Getting Started¶

Prerequisites¶

Requirement	Minimum
Go	1.24
Canon EOS camera	WiFi / PTP/IP enabled
Storage backend	SMB share, FTP server, S3 bucket, Azure Blob, or GCS bucket

1. Enable WiFi on the camera¶

On a Canon EOS 2000D (and most modern EOS bodies):

Menu → WiFi/Bluetooth → WiFi function → Other cameras / Connect
Note the SSID and connect your machine to that network, or join the same LAN if using infrastructure mode.

The camera listens on TCP port 15740 (PTP/IP).

2. Install from source¶

git clone https://github.com/pacorreia/canon-proxy.git
cd canon-proxy
go build -o canon-proxy ./cmd/canon-proxy

3. Configure¶

cp config.example.yaml config.yaml

Edit config.yaml — at minimum set camera.host to your camera's IP:

camera:
  host: "192.168.2.70"   # your camera's IP
  port: 15740
  poll_interval: 5s

Settings are stored in the database

After the first run, all settings are persisted in the SQLite database and editable live from the Settings page in the web UI. Changes to config.yaml are ignored once a setting exists in the DB.

4. Run¶

./canon-proxy --config config.yaml

Open http://localhost:9090 — you should see the web UI with thumbnails appearing as the initial sync runs.

5. Configure a storage backend¶

Go to Settings in the web UI and configure your preferred backend. For example, to use an SMB share:

Field	Value
Backend	`smb`
Host	`192.168.2.9`
Share	`photos`
Username	`user`
Password	`secret`
Path	`/uploads`

6. Queue images for upload¶

Images are discovered automatically and shown in the web UI. Select the ones you want and click Queue selected or Queue all to start uploading.

Uploads start as soon as an image is queued.