swift/doc/source/getting_started.rst
Carlos Cavanna 5a7383313b Swift documentation for first-time contributors.
In this change, there are proposed improvement to Swift documentation aimed at
first-time contributors. They include a simplification of the Getting
Started page and a new page with some basic instructions/commands that the
first-time contributor should know. In addition, it shows some common errors
that the first-time contributor may find when executing git rebase and
information on how to track your changes.

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Getting Started
===============
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System Requirements
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Swift development currently targets Ubuntu Server 14.04, but should work on
most Linux platforms.
Swift is written in Python and has these dependencies:
* Python 2.7
* rsync 3.0
* The Python packages listed in `the requirements file <https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/requirements.txt>`_
* Testing additionally requires `the test dependencies <https://github.com/openstack/swift/blob/master/test-requirements.txt>`_
There is no current support for Python 3.
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Development
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To get started with development with Swift, or to just play around, the
following docs will be useful:
* :doc:`Swift All in One <development_saio>` - Set up a VM with Swift installed
* :doc:`Development Guidelines <development_guidelines>`
* :doc:`First Contribution to Swift <first_contribution_swift>`
* :doc:`Associated Projects <associated_projects>`
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CLI client and SDK library
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There are many clients in the `ecosystem <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/associated_projects.html#application-bindings>`_. The official CLI
and SDK is python-swiftclient.
* `Source code <https://github.com/openstack/python-swiftclient>`_
* `Python Package Index <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/python-swiftclient>`_
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Production
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If you want to set up and configure Swift for a production cluster, the
following doc should be useful:
* :doc:`Multiple Server Swift Installation <howto_installmultinode>`