cloudisk

A decentralized content distribution system. Run your own cloud.

The idea

cloudisk is born from the need of a simple server to share pictures and videos with friends that doesn't depend on file size or device storage.

We decided to program our own, kind of like CLI Jellyfin, where we can add the features we need: an intuitive and private cloud that is easy to use and easy to develop.

Getting started

To install cloudisk, use pip install cloudisk.

After installing, you can run cloudisk -h to get the full commands list and a their description. Use cloudisk <command> -h to get help about their flags.

Cloudisk works with spaces, which are isolated server instances. Run cloudisk create to make a new space.

Then, use cloudisk run to start the web server at 127.0.0.1:8000.

If you want to use a different space, run cloudisk use [NAME].

Configuration

As mentioned before, cloudisk manages different server instances with spaces.

These spaces, the cloudisk database and the settings module are located in your home directory:

• Linux: $HOME/.cloudisk
• macOS: $HOME/.cloudisk
• Windows: %USERPROFILE%/.cloudisk

The .cloudisk directory is created automatically, but you can also use cloudisk init to generate it.

Right now, all spaces share the same database and settings module. In the future, each space will have it's own settings module.

The settings module is just a Python file that contains some optional variables:

• STATIC_PATH: the path where the static files will be served from.
• EMAIL_FROM: the email of the account that sends the account verification email.
• PASS_FROM: the password of the account that sends the account verification email.

You can also set them up as environment variables by adding CLOUDISK_ prefix to the variable name. Eg.: CLOUDISK_EMAIL_FROM