Deleting object containers
Deleting OpenStack Object Storage containers is quite simple. Any container can be deleted, for as long as they are empty.
Note
In this case, the OpenStack CLI has different behavior from the Swift CLI tool. The Swift CLI will delete container with all of its contents, while the OpenStack CLI will not. In this example, we are using the OpenStack CLI.
Getting ready
Ensure that you are logged on to a correctly configured OpenStack client and can access the OpenStack environment as a user with the swiftoperator privileges. We will use the developer user created in the Common OpenStack identity tasks recipe in Chapter 2, The OpenStack Client with the cookbook4 password. We have also granted this user the swiftoperator privileges. ...
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