This document provides instructions for installing OpenStack Swift on Virtualbox by fetching an installation script from GitHub, selecting a version (Folsom, Grizzly, or Havana) to install, running the script as superuser, sourcing credentials, and testing the deployment, with assumptions that it is not intended for production and requires Ubuntu 12.04, Git, and Virtualbox.

1. Installing OpenStack
Swift on Virtualbox
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2. Requirements
• Ubuntu 12.04 machine
• Internet connectivity
• Git installed ($ sudo apt-get install git)
• All of it on top of Virtualbox
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3. Fetching script from
Github
• $ git pull https://github.com/koolhead17/
SwiftOnVbox.git
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4. Selecting the version to
install
• Folsom
• Grizzly
• Havana
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5. Example install : Havana
• $ cd SwiftOnVbox
• $ sudo bash
• # bash
install_havana_Swift_tempauth_ubuntu12.0
4.sh
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6. Source the credentials
• # source Swift_source_file_tempauth
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7. Test the deployment
• # swift stat
• Check “commands” file for more.
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8. Assumptions
• Run the script as superuser
• The install script makes use of LOOP
DEVICES.
• Not suitable for PRODUCTION
DEPLOYMENT.
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9. OpenStack Swift
• http://swift.openstack.org
• http://swiftstack.com/openstack-swift/
architecture/
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10. Help Me
• In adding more features.
• Filing bug if something is not correct.
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11. About ME
• Atul Jha (@koolhead17)
• Solutions/Community Engineer
• SwiftStack (http://www.swiftstack.com)
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