First Status Report

[Atul Aggarwal]

Repository for instantmirror is git://github.com/atulagrwl/InstantMirror.git
.

Please read README file for more information about how to compile etc.

In case of any problem, please contact me.

On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:07 AM, Warren Togami <wtogami at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 06/07/2009 03:08 PM, Atul Aggarwal wrote:
>
>> As per the Prototype Plan, following objectives as been achieved:
>>
>> 1. Creation of .torrent file based on the directory structure.
>> 2. Web server glued with torrent library which shows files present in
>> the torrent when called on $localion/torrent.
>> 3. When clicked on the file present in the fake index file, it downloads
>> the file.
>>
>> So as per the prototype plan, all goals has been completed (wrong?).
>>
>
> Where is the code?
>
>  The only problem is that I am not able to detect when is the download
>> over so that I can serve the file through the webserver. I am looking
>> for it on apis and will talk to irc channel if I am still not able to do
>> it.
>>
>
> Is the web server and torrent client running in the same process or
> different process?
>
> The torrent client internally knows if a file is 100% downloaded.  The web
> server knowing if a particular file download is complete is a required
> feature for this prototype.
>
>
>> I used mini_http project as the webserver as I found the code of
>> mini_http simple. Now I can port it to lighttpd also (Should I?). I need
>> to write plugin in lighttpd for torrent or I can modify existing file
>> and directory plugin to accomodate the support of torrent.
>>
>>
> If it is possible to implement entirely as a plugin for lighttpd, that
> might be desirable for an ideal implementation later as it might be easier
> to maintain.  (You don't need to maintain a fork of a web server.)  But for
> prototypes exploring concepts now, just do anything to make it work, and
> work on the features.
>
> Warren Togami
> wtogami at redhat.com
>
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Regards,

Atul Aggarwal
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