Configurable random run-dir path
Consider adding a configuration option to weskit.yaml that allows to:
- Set the base path of the random directories, e.g.
run_dir:
type: api
This may then replace the current require_workdir_tag, i.e. with type: api the admin would configure that the run-dir tag shall be usable by the client.
Or
run_dir:
type: uuid
subdir: data
This would create UUID run directories (type) in $WESKIT_DATA/data. This was planned to allow for abstract paths to which the result data is written, instead of OTP pre-assigning directories.
For the UUIDs, one may also consider defining the length of the prefix from the UUID used for the first level. Currently, it is 4 resulting in up to 16^4 directories in WESKIT_DATA, which is 65535. This is MUCH too large. Probably a prefix length of 2 (256 directories) would be sufficient. E.g.
run_dir
type: uuid
subdir: .
level1: 4
to re-create the current behaviour, in which WESKIT_DATA/uuid[0:3]/uuid paths are created.
Later (not now) this could be extended to e.g. distribute UUID dirs to multiple shares mounted into the WESKIT_DATA directory. This was (once) thought as a way to have alternative mounts, in case of storage failure on some mounts (as happened for OTP).