Guidance on usage: PhotoPrism Server on Ubuntu 18.04 Minimal

PhotoPrism Server on Ubuntu 18.04 Minimal provides a robust platform for managing and accessing your photo collection with ease.

Effortless installation. Ready-to-run with easy maintenance. Explore now for a smooth experience!

Connecting to PhotoPrism Server on Ubuntu 18.04 Minimal

To start the server, run the VM through Azure Portal.

  1. For the connection to the server, you should know the IP address of the VM. You can find it in the personal account of Azure. You need to select the virtual machine from the list. By clicking the item “Overview”, your IP is displayed in the line “Public IP Address”.
  1. To work, you must open TCP ports  22, 2342 in the network properties in the Azure firewall.
  1. To manage with a PhotoPrism Minimal server, you should connect to a VM.
    • With OpenSSH

In the Windows 10 operating system (starting with version 1809), an OpenSSH client is available, with which you can connect to Linux servers via SSH. If Windows 10 is suitable and the OpenSSH client is installed, you can start connecting via SSH. To do this, launch a normal Windows command prompt and enter the command “ssh user@*vm_ip*” (1), where “user” is the username that was specified while creating the virtual machine and “*vm_ip*” is the VM IP address.

Then type “Yes” (2) and enter a password (3) that was specified while creating the virtual machine.

  • With the PuTTY application 

To do this, you need the PuTTY application to connect via ssh. You can download it at the following link – Download

Run PuTTY, enter the VM address in the “Host” field (1), and click “Open” (2) to connect.

In the opened console, you will need to enter a username (1) and password (2) that were specified while the VM was being created (you’ll not see the password in the console while entering it). 

  1. You will need a username and password to access the PhotoPrism Minimal portal. To do this, enter the cat /creds.txt command in the console and press Enter.
  1. To enter the portal in the browser, follow the link http://*vm_ip*:2342. The login page will open. Enter the username (1) and password (2) received in step 6 and click SIGN IN (3).
  1. After logging in, it is possible to change the password. To do this, go to your account settings and click the button “CHANGE PASSWORD”.
  1. Further, in the window that opens:
  1. Enter your password in the “Current Password” field.
  2. In the “New Password” field, enter any password convenient for you.
  3. In the “Retype Password” field, type the new password again.
  4. Click “SAVE”

Now you can easily leverage our fully-pledged PhotoPrism Server on Ubuntu 18.04 Minimal

To get more information, use Photoprism Documentation 
View the license on photoprism/LICENSE at develop