Swift is a highly available, distributed, and eventually consistent object/blob store. It is used in the OpenStack cloud computing platform to provide a scalable and durable storage system. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Swift on Elementary OS Latest.
Before we begin, ensure that you have Elementary OS Latest installed on your system, and you have root privileges to install software packages.
To install Swift, we need to install some prerequisites first. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install swift swift-proxy swift-account swift-container swift-object
The above command will install the necessary packages to run Swift on your Elementary OS.
We need to configure Swift storage nodes to create a highly available and scalable storage system. In this tutorial, we will use a single node for demonstration purposes.
First, we need to create a storage directory for Swift.
sudo mkdir -p /mnt/swift/node/sdb1
sudo chown -R swift:swift /mnt/swift
Next, we need to create an object server configuration file for Swift.
sudo nano /etc/swift/object-server/1.conf
Add the following configuration to the file:
[DEFAULT]
devices = /mnt/swift/node
bind_ip = 127.0.0.1
[object-replicator]
[object-updater]
[object-auditor]
[object-server]
use = egg:swift#object
bind_port = 6000
workers = 1
Save and close the file.
We also need to configure the Swift proxy server to communicate with storage nodes. Open the proxy server configuration file.
sudo nano /etc/swift/proxy-server.conf
Update the following configuration in the file:
[DEFAULT]
bind_port = 8080
user = swift
log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
[pipeline:main]
pipeline = catch_errors gatekeeper proxy-server
[app:proxy-server]
use = egg:swift#proxy
log_name = proxy-server
log_facility = LOG_LOCAL0
[filter:gzip]
use = egg:swift#gzip
Save and close the file.
We can now start the Swift services to begin using the storage system.
sudo swift-init main start
This command will start all the Swift services, including the storage nodes and proxy server.
We can test our Swift installation by creating a container and uploading an object to it.
Create a container:
swift post my-container
Upload a file to the container:
swift upload my-container /path/to/my-file
List the contents of the container:
swift list my-container
If everything works correctly, you should see the file that you uploaded to the container.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Swift on Elementary OS Latest.
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