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This product has charges associated with it for seller support. Pingvin Share, the open source self-hosted file-sharing platform and privacy-friendly alternative to public file-transfer services, preinstalled with Node.js and nginx. A per-instance administrator account is generated on first boot. Backed by 24/7 cloudimg support.
Overview
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Pingvin Share sign-in
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Create a share
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A created share
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Administration
This is a repackaged open source software product wherein additional charges apply for cloudimg support services.
Overview Pingvin Share is an open source, self-hosted file-sharing platform - a privacy-friendly alternative to public file-transfer services. Upload files, generate secure share links with optional passwords, expiration dates and view limits, and let recipients download them without an account. Reverse shares let you invite others to upload files to you. This image delivers Pingvin Share fully built and configured, so a complete file-sharing platform is running within minutes of launch.
Application Stack Pingvin Share runs as a Next.js frontend and a NestJS backend on Node.js, with an SQLite database managed by Prisma. nginx serves the platform on port 80 and reverse-proxies API traffic to the backend. All components run as managed systemd services and start automatically on boot.
Secure By Default The image ships with no users and an empty database. On the first boot of your instance a one-shot service creates the database, generates a fresh application secret unique to that instance, and registers an administrator account with a random password, writing it to a root only file. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.
Ready To Use The application, web server and database are all configured, with the database and uploaded files on a dedicated, independently resizable storage volume. Browse to the instance address, sign in as the administrator, and start creating shares, inviting users and configuring the platform from the admin panel.
cloudimg Support 24/7 technical support by email and chat. Help with Pingvin Share deployment, upgrades, reverse proxy and TLS termination, SMTP and OAuth configuration, S3 storage back ends and database administration.
Use Cases A private file-sharing service in your own VPC for teams that need data residency or compliance. A self-hosted alternative to public file-transfer sites. Secure inbound file collection from clients via reverse shares.
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Highlights
- Pingvin Share, the open source self-hosted file-sharing platform and privacy-friendly alternative to public file-transfer services, preinstalled with Node.js and nginx and ready to use with no manual setup
- Secure by default: a fresh application secret and a per-instance administrator account with a random password are generated on first boot and stored in a root only file, with no shared credentials in the image
- 24/7 technical support from cloudimg for deployment, upgrades, reverse proxy and TLS termination, SMTP and OAuth configuration and S3 storage back ends
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Ubuntu 24.04
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Dimension | Description | Cost/hour |
|---|---|---|
m5.large Recommended | m5.large | $0.08 |
t3.micro | t3.micro instance type | $0.04 |
t2.micro | t2.micro instance type | $0.04 |
c7i-flex.12xlarge | c7i-flex.12xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
d3en.4xlarge | d3en.4xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
t3a.medium | t3a.medium instance type | $0.04 |
c8id.xlarge | c8id.xlarge instance type | $0.12 |
m5dn.24xlarge | m5dn.24xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
inf1.xlarge | inf1.xlarge instance type | $0.12 |
r6idn.32xlarge | r6idn.32xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Initial release of Pingvin Share 1.13.0 self-hosted file-sharing platform.
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Usage instructions
Connect via SSH on port 22 as the default login user for your operating system variant (the user guide lists it per variant; on Ubuntu it is 'ubuntu'). Pingvin Share is served on port 80. Retrieve the generated administrator password with: sudo cat /root/pingvin-share-credentials.txt. Browse to http://<instance-public-ip>/ and sign in as the 'admin' user. The health endpoint http://<instance-public-ip>/api/health is open and returns JSON. Services are managed with systemctl (pingvin-share-backend, pingvin-share-frontend, nginx). Application settings, users and shares are managed from the admin panel in the web UI. To enable HTTPS, follow the Let's Encrypt section of the user guide.
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