Installing and Configuring the Storage Nodes

	Note
	OpenStack Object Storage should work on any modern filesystem that supports Extended Attributes (XATTRS). We currently recommend XFS as it demonstrated the best overall performance for the swift use case after considerable testing and benchmarking at Rackspace. It is also the only filesystem that has been thoroughly tested.

Install Storage node packages:

apt-get install swift-account swift-container swift-object xfsprogs

For every device on the node, setup the XFS volume (/dev/sdb is used as an example):

fdisk /dev/sdb  (set up a single partition)
mkfs.xfs -i size=1024 /dev/sdb1
echo "/dev/sdb1 /srv/node/sdb1 xfs noatime,nodiratime,nobarrier,logbufs=8 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
mkdir -p /srv/node/sdb1
mount /srv/node/sdb1
chown -R swift:swift /srv/node

Create /etc/rsyncd.conf:

uid = swift
gid = swift
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
address = <STORAGE_LOCAL_NET_IP>

[account]
max connections = 2
path = /srv/node/
read only = false
lock file = /var/lock/account.lock

[container]
max connections = 2
path = /srv/node/
read only = false
lock file = /var/lock/container.lock

[object]
max connections = 2
path = /srv/node/
read only = false
lock file = /var/lock/object.lock

Edit the following line in /etc/default/rsync:
```
RSYNC_ENABLE = true
```
Start rsync daemon:
```
service rsync start
```
Note
The rsync daemon requires no authentication, so it should be run on a local, private network.

Create /etc/swift/account-server.conf:

[DEFAULT]
bind_ip = <STORAGE_LOCAL_NET_IP>
workers = 2

[pipeline:main]
pipeline = account-server

[app:account-server]
use = egg:swift#account

[account-replicator]

[account-auditor]

[account-reaper]

Create /etc/swift/container-server.conf:

[DEFAULT]
bind_ip = <STORAGE_LOCAL_NET_IP>
workers = 2

[pipeline:main]
pipeline = container-server

[app:container-server]
use = egg:swift#container

[container-replicator]

[container-updater]

[container-auditor]

Create /etc/swift/object-server.conf:

[DEFAULT]
bind_ip = <STORAGE_LOCAL_NET_IP>
workers = 2

[pipeline:main]
pipeline = object-server

[app:object-server]
use = egg:swift#object

[object-replicator]

[object-updater]

[object-auditor]

Start the storage services:

swift-init object-server start
swift-init object-replicator start
swift-init object-updater start
swift-init object-auditor start
swift-init container-server start
swift-init container-replicator start
swift-init container-updater start
swift-init container-auditor start
swift-init account-server start
swift-init account-replicator start
swift-init account-auditor start

Legal notices

	Note
	The rsync daemon requires no authentication, so it should be run on a local, private network.