What progress was made on your grant this month?
- Cloud Backup API Connection Fixes: Successfully identified and resolved issues in cloud backup list menu API connections, enabling proper communication between the frontend UI and backend services. Fixed broken functions and replaced the old tape APIs with updated Rust dependencies for improved performance and stability.
- Middleware Development: Began development of a middleware layer to facilitate smooth interaction between the cloud backup APIs and the Sia decentralized storage APIs. This was necessitated after discovering direct connections between these APIs were failing, and the middleware will enable a reliable and efficient integration of Sia’s decentralized storage with the Proxmox cloud backup plugin.
- Sia API Integration Testing: Successfully tested Sia API integration using Postman. This confirmed that basic API interactions, such as data upload and retrieval, are functional. However, challenges remain in creating a full connection between the cloud backup plugin and Sia’s decentralized storage APIs, which is being addressed through middleware development.
- Codebase Maintenance and DevOps Improvements: Built and tested the existing codebase throughout the month. Also completed ExtJS build DevOps tasks, ensuring that the development environment is fully operational with optimized CI/CD pipelines.
Phase 8: Beta testing and bug cleanup:
- API Connectivity: Initial testing revealed that the cloud backup APIs could not connect to Sia APIs due to missing middleware functionality. This led to a pivot in development focus, where middleware is now being built to bridge the gap between the cloud backup plugin and the Sia decentralized storage network.
- Rust Dependencies: Encountered issues with outdated Rust dependencies that caused failures in the original cloud backup functions and tape APIs. These were replaced with updated libraries, improving API performance and reliability for storage functions.
What was done in the code:
- Renter API and UI connection: Worked on improving the connection between the renter API and the UI for better performance.
- Updated files: pbs/src/api2/cloud/backup.rs, pbs/src/api2/cloud/mod.rs, pbs/src/api2/cloud/restore.rs
- Encryption and Decryption: Implemented hash encryption and decryption algorithms to secure data.
- Relevant code: www/cloud/window/Hashcrypt.js
- Cloud Backup API Development: Added backup and restore functionality in the cloud backup UI and connected APIs.
- Code: www/cloud/window/CloudBackupJob.js
- Access Control & Backup Group Functions: Enhanced the access control editing interface and introduced functions for changing backup group owners.
- Files worked on: www/cloud/window/ACLEdit.js
- UI and Styling Enhancements: Improved the UI elements and styling for the Proxmox Backup Server plugin.
- Stylesheet: www/css/ext6-pbscloud.css
- Backup Scheduling Features: Added scheduling options for cloud backups within the user interface.
- Code updated: www/cloud/backupworks/backupschedule.js
- API Work for PBS Cloud Backup: Tested the API connection for cloud backups, ensuring that encryption and decryption functionalities are working.
- Test code: src/cloud/test/alloc_writable_media.rs
- Frontend Development with ExtJS: Continued working on the user interface using JavaScript and ExtJS for improved interaction and visualization.
Links to repos worked on this month:
Merged branch ‘develop’ of https://github.com/AZComputerSolutions/PBSCloudBackupModule
What will you be working on this month?
- Finalizing Middleware for Sia Integration: Complete the middleware development and test its ability to support full cloud backup functionality with Sia. This will include successful data backup and retrieval via the Sia API, followed by a visual demonstration (screenshots) of the working solution.
Please summarize your development goals into a few sentences or bullet points:
Completion of Builds and GitHub Updates: Finalize the latest build after the middleware and Sia integration testing is complete, and push the updates to the project’s GitHub repository.
Further Testing & Optimization: Conduct more in-depth tests on the entire plugin to ensure robust performance under different conditions. Optimize both the API and UI to ensure seamless use of Sia as a decentralized storage solution within the Proxmox Backup Server environment.
I would like to get an answer with regards to the additional funds requested in last month’s report. Without those funds we are going to have to slow down the progress of development. I would also suggest that if the project goes into slowdown mode there is a definite possibility of losing our current developer as he could possibility move on to another project.
