NAS-INIT-SPRINT-01 Summary

[raamsri]

🛠️ Laying the Foundation for StrataSTOR 🚀

Hello, world! 🌍

It’s been two weeks since the sprint wrapped up—blame the festive season for the break! 🎉 But the foundation has been laid, and we’re inching closer to the real action. To follow the sprint norm, respecting the tradition, we have diligently strayed from the original plan. Here's a gist of what's gone in so far.

🚀 Accomplishments

Core Components 🧩

ZFS Package 🔧

This is the heart of the project. It now handles:

• Dataset operations: Create, destroy, snapshot, clone—you name it.
• Pool management: Creating, importing, exporting, and more.
• Command execution: With a strong focus on safety.
• Property management: Tweaking those ZFS knobs just right.
• Mount operations: Because unmounted datasets are just sad.

API Layer 🌐

ZFS, meet REST. REST, meet ZFS. It isn't RESTful but the HTTP API is live, and it’s got:

• Endpoints for managing datasets and pools.
• Property tweaks and mount operations.
• A foundation for interacting with ZFS over the network.

Error Management 🐞

Mistakes happen. Now they’ll be easier to catch, classify, and resolve with:

• RodentError: A structured error type.
• Domain-based error classification.
• HTTP status mapping to keep things web-friendly.

Configuration Management 🎛️

Good configs are the backbone of any system. This one’s got:

• Command line arguments, env vars, config files, and default values. Precedence? Check.

Process Lifecycle Management 🔂

Built to run like a charm, with:

• Single instance enforcement (no duplicate processes here).
• Graceful shutdown handling with PID files and signal love.
• Daemon mode for background operation.
• Context-based cancellation—because life happens.

Testing Strategy 🧪

From unit tests to full-on integration runs, we’re covering all bases:

• Safe ZFS operations using loop devices for testing.
• Rigorous error handling tests.
• A playground for API endpoint validation.

Security Measures 🛡️

Ship it secure or don’t ship it at all:

• Input validation: Regex and more regex.
• Command injection prevention: Because safety first.
• Timeouts and resource limits: Keeping things tight.

Documentation 📜

If it’s not documented, it didn’t happen. Find:

• Design notes, implementation details, and security considerations.
• A roadmap for newcomers to understand the why behind the what.

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🔮 Next Steps

• Advanced ZFS functionality like encryption, send/receive, and monitoring.
• ACLs
• Expanded testing and performance benchmarking.
• Hardened security and smarter resource management.

And, that's a wrap!