Resmount

(Code Challenge)

Resmount is a small http server in Python that returns a json response with the list of mount points. Resmount gets its information from /proc/self/mountinfo.

Tech

Resmount is written in Python3.

Setup (With Docker)

To use Resmount, be sure to have docker installed and set up on your machine first.

• Check if you have jq installed by typing which jq on the commandline. Install it if you get an empty response.

• Clone this repo

  $ git clone https://github.com/kosyfrances/resmount.git
  

• cd into resmount directory

• Build Resmount docker image by running

  $ docker build -t resmount .
  

  NOTE: If you get an error like this Got permission denied while trying to connect to the Docker daemon socket at ... then run the docker commands with sudo.

• Now run Resmount app in the background in detached mode

  $ docker run -d -p 5555:5555 resmount
  

• View mount points on the docker container by running

  $ curl -sS localhost:5555 | jq -r .
  

• The output will be something like this:

  {
    "mount_points": [
      "/sys",
      "/proc",
      "/dev",
      "/dev/pts",
      "/run",
      "/",
      ....
    ]
  }
  

• To stop the running docker container, check the abbreviated container ID with

  $ docker container ls
  

• Copy the CONTAINER ID and use it to stop the container by running

  $ docker stop CONTAINER_ID
  

Setup on a Linux machine (Without Docker)

• Be sure to have python3 set up
• Check if you have jq installed by typing which jq on the commandline. Install it if you get an empty response.
• Clone this repo

  $ git clone https://github.com/kosyfrances/resmount.git
  

• cd into resmount directory and run

  $ python3 server.py
  

• View mount points commandline by running

  $ curl -sS localhost:5555 | jq -r .
  

• The output will be something like this:

  {
    "mount_points": [
      "/sys",
      "/proc",
      "/dev",
      "/dev/pts",
      "/run",
      "/",
      ....
    ]
  }