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How to access object storage using 3Engines CLI on 3Engines Cloud🔗
Cloud computing offers the ability to handle large chunks of data, directly on the remote server. 3Engines module Swift was created expressly to enable access to unstructured data that can grow without bounds, with the following design goals in mind :
- durability,
- scalability,
- concurrency across the entire data set,
- all while keeping the API simple.
Swift is installed as an independent module but on the syntax level, it is used through the parameters of 3Engines command.
What We Are Going To Cover🔗
- How to install Swift
- How to connect Swift to 3Engines cloud
- Basic 3Engines operations with containers
- Basic 3Engines operations with objects
Prerequisites🔗
No. 1 Hosting
You need a 3Engines Cloud hosting account, available at https://portal.3Engines.com/. If you want to follow up with articles about object storage on Horizon, you will this link too: https://horizon.3Engines.com.
No. 2 Install or activate 3Engines command
To be able to connect to the cloud, 3Engines command must be operational. If not installed already, use article How to install 3EnginesClient for Linux on 3Engines Cloud
No. 3 Authenticate to 3Engines using application credentials
Then you have to authenticate your account to the cloud. The usual way is to activate 3Engines command using an RC file for on- or two-factor authentication. That will not work in case of Swift module. It is authenticated with application credentials, as explained in article
How to generate or use Application Credentials via CLI on 3Engines Cloud.
No. 4 Familiarity with object storage on 3Engines Cloud 3Engines
This article is explaining the basics, using the Horizon interface:
How to use Object Storage on 3Engines Cloud.
Swift can be understood as the CLI tool for accessing object storage under 3Engines.
No. 5 Python installed
The following articles contain sections on how to install Python: