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Pithos is a file storage service, built by GRNET using Django (https://www.djangoproject.com/). |
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Learn more about Pithos at: http://code.grnet.gr/projects/pithos |
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Consult COPYRIGHT for licensing information. |
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About Pithos application |
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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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How to run |
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Use snf-webproject to run Pithos automatically. |
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To use Pithos in a custom Django project, just add ``pithos.api`` to ``INSTALLED_APPS``. |
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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:: |
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CREATE DATABASE pithos WITH ENCODING 'UTF8' LC_COLLATE='C' LC_CTYPE='C' TEMPLATE=template0; |
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Settings |
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Configure in ``settings.py`` or a ``.conf`` file in ``/etc/synnefo`` if using snf-webproject. |
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PITHOS_AUTHENTICATION_URL \http://127.0.0.1:8000/im/authenticate Astakos API URL |
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PITHOS_AUTHENTICATION_USERS A dictionary of sample users (token to username) Set to empty or None to disable |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_DB_MODULE pithos.backends.lib.sqlalchemy |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_DB_CONNECTION sqlite:////tmp/pithos-backend.db SQLAlchemy database connection string |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_MODULE pithos.backends.lib.hashfiler |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_PATH /tmp/pithos-data/ Map and block storage path |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_BLOCK_UMASK 0o022 Map and block storage umask |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_QUEUE_MODULE None Use ``pithos.backends.lib.rabbitmq`` to enable |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_QUEUE_CONNECTION None Format like ``rabbitmq://guest:guest@localhost:5672/pithos`` |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_QUOTA 50 GB (50 * 1024 ** 3) Default user quota |
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PITHOS_BACKEND_VERSIONING auto Default versioning policy for containers |
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PITHOS_UPDATE_MD5 True Update object checksums when using hashmaps |
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PITHOS_SERVICE_TOKEN '' Service token acquired by the identity provider (astakos) |
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To update checksums asynchronously, enable the queue, install snf-pithos-tools and use ``pithos-dispatcher``:: |
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pithos-dispatcher --exchange=pithos --key=pithos.object --callback=pithos.api.dispatch.update_md5 |
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To send sharing notifications:: |
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pithos-dispatcher --exchange=pithos --key=pithos.sharing --callback=pithos.api.dispatch.send_sharing_notification |
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Administrator functions |
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Available as extensions to Django's command-line management utility: |
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storagequota Get/set a user's quota |
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