openstack/swift

Kota Tsuyuzaki 4ddd4c8a63 Update ubuntu version to be correct target

- saio describes both 14.04 and 16.04 procedure
- currently we're testing on 16.04 (xenial) envrionment on the gate

Remaining task (probably another work):
- review the installation guide which adjusts to the ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Change-Id: Id690a1deabeb24bfc1af3ba3a3019794fe4b8eb9

2017-09-12 02:21:41 +09:00

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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
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.

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>