BlobStorage

Saketh Raman KS

Cloudwiry Hackathon 2022

Solution

The solution uses a FastAPI backend along with a CLI Frontend and PostgreSQL for the database.

Streaming is supported during both upload and download to enable transfer of large files.

The server compresses files using gzip compression before writing them to disk.

The solution is deployed on a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine.

Supported operations:
- Upload
- Download
- Rename
- Update
- Share
- Revoke
- Delete
Support for streaming uploads and downloads
Easy to use CLI client
Compression using gzip
User based access control using three permission levels - Owner, Editor, and Viewer

Click here for a demo of the application.

Note: An instance of the server is deployed at the IP address 20.127.120.66 on port 4567

Clone the repository to a local machine
Install Python 3.8 if not installed already
Navigate to the folder Server
Create a virtual environment using virtualenv with Python 3.8
Activate the virtual environment
Install dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt
Run alembic upgrade head to create the necessary tables in the database
Create a file .env with the necessary configuration information. A sample .env.example is provided in the repository
Start the server with python main.py
Done!

Clone the repository to a local machine
Install Python 3.8 if not installed already
Navigate to the folder Client
Create a virtual environment using virtualenv with Python 3.8
Activate the virtual environment
Install dependencies using pip install -r requirements.txt
Create a file .env with the necessary configuration information. A sample .env.example is provided in the repository
Start the server with python main.py
Done! The client can be terminated by pressing Ctrl + D

Note: Occasional connection resets occur while using the deployed server. In such cases restart the client and re-run the command.

Operation	Owner	Editor	Viewer
Download	✅	✅	✅
Rename	✅	✅	✖
Update	✅	✅	✖
Share	✅	✖	✖
Revoke	✅	✖	✖
Delete	✅	✖	✖