Getting Started with DecentraBox

With DecentraBox files aren’t stored in centralized data centers— instead, they're encrypted, split into pieces, and distributed on a filecoin+ipfs network.

Demo Link

Fleek Hosted Demo: https://45xxc-daaaa-aaaad-qa3za-cai.ic.fleek.co/

AWS Hosted Demo: https://main.d1duwthxt3y612.amplifyapp.com/

Tech Stack

The following technologies were used to make this awesome product.

EStuary (https://estuary.tech/)

Provides with direct access to deals on filecoin and storage of files on IPFS Network

OrbitDB (https://github.com/orbitdb/orbit-db)

Provides Decentralised Database over IPFS.

ReactJS

Provides the base framework to build client side operations.

NodeJS + Sam CLI

Provides the cli operation to deploy the API Endpoints created in NodeJS to AWS Lambda + AWS API Gateway. Used to deploy 2 API Endpoints for sending our email to users & to generate browser based key for EStuary.

AWS SES

Use to send emails to users to login to the application

Infrastructure

AWS Amplify

Used with CI/CD Setup in order to host application.

Heroku

Used to deploy IPFS webrtc-star discovery server for DecentraBox. Follow this guide for the steps: https://suda.pl/free-webrtc-star-heroku/

Getting Started

To get started first clone the git repo git clone https://github.com/itseasy21/DecentraBox
On one terminal we will deploy the backend APIs

Install Sam Cli (https://docs.aws.amazon.com/serverless-application-model/latest/developerguide/serverless-sam-cli-install.html) and configure it
Navigate to backend-api folder & open the get-api/app.js and update your EStuary permanent key in there.
Now navigate to backend-api directory and run sam deploy --guided and note the api endpoints

On another terminal we will run the application

Update the API Endpoints in the following: src/pages/ProcessLogin.tsx & src/pages/Dashboard.tsx
In the terminal run the following to install and start the application

yarn install    # If first time use
yarn start      # should start the app on localhost:3000

Available Scripts

In the project directory, you can run:

`yarn start`

Runs the app in the development mode.
Open http://localhost:3000 to view it in the browser.

The page will reload if you make edits.
You will also see any lint errors in the console.

`yarn build`

Builds the app for production to the build folder.
It correctly bundles React in production mode and optimizes the build for the best performance.

The build is minified and the filenames include the hashes.
Your app is ready to be deployed!

See the section about deployment for more information.

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