Welcome to Pacifica Archive Interface’s documentation!

The Pacifica Archive Interface service provides a REST API to a hierarchical storage management (HSM) system. The service provides Pacifica the ability to store files for the long term in a scalable cheap storage solution.

Contents:

• Installation
  • Installation in Virtual Environment
• Configuration
  • CherryPy Configuration File
  • Service Configuration File
  • ID Mapping to File Names
  • Running It
• Post Deployment Testing
  • Variables
  • Running
• Example Usage
  • Verify working
  • Put a File
  • Get a File
  • Status a File
  • Stage a File
  • Move a File
• Extending Supported Backends
  • Create a backend directory
  • Create Classes that Implement the Abstract Backend Class methods
  • Update Backend Factory
  • Update Interface Server
• Archive Interface Python Module
  • Backends Python Module
  • Configuration Python Module
  • Exception Python Module
  • Globals Python Module
  • ID to Filename Python Module
  • Rest Python Module
  • Utils Python Module
  • WSGI Python Module

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page