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Re: URL and Interoperability

OskarB
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URL and Interoperability

I am trying to determine if ReadyNAS Photos II could be of use to me, and have two quick questions:

 

1) URL

I understand the normal operation of the package assumes the Internet access will be via Netgear's server redirection from the url http://photos.readynas.com/<hostname>/<Photographer>. If I have a dynamic DNS setup that already directs some domain to my router, can I set up the access using that instead of via http://photos.readynas.com/...?

 

2) Album import/export

Is there any possibility to import an album from something like an XML file describing the image file names, captions and descriptions, in order to avoid creting a large number of already existing albums all over again via GUI? And conversly, can an album be "unloded" in a similar file/structure to make easied migration of some albums to some other hosting platform?

 

Thank in advance,  Oskar

 

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siigna
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Re: URL and Interoperability


@OskarB wrote:

I am trying to determine if ReadyNAS Photos II could be of use to me, and have two quick questions:

 

1) URL

I understand the normal operation of the package assumes the Internet access will be via Netgear's server redirection from the url http://photos.readynas.com/<hostname>/<Photographer>. If I have a dynamic DNS setup that already directs some domain to my router, can I set up the access using that instead of via http://photos.readynas.com/...?

 


Yes.  photos.readynas.com simply redirects you to the external IP/port reported from the Photos II app.
Photos II should ask your router for a port forward via UPnP, otherwise manually configure one to port 8086 on the NAS.
Access via http://external_ip:external_port/photos2/login.html


OskarB wrote:

 

2) Album import/export

Is there any possibility to import an album from something like an XML file describing the image file names, captions and descriptions, in order to avoid creting a large number of already existing albums all over again via GUI? And conversly, can an album be "unloded" in a similar file/structure to make easied migration of some albums to some other hosting platform?


Unfortunately there are no batch import and no export options in Photos II.  Closest to export would be manually retrieving the photos (stored in /<VOLUME>/.apps/photos2/user) and exporting the metadata from the MySQL database via SSH (mysqldump --socket=/<VOLUME>/.apps/photos2/run/mysqld.sock -uroot rnp2 > photos.sql)

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