3. A number of labels with names starting with traefik.

If you're not using a reverse proxy, feel free to remove these from the docker-compose.yml file. Keep in mind you might need to bind the ports to connect to the service instead.

Running

Start up the service with:

docker compose up -d

That's it! The service will auto-start on system startup and restart on failure.