null4bl3/socket-to-me repository overview

Often i found myself needing to share system logs or other investigative information from a machine i was working on to my own work station.

To avoid installing applications on a client or production device or even logging into services to share information, i scrambled this easy to run project / docker image project that basically runs the socket.io chat example slightly modified to allow sharing textual data between devices running from one device, and allowing other devices on the same LAN to access the same socket.io instance, providing the firewall allows for access.

Please note that this project is intended to run on a LAN network and offers no authentication or even persistence beyond each session the server is started. Set the 'NODE_ENV' to 'PRODUCTION' in order to have the server reset the data list content every day at midnight.

It is however the fastest and easiest way for me to share text and information between two or more machines.

run with:

docker run -p 5555:5555  socket-to-me

1. spin up a docker image that runs this socket.io chat server
2. access your local machines IP on port 5555.
3. exchange text data.