swift/doc/source/getting_started.rst

Getting Started

System Requirements

Swift development currently targets Ubuntu Server 16.04, but should work on most Linux platforms.

Swift is written in Python and has these dependencies:

• Python (2.7, 3.6, or 3.7)
• rsync 3.0
• The Python packages listed in the requirements file
• Testing additionally requires the test dependencies
• Testing requires these distribution packages

Development

To get started with development with Swift, or to just play around, the following docs will be useful:

• Swift All in One <development_saio> - Set up a VM with Swift installed
• Development Guidelines <development_guidelines>
• First Contribution to Swift <first_contribution_swift>
• Associated Projects <associated_projects>

CLI client and SDK library

There are many clients in the ecosystem <application-bindings>. The official CLI and SDK is python-swiftclient.

• Source code
• Python Package Index

Production

If you want to set up and configure Swift for a production cluster, the following doc should be useful:

• Multiple Server Swift Installation <howto_installmultinode>