4.5. Install the Object Storage Service Packages

⁠4.5. Install the Object Storage Service Packages

The OpenStack Object Storage service is packaged in the following packages.

Primary OpenStack Object Storage packages

openstack-swift-proxy: Proxies requests for objects.
openstack-swift-object: Stores data objects of up to 5GB.
openstack-swift-container: Maintains a database that tracks all of the objects in each container.
openstack-swift-account: Maintains a database that tracks all of the containers in each account.

OpenStack Object Storage dependencies

openstack-swift: Contains code common to the specific services.
openstack-swift-plugin-swift3: The swift3 plugin for OpenStack Object Storage.
memcached: Soft dependency of the proxy server, caches authenticated clients rather than making them reauthorize at every interaction.
openstack-utils: Provides utilities for configuring OpenStack.

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Procedure 4.1. Installing the Object Storage Service packages

Install the required packages using the yum command as the root user:

# yum install -y openstack-swift-proxy \
   openstack-swift-object \
   openstack-swift-container \
   openstack-swift-account \
   openstack-utils \
   memcached

The services that make up the OpenStack Object Storage service are installed and ready to be configured.