Now that the ring files are on each storage node, you can start the services. On each storage node, run the following commands: # service swift-object start # service swift-object-replicator start # service swift-object-updater start # service swift-object-auditor start # service swift-container start # service swift-container-replicator start # service swift-container-updater start # service swift-container-auditor start # service swift-account start # service swift-account-replicator start # service swift-account-reaper start # service swift-account-auditor start # service openstack-swift-object start # service openstack-swift-object-replicator start # service openstack-swift-object-updater start # service openstack-swift-object-auditor start # service openstack-swift-container start # service openstack-swift-container-replicator start # service openstack-swift-container-updater start # service openstack-swift-container-auditor start # service openstack-swift-account start # service openstack-swift-account-replicator start # service openstack-swift-account-reaper start # service openstack-swift-account-auditor start To start all swift services at once, run the command: # swift-init main start To know more about swift-init command, run: # man swift-init # service rsyslog restart # service memcached restart On Fedora, you might need to use systemctl restart service.