Setup a python3 virtual environment:

python3 -m virtualenv env
source env/bin/activate

Install requirements

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Edit the config.json file to match your cluster's IP addresses

Navigate to the proto directory and run both the proto files to generate python files for serializing messages and grpc communication

raft.proto

python3 -m grpc.tools.protoc -I. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. raft.proto

file_transfer.proto

python3 -m grpc.tools.protoc -I. --python_out=. --grpc_python_out=. file_transfer.proto

raft.py

cd raft
python3 raft.py

dc.py

cd dc
python3 dc.py

cd client
python3 client_upload.py

After running the above, a python daemon watches a directory called "uploads" in the client folder. Place the file that needs to be uploaded in that uploads directory.

cd client
python3 client_download.py

After running the above file, it will display a list of files available for download and gives the user an option, if he/she wants to download a file