From b9a9273a87139d61ecbb41104b2532ba4e39ad4f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "gabrielhidasy@c3d26e2c0b3e669d012f06736616088b42ad0dbe" Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 16:29:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] --- doc/forum/Pull_files_through_cloud.mdwn | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/forum/Pull_files_through_cloud.mdwn diff --git a/doc/forum/Pull_files_through_cloud.mdwn b/doc/forum/Pull_files_through_cloud.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..09d8d663b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/forum/Pull_files_through_cloud.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +I'm not sure if the feature I want exists in git-annex, so this might be a question for the wishlist. + +Can I use a cloud server as a middle-man for pulling files from a host that's unreachable at the moment? My situation is: + - Desktop, behind cg-nat, can talk to Cloud. Multiple TB of files. + - Cloud provider, generally accessible, just a few GB of space. + - Notebook, when at home can talk to desktop, on the go can only talk to cloud. + +I would like to (in the notebook), request a file to the cloud, and have the cloud pull it from the desktop to be retrieved by the notebook (Or the cloud broker the double-NAT hole punching, but that's much harder). + +My current (crude) solution is a script running in the desktop that every few minutes reads a textfile in the cloud with the paths that should be pushed there, so when I need a file in the notebook I add its path to the textfile, and after a few minutes I can sync and pull it from the cloud. But is there a more automated solution?