Once your newly configured cluster is ready, it is advisable to run through a few exercises to become familiar with your cluster and test it.
A great way to access the cluster is with the Swift command line client. The Swift client can be installed on OS X, Windows, or Linux.
python-swiftclient version 2.7.0 was the last release to support Python 2.6.
If pip gives you an error related to "wheel", add --no-use-wheel after install on the pip install command-line. This should only be necessary for pip >= 1.5 and setuptools < 0.8, but this is unfortunately an easy state to get into.
SwiftStack does not recommend running the Swift command client from an enabled SwiftStack node. Please use a separate system to access the authorization URL.
Three main values will be used with the commands.
You can locate the Auth URL on the cluster's page. While signed into the SwiftStack Controller (https://platform.swiftstack.com/) click on the Clusters tab. Click on the desired cluster. That cluster's page will open. In the upper, right corner of the page will be the Auth URL.
The stat command will display information about an account or object.
Set the "Auth URL", username and password for the cluster as environment variables to reduce human errors and make the tool even faster and easier to use.
When uploading large files use the built-in, multi-part uploading function, Static Large Object (SLO).
To upload a large file with multiple simultanious threads.
The list command will display the contents of containers and accounts that are passed to it.
To list all the containers for an account, use "swift list" with no options or args.
To update the metadata on an object use "swift copy". The -m option can be used multiple times in a single command.