genome browser custom track bigwig upload problem with localhost

Question

[datanerd]

Hi All,

Since we cannot use dropbox link anymore, i tried setting up a localhost to upload data to UCSC genome browser as custom track. but for some reason http://localhost/data.bw cannot be opened. Any solutions you guys are aware of? or any other way to upload datafile without an ftp site?

Thanks so much!!

[Devon Ryan]

Are you literally using "localhost", or is that just a placeholder for the real address?

[GenoMax]

Other than the localhost resolution @Devon mentioned, you would also need to consider local firewall rules since inbound port 80 access from UCSC browser (there are ~5 IP's or so) would need to be allowed on the host you have put the files on.

[Denise CS]

Have you thought in having your data on the newly released Track Hub Registry? Then you could try adding tracks to Ensembl or any other GUI.