Setting Up Globus Upload

Owned by Mikah Pinegar
Jun 24, 2024
1 min read

Steps on the mini computer

  1. https://docs.globus.org/globus-connect-personal/install/linux/

  2. sudo apt-get install tk tcllib

  3. wget https://downloads.globus.org/globus-connect-personal/linux/stable/globusconnectpersonal-latest.tgz

  4. tar xzf globusconnectpersonal-latest.tgz

  5. cd globusconnectpersonal-x.y.z

  6. ./globusconnectpersonal

  7. Click the link from the cli

  8. Enter in auth code

  9. Add name for the endpoint

  10. pip install globus-cli

  11. globus timer create transfer --notify failed --interval 10m --recursive --sync-level mtime 4af299cc-2f37-11ef-9620-453c3ae125a5:/home/benchbot/benchbot-brain-app/mini_computer_api/images/ "ea8aff4a-274e-4c48-bc23-5b93da0cc941:/semifield-upload/"

  12. Run globus login

  13. Enter auth code

  14. Run crontab -e and append */10 * * * * /home/benchbot/benchbot-brain-app/mini_computer_api/delete_uploaded_images.sh >> /home/benchbot/benchbot-brain-app/mini_computer_api/logs/file_deletion_output.log 2>&1


For further investigation (Setting up a Globus application and using app id + secret)

  1. https://app.globus.org/settings/developers/

  2. Register a service account

  3. Name project

  4. Name app

  5. Add secret, copy somewhere safe

  6. Add permissions to destination: paste in the client identity (<CLIENTID>@clients.auth.globus.org) as the Username or Email when adding the permission.