Installing OpenStack Swift
Features
An object storage. S3 REST API is enabled. It works similar to AWS S3 and you can use an S3 compatible App to sync your files.
Web URL
N/A
Supported App
Tiger Bridge - https://www.tiger-technology.com/getbridge/
Setup Steps
Change the s3 access key id and secret key.
Access key is in account:user format. Need to contain a ":" in access key.
The s3 bucket is associated with the account. You should not change your account when you want to edit the app to change the key after the app is installed.
AmberAnywhere Settings
The protocol must be HTTP and the port must be 12345. Public URL can be either HTTPS (recommended) or HTTP.
Client Software
- Install Tiger Bridge.
Download Tiger Bridge from https://www.tiger-technology.com/getbridge/
Follow the instruction to register and subscribe your product.
Then you will get a link to download the package.
Double click to install Tiger Bridge.
Click Next.
Click Install and wait for the installation to finish. Click Finish.
- Activate Tiger Bridge
In the startup menu, select Tiger Bridge Configuration
Enter your product Username and Password here.
Then it will be activated.
- Setup remote target
Click Local source.
Select a folder or New Folder. Then click OK.
Click Add target.
Select S3 Compatible and click OK.
Enter Server URL, Access Key, and Secret Key.
The server URL can be AmberAnywhere URL or http://your_amber_host_ip:12345
If your URL is HTTP, un-check the Use secure transfer.
Click List buckets and select a bucket.
Select an action.
Select Tiger Bridge and click Resume.
- Start using Tiger Bridge.
Copy files to the folder.
Then you can see all files will become Replicated.
You can right-click a file for the menu and select Tiger Bridge 🡪 Reclaim Space to only keep the file remote.
Then you can see the file become Nearline.
Also, you can retrieve a file from remote to local.
For more information, visit this site https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/
Note: The following link is a third-party site and not affiliated with PRO Tools.