How to install Zenko CloudServer on Arch Linux

Zenko CloudServer is a Open Source, multi-cloud data controller that abstracts cloud data storage into a single unifying namespace. It provides unified APIs across multiple cloud storage backends such as Amazon S3, Azure Blob Storage, Google Cloud Storage, and more. In this tutorial, we will see how to install Zenko CloudServer on Arch Linux.

Prerequisites

• Arch Linux installed
• sudo access or running as root

Step 1: Install dependencies

Before getting started, we need to install some dependencies required to run Zenko CloudServer. Run the following command to install them.

sudo pacman -S nodejs npm

Step 2: Download and extract Zenko CloudServer

Once the dependencies are installed, we can now download and extract Zenko CloudServer on our system. Run the following command to download it.

wget https://github.com/scality/cloudserver/archive/refs/tags/v10.0.0.tar.gz

Then extract it with the following commands.

tar -zxf v10.0.0.tar.gz
cd cloudserver-10.0.0

Step 3: Install Zenko CloudServer

Now, install Zenko CloudServer using npm.

sudo npm install

This will install all the required dependencies of Zenko CloudServer.

Step 4: Configure Zenko CloudServer

After installation, we need to configure Zenko CloudServer. The configuration file is located in the config/default.json directory. Run the following command to open the default configuration file.

nano config/default.json

Update the configuration file with your cloud provider credentials.

{
  "provider": "aws",
  "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID": "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY",
  "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
  "AWS_ENDPOINT": "http://localhost:8000",
  "AWS_BUCKET": "myBucket"
}

Replace "YOUR_ACCESS_KEY" and "YOUR_SECRET_KEY" with your AWS access credentials, and "myBucket" with the name of your S3 bucket.

Step 5: Run Zenko CloudServer

Now, we are ready to start Zenko CloudServer. Run the following command to start it:

sudo npm start

This will start the Zenko CloudServer on port 8000.

Step 6: Test your installation

Finally, we can test our Zenko CloudServer installation by using the S3-compatible API. To test it, open any S3-compatible client, such as s3cmd, and try to upload a file.

For example, we can upload the testfile.txt file to our installed server with the following command:

s3cmd put testfile.txt s3://myBucket

Replace "myBucket" with the name of your S3 bucket.

That's it! We have successfully installed Zenko CloudServer on Arch Linux.