elasticsearch-distfs

Elasticsearch DistFS plugin - Simple distributed filesystem on Elasticsearch

This plugin is only written for educational purpose. Do not use it in production!

Project build status

Build

mvn package

Install

Run with plugin executable found in the Elasticsearch bin directory:

./bin/plugin --u file:///path/to/plugin.zip --i distfs

Run with Maven

First time or after a mvn clean do mvn package

Run Elasticsearch with the command:

mvn exec:java --> Elasticsearch will run on localhost:9200

Run/Debug in IntelliJ

Add run configuration:

Main class: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap

VM Options: -Des.foreground=yes

Usage

Upload a file to the DistFS:

POST http://localhost:9200/_distfs/<index>/<type>/<file path> (with the file as content)

POST http://localhost:9200/_distfs/<index>/<type>?path=<file path> (with the file as content)

for example:

POST http://localhost:9200/_distfs/fs/files/content/images/myimage.jpg

POST http://localhost:9200/_distfs/fs/files?path=content/images/myimage.jpg

Response returns permalink-id:

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 
Content-Length: 36

ad7ed078-7071-45c7-80c4-cab16849153c

To GET a file:

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/<index>/<type>/<file path>

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/<index>/<type>?path=<file path>

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/permalink/<permalink-id>

For example

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/fs/files/content/images/myimage.jpg

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/fs/files?path=content/images/myimage.jpg

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/permalink/a7c559eb-f286-4463-af70-c088b7d3454b

Execute command on path (directory or file)

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/<index>/<type>/<file path>?cmd=<command>

Commands

LS command - Display directory

GET http://localhost:9200/_distfs/<index>/<type>/<dir path>?cmd=ls

Example of output (navigation can be done by clicking the items):

Index of /

[+] ..
[+] images
[+] js
[-] index.html
[-] README.txt

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