Cloud - OpenStack Swift¶

Overview¶

Used to create, update, delete and browse through outgoing OpenStack Swift such as Rackspace Files and implementations.

Connections can be used by services to access Swift containers and objects in run-time or in OpenStack Swift notifications.

Header	Notes
Name	Connection name
Active	Whether connections can be used by services or not
Auth version	Authentication version used by the remote storage
Pool size	How big the connection pool will be
Auth URL	The main entry point to authenticate in. This is the only URL required in order to use Swift.
User	Username to connect with
Tenant name	Swift tenant, if relevant
Key/password	Either an API key or password to connect with
# of retries	How many times to retry if inital connections to Swift fail
Starting backoff	In seconds, initial delay between connection attempts if not connected immediately
Max backoff	In seconds, maximum delay between connection attempts if not connected immediately
Validate TLS certs?	Whether to validate Swift server’s certificates
Path to CA TLS certs	Path to custom CA certs for validation, if relevant
Is SNET?	Set to True if running in Rackspace’s ServiceNet internal network
Custom options	Each line is a key=value pair of options passed directly to the underlying swiftclient.client.Connection’s __init__ method as os_options.

Deletes the connection pool. Will also stop any notifiers using the connection.

Version	Notes
2.0	Added initially