How To Install swift on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install swift on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is swift
swift is:
OpenStack Object Storage (code-named Swift) is open source software for creating redundant, scalable object storage using clusters of standardized servers to store petabytes of accessible data. It is not a file system or real-time data storage system, but rather a long-term storage system for a more permanent type of static data that can be retrieved, leveraged, and then updated if necessary. Primary examples of data that best fit this type of storage model are virtual machine images, photo storage, email storage and backup archiving. Having no central “brain” or master point of control provides greater scalability, redundancy and permanence.
Objects are written to multiple hardware devices in the data center, with the OpenStack software responsible for ensuring data replication and integrity across the cluster. Storage clusters can scale horizontally by adding new nodes. Should a node fail, OpenStack works to replicate its content from other active nodes. Because OpenStack uses software logic to ensure data replication and distribution across different devices, inexpensive commodity hard drives and servers can be used in lieu of more expensive equipment.
This package provides some core binaries and clients to control swift.
Package: swift Architecture: all Version: 2.24.1~git2020041316.a495f1e32-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: net Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Soren Hansen [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 126 Depends: python3-swift (= 2.24.1~git2020041316.a495f1e32-0ubuntu1), python3:any Suggests: swift-bench Filename: pool/main/s/swift/swift_2.24.1~git2020041316.a495f1e32-0ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 25744 MD5sum: 0cd2ae2ead858a7a0e43746f4b484437 SHA1: 248bcb48fb764b799f2be04fff3e02f9f4c67fe6 SHA256: 09124b71d6be2ba47bf364d54a835f9de76bf7c82163d46d595434035391a0e7 Homepage: https://launchpad.net/swift Description-en: distributed virtual object store - common files OpenStack Object Storage (code-named Swift) is open source software for creating redundant, scalable object storage using clusters of standardized servers to store petabytes of accessible data. It is not a file system or real-time data storage system, but rather a long-term storage system for a more permanent type of static data that can be retrieved, leveraged, and then updated if necessary. Primary examples of data that best fit this type of storage model are virtual machine images, photo storage, email storage and backup archiving. Having no central “brain” or master point of control provides greater scalability, redundancy and permanence.
Objects are written to multiple hardware devices in the data center, with the OpenStack software responsible for ensuring data replication and integrity across the cluster. Storage clusters can scale horizontally by adding new nodes. Should a node fail, OpenStack works to replicate its content from other active nodes. Because OpenStack uses software logic to ensure data replication and distribution across different devices, inexpensive commodity hard drives and servers can be used in lieu of more expensive equipment.
This package provides some core binaries and clients to control swift.
There are three methods to install swift on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install swift Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install swift using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install swift
Install swift Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install swift using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install swift
Install swift Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install swift using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install swift
How To Uninstall swift on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the swift package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove swift
Uninstall swift And Its Dependencies
To uninstall swift and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove swift
Remove swift Configurations and Data
To remove swift configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge swift
Remove swift configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove swift configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swift
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install swift package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
