swift commands

Subcommands

delete

Delete a container or objects within a container

download

Download objects from containers

list

Lists the containers for the account or the objects for a container

post

Updates meta information for the account, container, or object; creates containers if not present

stat

Displays information for the account, container, or object

upload

Uploads files or directories to the given container

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-s, --snet

Use SERVICENET internal network

-v, --verbose

Print more info

--debug

Show the curl commands and results of all http queries regardless of result status.

--info

Show the curl commands and results of all http queries which return an error.

-q, --quiet

Suppress status output

-A AUTH, --auth=AUTH URL

for obtaining an auth token

-V AUTH_VERSION, --auth-version=AUTH_VERSION

Specify a version for authentication. Defaults to 1.0.

-U USER, --user=USER

User name for obtaining an auth token.

-K KEY, --key=KEY

Key for obtaining an auth token.

-R RETRIES, --retries=RETRIES

The number of times to retry a failed connection.

--os-username=<auth-user-name>

Openstack username. Defaults to env[OS_USERNAME].

--os-password=<auth-password>

Openstack password. Defaults to env[OS_PASSWORD].

--os-tenant-id=<auth-tenant-id>

OpenStack tenant ID. Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_ID]

--os-tenant-name=<auth-tenant-name>

Openstack tenant name. Defaults to env[OS_TENANT_NAME].

--os-auth-url=<auth-url>

Openstack auth URL. Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_URL].

--os-auth-token=<auth-token>

Openstack token. Defaults to env[OS_AUTH_TOKEN]. Used with --os-storage-url to bypass the usual username/password authentication.

--os-storage-url=<storage-url>

Openstack storage URL. Defaults to env[OS_STORAGE_URL]. Overrides the storage url returned during auth. Will bypass authentication when used with --os-auth-token.

--os-region-name=<region-name>

Openstack region name. Defaults to env[OS_REGION_NAME]

--os-service-type=<service-type>

Openstack Service type. Defaults to env[OS_SERVICE_TYPE]

--os-endpoint-type=<endpoint-type>

Openstack Endpoint type. Defaults to env[OS_ENDPOINT_TYPE]

--os-cacert=<ca-certificate>

Specify a CA bundle file to use in verifying a TLS (https) server certificate. Defaults to env[OS_CACERT]

--insecure

Allow swiftclient to access insecure keystone server. The keystone's certificate will not be verified. Defaults to env[SWIFTCLIENT_INSECURE] (set to 'true' to enable).

--no-ssl-compression

Disable SSL compression when using https. This may increase performance.

Positional arguments

<container>

Name of container to delete from

[object]

Name of object to delete. Specify multiple times for multiple objects

Optional arguments

--all

Delete all containers and objects

--leave-segments

Do not delete segments of manifest objects

--object-threads <threads>

Number of threads to use for deleting objects

--container-threads <threads>

Number of threads to use for deleting containers

Positional arguments

<container>

Name of container to download from. To download a whole account, omit this and specify --all.

<object>

Name of object to download. Specify multiple times for multiple objects. Omit this to download all objects from the container.

Optional arguments

--all

Indicates that you really want to download everything in the account

--marker

Marker to use when starting a container or account download

--prefix <prefix>

Only download items beginning with <prefix>

--output <out_file>

For a single file download, stream the output to <out_file>. Specifying "-" as <out_file> will redirect to stdout

--object-threads <threads>

Number of threads to use for downloading objects

--container-threads <threads>

Number of threads to use for deleting containers

--no-download

Perform download(s), but don't actually write anything to disk

--header <header_name:header_value>

Adds a customized request header to the query, like "Range" or "If-Match". This argument is repeatable. Example --header "content-type:text/plain"

Positional arguments

[container]

Name of container to list object in

Optional arguments

--long

Long listing format, similar to ls -l

--lh

Report sizes in human readable format similar to ls -lh

--totals

Used with -l or --ls, only report totals

--prefix

Only list items beginning with the prefix

--delimiter

Roll up items with the given delimiter. For containers only. See OpenStack Swift API documentation for what this means.

Positional arguments

<container>

Name of container to post to

[object]

Name of object to post. Specify multiple times for multiple objects

Optional arguments

--read-acl <acl>

Read ACL for containers. Quick summary of ACL syntax: .r:*, .r:-.example.com, .r:www.example.com, account1, account2:user2

--write-acl <acl>

Write ACL for containers. Quick summary of ACL syntax: account1 account2:user2

--sync-to <sync-to>

Sync To for containers, for multi-cluster replication

--sync-key <sync-key>

Sync Key for containers, for multi-cluster replication

--meta <name:value>

Sets a meta data item. This option may be repeated. Example: -m Color:Blue -m Size:Large

--header <header>

Set request headers. This option may be repeated. Example -H "content-type:text/plain"

Positional arguments

<container>

Name of container to stat from

<object>

Name of object to stat. Specify multiple times for multiple objects

Optional arguments

--lh

Report sizes in human readable format similar to ls -lh

Positional arguments

<container>

Name of container to upload to

<file_or_directory>

Name of file or directory to upload. Specify multiple times for multiple uploads

Optional arguments

--changed

Only upload files that have changed since the last upload

--segment-size <size>

Upload files in segments no larger than <size> and then create a "manifest" file that will download all the segments as if it were the original file

--segment-container <container>

Upload the segments into the specified container. If not specified, the segments will be uploaded to a <container>_segments container so as to not pollute the main <container> listings.

--leave-segments

Indicates that you want the older segments of manifest objects left alone (in the case of overwrites)

--object-threads <threads>

Number of threads to use for uploading full objects. Default is 10.

--segment-threads <threads>

Number of threads to use for uploading object segments. Default is 10.

--header <header>

Set request headers with the syntax header:value. This option may be repeated. Example -H "content-type:text/plain".

--use-slo

When used in conjunction with --segment-size will create a Static Large Object instead of the default Dynamic Large Object.

--object-name <object-name>

Upload file and name object to <object-name> or upload dir and use <object-name> as object prefix instead of folder name