depict.io
Awesome S3 backed picture backup and browser.
Status
As of version 0.1.0 depict.io implements backup of pictures. Browsing of pictures is slated for future releases.
Installation
First satisfy the system requirements. Then install the module with NPM:
npm install depict.io
Usage
Start by creating a S3 bucket.
A few Amazon Web Services parameters needs to be provided. They can be
provided by command line switches (see depict -h
) or environment
variables. The latter is recommended:
AWS_ACCESS_KEY=UTHOBOVPLUBLMIIERIJM
AWS_SECRET_KEY=DPEJH9Lf1GM2VQfHkAbSClERNsvTdmXi9vq76nBe
DEPICT_REGION=eu-west-1
DEPICT_BUCKET=mydepictbucket
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY AWS_SECRET_KEY DEPICT_REGION DEPICT_BUCKET
Start a server which watches /var/spool/depict
for pictures to upload
to S3 with:
depict
You can change the upload directory with:
depict -u /tmp/depict-upload
or alternatively use set the DEPICT_UPLOAD
environment variable:
DEPICT_UPLOAD=/tmp/depict-upload
export DEPICT_UPLOAD
Then copy pictures to the upload directory:
cp -r /mnt/DCIM /var/spool/depict
Requirements
Node.js
depict.io requires Node.js version 0.10.0 or higher.
inotify
Since there is no cross plattform file watching abstraction which works cleanly without polling and supporting the granularity of file system events needed depict.io requires a Linux system with kernel 2.6.13 or higher.
exiv2
The exiv2 library and headers are needed to build the exiv2node extension. You will probably find them in you native package manager:
Debian/Ubuntu
apt-get install libexiv2 libexiv2-dev
ArchLinux
pacman -S exiv2
Fedora
yum install exiv2-libs exiv2-devel
License
MIT