Swift is a highly scalable distributed object storage system designed for large-scale cloud infrastructure. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Swift on a Fedora server.
Before we start with the installation process, you need to have the following:
The first thing you need to do is to update the system and install the required packages. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo dnf update -y && sudo dnf install -y centos-release-openstack-rocky epel-release && sudo dnf update -y && sudo dnf group install -y "Development Tools"
This command will update your system and install the necessary packages required for the installation of Swift.
Now, we are ready to install Swift from the official repo. You can do this by running the following command:
sudo dnf install -y python2-swiftclient python-swift python-swiftclient memcached
This command will install the required packages for Swift.
After installation, we need to configure Swift. Open the configuration file /etc/swift/swift.conf, and update the following values:
[swift-hash]
# random unique string that can never change. This value should be
# different from the value for SwiftHash (below), but should be consistent
# across all nodes in a cluster.
swift_hash_path_suffix = <random_string>
SwiftHash = <random_string>
[storage-policy:0]
name = Policy-0
default = yes
[swift-constraints]
# maximum size of an object in bytes
max_file_size = 5368709122
# maximum number of objects allowed per container
max_objects_per_container = 1000000
In the above example, you can update the swift_hash_path_suffix and SwiftHash with a random unique string.
After configuration, we can start Swift by running the following command:
sudo systemctl start openstack-swift-proxy.service openstack-swift-account.service openstack-swift-container.service openstack-swift-object.service
This command will start the Swift services.
To enable automatic start of the Swift services on system boot, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable openstack-swift-proxy.service openstack-swift-account.service openstack-swift-container.service openstack-swift-object.service
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Swift on your Fedora server. You can now integrate Swift with other OpenStack services like Keystone, Glance, and Nova.
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