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Tim Burke 7e5c78423f Update "Getting Started" requirements

* Call out liberasurecode as a requirement
* Include more py3 versions
* Use anonymous links

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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 or 3.6-3.9)
rsync 3.x
liberasurecode
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.

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>