Managing Containers and Objects with the OpenStack CLI¶

Containers, sometimes called "buckets", are logical units used to organize and store objects (files).

OpenStack Swift Client¶

To install the command line tools, see OpenStack Python Client.

Configure environment with OpenStack RC file¶

In order to authenticate to your ScienceCloud project, see instructions for how to download the OpenStack RC file from the web interface and source it in your shell.

Getting started with the Container and Object CLI¶

Here are some basic commands. For a full listing of commamnds and options, see the OpenStack documentation for Containers and Objects.

Additionally, you can run any command with the --help flag to see full options and examples.

openstack container --help
openstack object --help

And for more specific options for each function, run variations of these commands:

openstack container list --help
openstack object save --help

List all containers¶

openstack container list

Create a container¶

openstack container create <container>

List objects in a container¶

openstack object list <container>

Upload a file to a container¶

openstack object create <container> <filename>

Download an object from a container¶

In this case, <object> refers to the name of the file as stored in the container.

openstack object save <container> <object>

Delete an object from a container¶

openstack object delete <container> <object>

Delete a container and objects inside it¶

openstack container delete <container>

To delete a container and all objects inside it, use the --recursive flag.

openstack container delete --recursive <container>