Chapter 5. Swift – OpenStack Object Storage

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

  • Configuring Swift services and users in Keystone
  • Installing OpenStack Object Storage – proxy server
  • Configuring OpenStack Object Storage – proxy server
  • Installing OpenStack Object Storage services – storage nodes
  • Configuring physical storage for use with Swift
  • Configuring Object Storage replication
  • Configuring OpenStack Object Storage – storage services
  • Making the Object Storage rings
  • Stopping and starting OpenStack Object Storage
  • Setting up SSL access

Introduction

OpenStack Object Storage, also known as Swift, is the service that allows massively scalable and highly redundant storage on commodity hardware. This service is implemented by Rackspace as cloud files ...

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