hatbox

hatbox

Description

Hatbox is a scalable and self syncing CDN. All files in the contents folder will be kept synchronized with other hatboxs in the namespace. When a new hatbox is introduced with no files it'll be automatically populated by the rest of the cluster.

Runtime params

• cluster-name - name of cluster
• hatbox-name - name of the hatbox
• redis-address - address to redis server
• redis-password - password for redis server
• run-now - run registered scripts on this wart immediately
• host-port - port to host file server on
• health-port - port to host health server on

Getting dependencies

Requires a version of go that supports go.mod

• go get

Get up and running

• Build it
  • make build
• Build and run it
  • make run
• You can get started using an example config as such
  • ./bin/hatbox --config hatbox.config
• Or you can pass in through runtime params
  • ./bin/hatbox --redis-address=<address> --redis-password=<password> --hatbox-name=hatbox
• Or run through a docker container
  • docker run jaeg/hatbox:latest --redis-address=<address> --redis-password=<password> --hatbox-name=hatbox

Routes

GET /< filepath >

• Returns the newest version of the requested file. If the hatbox that got asked for the file either doesn't have it or is out of date it syncs the file.