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Getting Started
System Requirements
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
- Testing additionally requires the test dependencies
Python 2.6 should work, but it's not actively tested. There is no current support for Python 3.
Getting Swift
Swift's source code is hosted on github and managed with git. The current trunk can be checked out like this:
git clone https://github.com/openstack/swift.git
A source tarball for the latest release of Swift is available on the launchpad project page.
Prebuilt packages for Ubuntu and RHEL variants are available.
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 installedDevelopment Guidelines <development_guidelines>- Associated Projects <http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/associated_projects.html>
CLI client and SDK library
There are many clients in the ecosystem. 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>