Swift is a highly scalable distributed object storage system that can store and retrieve data, including large unstructured data sets, across geographically distributed clusters. Swift is developed as part of the OpenStack project.
This tutorial covers the installation of Swift on Kali Linux Latest. The steps are as follows:
Swift has some dependencies that we need to install. Use the following commands to install the necessary dependencies:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install python-dev python-setuptools python-pip python-eventlet python-greenlet python-netifaces python-pastedeploy python-pyinotify python-webob git-core libffi-dev
Next, we need to clone the Swift repository. Use the following command to clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/openstack/swift.git
cd swift
Now we can install Swift. Use the following command to install Swift:
sudo python setup.py install
This will install Swift along with all of its dependencies.
Now we need to configure Swift. Swift configuration is done through a configuration file located in the /etc/swift directory. We need to create a configuration file by copying a sample configuration file:
sudo cp /etc/swift/swift.conf-sample /etc/swift/swift.conf
Then we need to edit the configuration file by adding the following lines at the end of the file:
[swift-hash]
# random unique string that is used to salt hashes
swift_hash_path_suffix = your_hash_path_suffix_here
Replace "your_hash_path_suffix_here" with a unique string.
Now we can start Swift. Use the following command to start Swift:
swift-init all start
This will start all of the Swift services.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Swift on Kali Linux Latest. With Swift installed, you can now store and retrieve data across geographically distributed clusters.
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