sftp-cloudfs 0.2.3

SFTP interface to Rackspace Cloud Files and Open Stack Object Storage (Swift)

This is a SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) interface to Rackspace Cloud Files and OpenStack Object Storage, providing a service that acts as a proxy between a SFTP client and a remote files/storage service.

The username/password pair used to open the SFTP session is validated using the authentication service of the files/storage service to get an authentication token.

The communication between the client and the SFTP daemon is encrypted all the time, and the SFTP service supports HTTPS communication with the remote files/storage service.

Install

Requirements:

• python (2.6)

• paramiko (1.7.6)

• python-cloudfiles (1.7.9)

• python-daemon (1.5.5)

• ftp-cloudfs (0.9)

These are the minimum recommended versions based in our testing environment.

To install the software, run following command:

python setup.py install

Or using pip:

pip install sftp-cloudfs

You may need to create a host key with ssh-keygen.

Usage

Once installed you can run the service with sftpcloudfs executable, that supports following options:

--version

show program’s version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-a AUTHURL, --auth-url=AUTHURL

Authentication URL

-k HOST_KEY, --host-key-file=HOST_KEY

Host RSA key used by the server

-b BIND_ADDRESS, --bind-address=BIND_ADDRESS

Address to bind (default: 127.0.0.1)

-p PORT, --port=PORT

Port to bind (default: 8022)

-l LOG_FILE, --log-file=LOG_FILE

Log into provided file

-f, --foreground

Run in the foreground (don’t detach from terminal)

--syslog

Enable logging to system logger (daemon facility)

-v, --verbose

Show detailed information on logging

--pid-file=PID_FILE

Pid file location when in daemon mode

--uid=UID

UID to drop the privileges to when in daemon mode

--gid=GID

GID to drop the privileges to when in daemon mode

--config=CONFIG

Use an alternative configuration file

The default location for the configuration file is /etc/sftpcloudfs.conf.

License

This is free software under the terms of MIT license (check COPYING file included in this package).

The server is loosely based on the BSD licensed sftpd server code from:

http://code.google.com/p/pyfilesystem/

Contact and support

The project website is at:

https://github.com/memset/sftpcloudfs

There you can file bug reports, ask for help or contribute patches.

Authors

• Nick Craig-Wood <[e-mail]>

• Juan J. Martinez <[e-mail]>