picshare

Sharing pictures served up on a Raspberry Pi–a simple solution for short-term file sharing with friends.

Server

Network

To get the server to the internet, here is what I did:

1. Set up an A record with my DNS provider
2. Set up a cronjob for the porkbun-ddns script in order to keep the A record up-to-date
3. Generated SSL files through my DNS provider and placed them on the Pi (at /etc/ssl)
4. Port-forwarded port 443 through my router

Nginx

At /etc/nginx/sites-available, replace the default file with these contents.

Files

To reduce the time to display pictures, I generated smaller preview images and set up pagination.

Frontend

The project is generated from the Vite, React, and TypeScript template. To run, use npm run dev. The application will be running at localhost:5173/picshare.

Other notes

Future improvements can be made especially with security. Please use with caution.