ownUI Setup

Install and configure ownCloud on your EC2 instance. Enable public file upload access and connect it with AWS services.

Step 1: Clone the Repo

• Download the necessary files from the provided repository.

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Step 2: Setting up Middleware

• Navigate to the folder where owncloud-middleware is located in your project.

• In this folder, open the terminal. (Right Click to open the terminal)

• First, connect to your EC2 instance using SCP to transfer the middleware:

  scp -i ownCloudKey.pem -r owncloud-middleware/ ubuntu@34.227.74.159:~/

• SSH into the EC2 instance:

  ssh -i ownCloudKey.pem ubuntu@34.227.74.159

• Navigate to the owncloud-middleware directory:

  cd owncloud-middleware

• Update the package list and install required packages:

  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install python3-venv -y

• Create and activate a Python virtual environment:

  python3 -m venv venv
  source venv/bin/activate

This is how your terminal configuration will look like.

• Install the necessary Python dependencies:

  pip install fastapi uvicorn python-dotenv requests
  pip install python-multipart

• Run the FastAPI middleware:

  uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Access the FastAPI Docs at: https://34.227.74.159:8000/docs. This service will run on Port 8000.

Step 3: Running the Node.js Server

• Navigate to the directory where your Node.js project (server.js) is located.

• Start the Node.js server:

  node server.js

The server will run on Port 5501.

Step 4: Project Ready

Your project is now ready! You can access it and interact with the following features:

• Upload and delete files.

• If the same file is uploaded by two users, metadata is updated to reflect the new user.

• When a user deletes a file, their reference is removed from the metadata.

• If the final user deletes the file, the file itself is removed from storage.

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