This repository contains a set of scripts to synchronize a (Canon) DSLR-cameras pictures, with help of a raspberry pi, to another computer. It should work with any gphotofs compatible camera.
The content of the SD-card is mirrored, so if you delete a photo on the camera, the photo will also be deleted in the destination folder. For my setup I use rsync and ssh to synchronize without a password.
This repository contains:
- an ansible role to configure the raspberrys
- locale
- hostname
- keyboard setup
- WiFi setup
- dynv6 dynamic DNS setup
- DSLR-sync script
Ansible Role Selection
Just edit the ./hosts file and the ./pi-setup.yml file to your needs. Especially edit the [wifi] section of the ./hosts file for the dynv6 setup (⇨ comments).
Then run
ansible-playbook pi-setup.yml
Be aware that the default password for the raspberry is NOT changed, so you should also do this via an ansible role or manually.
This role sets the raspberrys locale, timezone and keyboard layout. Edit the variables in the ./roles/02-setup/vars/main.yml file to your needs, the default is a german setup.
This role sets the raspberrys WiFi (enterprise and WPA2) and LAN settings do DHCP and connects to the configured WiFi(s). Edit the file ./roles/02-setup-wifi/templates/wpa_supplicant.conf to your needs (⇨ comments).
Additionally it registers the raspberrys local (!) IPv4 and external IPv6 address to dynv6. The original script was from corny/dynv6.sh. There is also a script for OS-X and MS-Windows in my gists.
The DNS Entry is updated at boot and every 20 minutes (⇨ ./roles/02-setup-wifi/tasks/main.yml)
This role sets a udev-rule and systemd service to start the script ./03-canon/files/camera-capture.sh which will be residing at /home/pi/camera-capture/camera-capture.sh.
Be sure to generate a ssh key with ssh-keygen and transfer it to your destination computer via ssh-copy-id.
As soon as the camera is connected, the script will poll the camera for photo changes and send them via rsync to the destination. If the camera is disconnected, it will stop the sync.
TODO:
- explain usage for other camera vendors
- change camera vendor ID and camera ID to ansible variable
You'll need rsync, gphotofs and fuse.
Of course you can use the script from ./03-canon/files/camera-capture.sh without all the rules on any Linux distribution. Edit all the variables at the beginning to your needs, especially the rsync options at RSYNC_OPTIONS and the camera folder CAMERA_FOLDER which should me monitored.
Be sure to generate a ssh key with ssh-keygen and transfer it to your destination computer via ssh-copy-id.
Unfortunately I didn't find a way to get notified if the camera took a new picture or deleted one. I just managed gphoto2 to notify me if a new picture has been taken, not deleted.
The mounted fuse gphotofs wasn't able to update either, so I couldn't use inotify to start rsync if a file was added or deleted.