How to upload large objects?

Overview

Swift has a size limit of 5GB per object, to upload larger objects one needs to use the --segment-size option.

Using Swift Tool

• Install the Swift command Line Client

         1. Install openstack client. You can refer the detail link as below:

         https://support.elits.com/hc/en-us/articles/115002801085-API-Access

 

 

         2. Install swift client as following command:

         sudo pip install python-swiftclient

 

• Upload and download large file using swift

               Use the --segment-size option to specify the segment size when upload large file.

               For example:

               swift upload test_container --segment-size 1073741824 large_file

               The following swift command would download the entire large object.

               swift download test_container large_file

       Refer to: https:https://docs.openstack.org/swift/latest/overview_large_objects.html