Create and manage containers¶

• To create a container, run the following command and replace CONTAINER with the name of your container.

  $ swift post CONTAINER
  

• To list all containers, run the following command:

  $ swift list
  

• To check the status of containers, run the following command:

  $ swift stat
  

  Account: AUTH_7b5970fbe7724bf9b74c245e77c03bcg
  Containers: 2
  Objects: 3
  Bytes: 268826
  Accept-Ranges: bytes
  X-Timestamp: 1392683866.17952
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
  

  You can also use the swift stat command with the ACCOUNT or CONTAINER names as parameters.

  $ swift stat CONTAINER
  

  Account: AUTH_7b5970fbe7724bf9b74c245e77c03bcg
  Container: storage1
  Objects: 2
  Bytes: 240221
  Read ACL:
  Write ACL:
  Sync To:
  Sync Key:
  Accept-Ranges: bytes
  X-Timestamp: 1392683866.20180
  Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8