Filesystem Protocol

Introduction

Zilla implements the Filesystem protocol for providing access to local files and directories on the local filesystem. When combined with HTTP binding, it behaves as a webserver.

Supported Features

Basic Filesystem operations, such as:
- CREATE_DIRECTORY
- CREATE_FILE
- DELETE_DIRECTORY
- DELETE_FILE
- READ_DIRECTORY
- READ_FILE
- READ_FILE_CHANGES
- READ_METADATA
- WRITE_FILE
Symbolic Links support.
Robust routing capabilities.

Security

HTTPS

By utilizing HTTP and TLS binding, a TLS encryption can be enforced on the Filesystem bindings. This prevents eavesdropping, tampering, and man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

Authentication

Zilla natively supports JWT-based authentication, using a guard implementation that allows seamless validation and access control for protected resources.

During authentication, the client sends the token in the Authorization header with each request. The server then validates the token’s integrity and claims before granting access.

Zilla: Filesystem Use Cases

Zilla leverages Filesystem Protocol to provide powerful routing and serving files through Zilla.

Filesystem Proxy
- http.filesystem

Reference

Filesystem Binding The filesystem support, with server behavior.

http-filesystem Binding Binding with http-filesystem support, with proxy behavior.