ReadyNAS and SmugMug

cmmc

Guys,

Firstly, best wishes for the new year!

I bought a ReadyNAS NVX recently, and it's really a great device. Supports remote backup in the shape of rsync, FTP, NFS or over HTTP to a website. Even supports HTTPS and remote keys (such as for secure rsync).

Long story short, it's my aim to find a way to implement the following photo backup strategy:

1. Automatically FTP my RAW files to my own remote server. I got this to work now - very pleased!

2. Automatically sync my JPEG converted files (the one I want to publish to friends and family) from the NAS to SmugMug directly. And that's what I need your help with.

I have looked everywhere on the forums and on the web but I still don't know if 2. is possible.

Could someone confirm whether it's possible (or not), and how, to automatically sync my JPEG files from my NAS? It would really help my workflow. FYI, the NAS supports linux scripts so I could just kick off a script from the shell prompt.

Anyway, thanks for your thoughts/input!

M

devbobo

G'day cmmc,

I myself have a ReadyNAS Pro (NV+ prior to that). It's a great device and I have long dreamed about having it automatically upload my photos while i'm asleep

Sadly I have never had the time to write my own plugin to do this. Yes, it is possible to sync images in the matter you are suggesting...using something like perl/python/php would probably be your best bet.

Cheers,

David

cmmc

But who can help :-)

devbobo wrote:

G'day cmmc,

I myself have a ReadyNAS Pro (NV+ prior to that). It's a great device and I have long dreamed about having it automatically upload my photos while i'm asleep

Sadly I have never had the time to write my own plugin to do this. Yes, it is possible to sync images in the matter you are suggesting...using something like perl/python/php would probably be your best bet.

Cheers,

David

David,

Thanks for your thoughts on this. Now, the big question is really who can do this - or can someone at least provide an indication as to what is needed to set up a connection?

As long as I know what the smugmug "settings" should be to rsync there, I might be able to have a play with it.

I've got absolutely no idea where to start!

Thanks,
M

SamirD

Hi guys. I haven't implemented anything like what you guys are attempting, but I've done all sorts of crazy upload/download/backup things with SM lately as a part of a new storage strategy.

There's a few different linux-based upload/download shell scripts as well as a javascript uploader. These are command-line and therefore batchable with a shell script of some sort that looks for new files and automatically uploads them.

I really, really, really wish SM would get on the ball with FTP. It would make life a lot simpler, easier, and more standard. But I don't think it will happen in my lifetime. You can vote for FTP here:
http://smugmug.uservoice.com/forums/17723-smugmug/suggestions/294159-ftp-uploading?ref=title