Installing OpenStack Swift on Virtualbox

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Requirements

• Ubuntu 12.04 machine

• Internet connectivity

• Git installed ($ sudo apt-get install git)

• All of it on top of Virtualbox

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Fetching script from Github

• $ git pull https://github.com/koolhead17/SwiftOnVbox.git

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Selecting the version to install

• Folsom

• Grizzly

• Havana

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Example install : Havana

• $ cd SwiftOnVbox

• $ sudo bash

• # bash install_havana_Swift_tempauth_ubuntu12.04.sh

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Source the credentials

• # source Swift_source_file_tempauth

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Test the deployment

• # swift stat

• Check “commands” file for more.

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Assumptions

• Run the script as superuser

• The install script makes use of LOOP DEVICES.

• Not suitable for PRODUCTION DEPLOYMENT.

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OpenStack Swift

• http://swift.openstack.org

• http://swiftstack.com/openstack-swift/architecture/

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Help Me

• In adding more features.

• Filing bug if something is not correct.

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About ME

• Atul Jha (@koolhead17)

• Solutions/Community Engineer

• SwiftStack (http://www.swiftstack.com)

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