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OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Kevin Jackson, Cody Bunch
Book Image

OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Kevin Jackson, Cody Bunch

Overview of this book

<p>OpenStack is an open source cloud operating stack that was born from Rackspace and NASA and became a global success, developed by scores of people around the globe and backed by some of the leading players in the cloud space today.<br /><br />OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, Second Edition will show you exactly how to install the components that are required to make up a private cloud environment. You will learn how to set up an environment that you manage just as you would a public cloud provider like Rackspace with the help of experienced OpenStack administrators and architects.<br /><br />We begin by configuring the key components such as identity, image compute, and storage in a safe, virtual environment that we will then build on this throughout the book. The book will also teach you about provisioning and managing OpenStack in the datacenter using proven DevOps tools and techniques.<br /><br />From installing or creating a sandbox environment using Vagrant and VirtualBox to installing OpenStack in the datacenter, from understanding logging to automating OpenStack installations, whatever level of experience or interest you have with OpenStack there is a chapter for you. Installation steps cover compute, object storage, identity, block storage volumes, image, horizon, software defined networking and DevOps tools for automating your infrastructure OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook, Second edition gives you clear step-by-step instructions to installing and running your own private cloud.</p>
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
OpenStack Cloud Computing Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Installing the swift client tool


In order to operate our OpenStack Object Storage environment, we need to install an appropriate tool on our client. Swift ships with the swift tool, which allows us to upload, download, and modify files in our OpenStack Object Storage environment.

Getting ready

To begin with, ensure you are logged into computer or server where we can install the swift client and has access to our OpenStack environment on the host address 172.16.0.0/16. The following instructions describe the installation procedure for the Ubuntu Operating System.

We will be using OpenStack Object Storage, authenticating against the OpenStack Identity Service, Keystone.

How to do it...

We download and install the swift client conveniently from the Ubuntu repositories using the familiar apt-get utility as follows:

  1. Installation of the swift client is done by installing the swift package as well as requiring the python libraries for the OpenStack Identity Service, Keystone. We do this as follows:

    sudo...