My next task is setting up a secure proxy to the camera’s web interface. It’s not a perfect setup, but it worked in a pinch. That means, my Mac Mini is setup for automatic login, never goes to sleep, and starts up immediately after a power failure. Do you wanna know how to use Google Drive as an FTP server, then watch this video until the end.For this tutorial, I’m using Google Drive API and Google Driv. The second downside is that Google Drive only runs, and therefore only syncs, when you are logged in. Trust us, you’ll be up and running in less than 5 minutes. You could setup something in AWS or Azure, use a Raspberry Pi, etc., but keep in mind there is no official Google Drive app for Linux yet. The Mini isn’t the worst thing to have going, but it also isn’t your only option if you want to be a little more green. First and foremost is that, at least in my setup, it means one more device powered up. I didn’t quite nail the security camera’s sensitivity level and woke up to more than 10,400 images synced to Google Drive.īut, are there downsides? Of course. Now, anytime you write to /Users/username/googleDrive, you will actually be writing to your Google Drive folder. That means, if you use this path in your FTP configuration, you are essentially writing to Google Drive using FTP. The backslash (“\”) escapes the space in a *nix environment. I ran a command like this to create a space-free symlink: Converting one physical server into multiple virtual servers allows.
Virtualizing servers makes it easy to reallocate resources and adapt to dynamic workloads. It exists transparently to users as a partitioned space inside a physical server. A symlink (or a shortcut in Windows) took care of this. A virtual server re-creates the functionality of a dedicated physical server. However, if like me, your camera or other client doesn’t play nicely with spaces. Google Drive content will be accessible at /Users/username/Google Drive. The next step is pretty simple: Download and install the Google Drive app (tip: limit the folders Google Drive will sync if this will be a single-use computer/server). If you want to use a Mac for this exercise and you have a newer OS installed, you may need to follow these steps.įirst half of your work? Done.
I’ve been playing recently with a wireless security camera that can send images to an FTP server fairly easily. But, that doesn’t mean it isn’t possible.
Let’s be clear that Google Drive does not provide FTP access to your content.