• REQUIREMENTS
• BUILD
• EXAMPLE

REQUIREMENTS

This project is build on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS with following dependencies:

• clang 14.0.0

• cmake 3.22.1

• boost c++ library 1.65

• OpenSSL 1.0

  Please note: Newer versions of OpenSSL may cause build failures

• gf-complete

• snappy

• leveldb

• sockpp

• bshoshany-thread-pool

• xdelta3

Leveldb, sockpp, bshoshany-thread-pool and xdelta3 are packed in source.

The remaining dependencies can be installed via apt-get:

$ apt-get install llvm cmake libboost-all-dev libssl1.0-dev libgf-complete-dev libsnappy-dev

BUILD

Build this project with cmake

$ mkdir -p ./build && cd ./build
$ cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
$ make -j 6
$ cd ..

And the executables of server and client will be built to the directory ./bin

EXAMPLE

server

It's required to run four server instances simultaneously in different directories.

The server will try to read the json configuration file when it starts, and the format of the configuration file is as follows:

{
  "cluster": [
    {"ip": "127.0.0.1", "port": "6000"},
    {"ip": "127.0.0.1", "port": "6001"},
    {"ip": "127.0.0.1", "port": "6002"},
    {"ip": "127.0.0.1", "port": "6003"}
  ],
  "database dir": "./meta/DedupDB/",
  "container dir": "./meta/Container/",
  "clean": true
}

• cluster specifies the addresses of the four servers
• database dir specifies the path where the database files are stored
• container dir specifies the path where the share data container files are stored
• clean specifies whether the server will clear the files saved during previous runs

Note that the database dir and container dir for the four server instances need to be different, so it is recommended to use relative paths

Usage of server:

$ server <port index> [config file]

• <port> specifies the addresses index of this server node in the config file
• [config file] is an optinal, from which the configuration file will be loaded, otherwise a default configuration will be loaded if not specified or fail to load the given one.

client

The client will try to read a configuration file named config in the current directory, and the configuration file specifies the addresses of the four servers in turn:

0.0.0.0:6000
0.0.0.0:6001
0.0.0.0:6002
0.0.0.0:6003

Usage of client:

To upload a file:

$ client <target file> <user id> -u

• <target file> specifies the path to the file to upload
• <user id> specifies the user id

To download a file:

$ client <target file> <user id> -d

• <target file> specifies a previously uploaded file
• <user id> specifies the user id

If the download is successful, a file named <target file>.decode will appear in the same directory as the uploaded file

And we can use md5sum to check whether the uploaded one and the downloaded one are identical:

$ md5sum <upload file> <download file>