Server NAS and Compute

Plan

Part 1:

The Server:

Either Proxmox or OpenStack

OpenStack: Host os: ubuntu-20.04.3-desktop-amd64
RAM alloted: 4GB
Storage disk space alloted: 25GB

CMDs:

• sudo -i => get into root mode

• adduser stack

• echo "stack ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL" >> /etc/sudoers

• checkout ref for network setup

• timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata

• apt update && apt upgrade -y

• su stack

• cd ~

• git clone https://opendev.org/openstack/devstack -b stable/victoria

• create and write the contents of local.conf in devstack directory

  • set passwords
  • set Host IP

• apt install ntp

• run : ./stack.sh

Part 2:

Deciding the OS instances to be used

• Ubuntu
• Windows
• etc

Part 3:

Setting up a web interface to access the storage to upload and download files using HTTP protocol.

Miniserve a small, self-contained cross-platform CLI tool that allows to grab the binary and serve some file(s) via HTTP is used.

USES:

• In order to send files to the server to do external processing(heavy lifting work) and to get back the results/output.
• Can be used to upload and retrive media files like a NAS.

NGROK can be used to access this publicaly from outside the network

Part n:

Building an image with the source codes and running it:

• docker build -t webapp .
• docker run -d -p 80:5000 --name HiddenLeaf webapp