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-# DocHub Storage (Garage)
-
-S3-compatible object storage for DocHub, deployed independently from the
-app stack in `docker-compose.yml` at the repo root, using
-[Garage](https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/) — a fully open source (AGPL)
-object store purpose-built for self-hosting. `backend/app/garage_client.py`
-talks to it over the standard S3 API via `boto3`.
-
-Single-node setup, matching this project's learning/small-team scope
-(`replication_factor = 1` in `garage.toml` — no data redundancy across
-nodes, since there's only one node).
-
-## First-time setup
-
-```bash
-cd storage
-docker compose up -d
-./init-garage.sh
-docker compose exec garage /garage key info dochub-backend
-```
-
-The last command prints an access key ID and secret key. Set those as
-`GARAGE_ACCESS_KEY` / `GARAGE_SECRET_KEY` for the DocHub backend.
-
-## Connecting the backend
-
-From the repo root, when running `docker compose up` there:
-
-```bash
-GARAGE_ENDPOINT=<this-server-ip>:3900 \
-GARAGE_ACCESS_KEY=<from init-garage.sh> \
-GARAGE_SECRET_KEY=<from init-garage.sh> \
-docker compose up -d
-```
-
-Garage's S3 API listens on port `3900`.
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-services:
-  garage:
-    image: dxflrs/garage:v1.0.1
-    network_mode: host
-    volumes:
-      - ./garage.toml:/etc/garage.toml:ro
-      - garage-meta:/var/lib/garage/meta
-      - garage-data:/var/lib/garage/data
-    restart: unless-stopped
-
-volumes:
-  garage-meta:
-  garage-data:
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-metadata_dir = "/var/lib/garage/meta"
-data_dir = "/var/lib/garage/data"
-db_engine = "sqlite"
-
-replication_factor = 1
-
-rpc_bind_addr = "[::]:3901"
-rpc_public_addr = "127.0.0.1:3901"
-rpc_secret = "62b86336239b3fd482f05e0caed739198a9601917cb1f80a7d8d429775be9e5c"
-
-[s3_api]
-s3_region = "garage"
-api_bind_addr = "[::]:3900"
-root_domain = ".s3.garage.localhost"
-
-[s3_web]
-bind_addr = "[::]:3902"
-root_domain = ".web.garage.localhost"
-index = "index.html"
-
-[admin]
-api_bind_addr = "[::]:3903"
-admin_token = "fad952cc1c31f6e53b63b24d9dbbae75809906cfa61a933a91545e6130e32a31"
diff --git a/storage/init-garage.sh b/storage/init-garage.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# One-time Garage initialization: assigns this single node to the cluster
-# layout, then creates the DocHub bucket and an access key for the backend.
-#
-# Run this once after `docker compose up -d` in this directory.
-set -euo pipefail
-
-GARAGE="docker compose exec garage /garage"
-
-echo "Waiting for garage to be ready..."
-until $GARAGE status >/dev/null 2>&1; do
-  sleep 1
-done
-
-NODE_ID=$($GARAGE status | awk '/NODE ID/{found=1; next} found && NF {print $1; exit}')
-if [ -z "$NODE_ID" ]; then
-  echo "Could not determine node ID from 'garage status' output." >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "Assigning layout to node $NODE_ID (single node, capacity 10G)..."
-$GARAGE layout assign -z dochub -c 10G "$NODE_ID"
-$GARAGE layout apply --version 1
-
-echo "Creating bucket 'dochub'..."
-$GARAGE bucket create dochub
-
-echo "Creating access key 'dochub-backend'..."
-$GARAGE key create dochub-backend
-$GARAGE bucket allow --read --write --owner dochub --key dochub-backend
-
-echo
-echo "Done. Run 'docker compose exec garage /garage key info dochub-backend'"
-echo "to retrieve the access key ID and secret key, then set them as"
-echo "MINIO_ACCESS_KEY / MINIO_SECRET_KEY for the DocHub backend."