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1 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | README |
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2 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | ====== |
3 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
4 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Pithos is a file storage service, built by GRNET using Django (https://www.djangoproject.com/). |
5 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Learn more about Pithos at: http://code.grnet.gr/projects/pithos |
6 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
7 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Consult COPYRIGHT for licensing information. |
8 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
9 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | About Pithos application |
10 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | ------------------------ |
11 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
12 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | This package contains the Django application that implements the Pithos v2 API. It depends on the Pithos backend, which does the actual data and metadata operations. |
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14 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | How to run |
15 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | ---------- |
16 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
17 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Use snf-webproject to run Pithos automatically. |
18 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
19 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | To use Pithos in a custom Django project, just add ``pithos.api`` to ``INSTALLED_APPS``. |
20 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
21 | 2c04b1dd | Antony Chazapis | Pithos has been tested with SQLite and PostgreSQL backend databases. When using PostgreSQL, ensure that the has been created with the appropriate encoding and collation:: |
22 | 2c04b1dd | Antony Chazapis | |
23 | 2c04b1dd | Antony Chazapis | CREATE DATABASE pithos WITH ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE='C' LC_CTYPE='C' TEMPLATE=template0; |
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25 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Settings |
26 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | -------- |
27 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
28 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Configure in ``settings.py`` or a ``.conf`` file in ``/etc/synnefo`` if using snf-webproject. |
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30 | 890c2065 | Sofia Papagiannaki | =============================== ==================================================== ============================================================ |
31 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | Name Default value Description |
32 | 890c2065 | Sofia Papagiannaki | =============================== ==================================================== ============================================================ |
33 | 27932481 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_PROXY_USER_SERVICES True Whether to proxy user feedback and catalog services |
34 | 890c2065 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_USER_CATALOG_URL \http://127.0.0.1:8000/im/service/api/v2.0/users/ Astakos User Catalog URL |
35 | 890c2065 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_USER_FEEDBACK_URL \http://127.0.0.1:8000/im/service/api/v2.0/feedback/ Astakos User Feedback URL |
36 | 890c2065 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_USER_LOGIN_URL \http://127.0.0.1:8000/login/ Astakos User Login URL |
37 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_AUTHENTICATION_URL \http://127.0.0.1:8000/im/authenticate/ Astakos Authentication URL |
38 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_AUTHENTICATION_USERS A dictionary of sample users (token to username) Set to empty or None to disable |
39 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | PITHOS_BACKEND_DB_MODULE pithos.backends.lib.sqlalchemy |
40 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_DB_CONNECTION sqlite:////tmp/pithos-backend.db SQLAlchemy database connection string |
41 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_MODULE pithos.backends.lib.hashfiler |
42 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_PATH /tmp/pithos-data/ Map and block storage path |
43 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_UMASK 0o022 Map and block storage umask |
44 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_QUEUE_MODULE None Use ``pithos.backends.lib.rabbitmq`` to enable |
45 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_QUEUE_HOSTS None Format like [``amqp://guest:guest@localhost:5672`` |
46 | 4cfccdd2 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_QUEUE_EXCHANGE pithos |
47 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_QUOTA 50 GB (50 * 1024 ** 3) Default user quota |
48 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_VERSIONING auto Default versioning policy for containers |
49 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_BACKEND_FREE_VERSIONING True Default versioning debit policy (default free) |
50 | c700f742 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_UPDATE_MD5 True Update object checksums when using hashmaps |
51 | 02d94254 | Sofia Papagiannaki | PITHOS_SERVICE_TOKEN '' Service token acquired by the identity provider (astakos) |
52 | 890c2065 | Sofia Papagiannaki | =============================== ==================================================== ============================================================ |
53 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
54 | b3155065 | Antony Chazapis | To update checksums asynchronously, enable the queue, install snf-pithos-tools and use ``pithos-dispatcher``:: |
55 | b3155065 | Antony Chazapis | |
56 | 8d9a3fbd | Antony Chazapis | pithos-dispatcher --exchange=pithos --key=pithos.object --callback=pithos.api.dispatch.update_md5 |
57 | b3155065 | Antony Chazapis | |
58 | a74ba506 | Sofia Papagiannaki | To send sharing notifications:: |
59 | a74ba506 | Sofia Papagiannaki | |
60 | a74ba506 | Sofia Papagiannaki | pithos-dispatcher --exchange=pithos --key=pithos.sharing --callback=pithos.api.dispatch.send_sharing_notification |
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62 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Administrator functions |
63 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | ----------------------- |
64 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | |
65 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Available as extensions to Django's command-line management utility: |
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67 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | ============ ====================== |
68 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | Name Description |
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70 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | storagequota Get/set a user's quota |
71 | dfb1fafa | Antony Chazapis | ============ ====================== |
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