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
• rsync 3.0
• The Python packages listed in the requirements file
• Testing additionally requires the test dependencies
• Testing requires these distribution packages

There is no current support for Python 3.

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>