Aptira Swift - client access. Australian OpenStack Users Group 26th March 2012

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1 Aptira Swift - client access Australian OpenStack Users Group 26th March 2012

2 Agenda I have a storage account now what? Accessing my swift cloud storage Issues we as IT guys need to address Demonstrate what works today Security concerns is my data safe? Essex support moving forward Questions

3 Getting Started Cloud Storage - have an account now what? Clients have to be Multi Platform Windows, Mac, Mobile devices, Linux Version control of clients to users Diablo and Keystone compatibility Client compatibility list vrs Swift revision Q. Who debugs the problems if the client is free? A. Sometimes you

4 Client Applications Cyberduck Available on Windows, Mac,Linux Requires manual hack to work with older versions of Swift authentication refer. No changes required with Keystone. Mac Windows

5 Client Applications CloudBerry Explorer Available on Windows only Windows 7, XP Free Version limited features Pro Version $AU40 Support for Multipart upload, Encryption, Sync, compression, Ftp support If not using a fqdn ssl certificate you need to install your private certificate first or authentication will fail.

6 Backup Applications Duplicati backup Available for Windows,Mac, (Ubuntu, LinuxMint, Redhat, OpenSuSE) Version 1.3 tested with swift Written in C# (requires mono 2.10 on linux and Mac) Cost: Free AES-256 encryption of data prior to being uploaded Scheduled backups Incremental backups Single file restore from complete backup Rate Limit bandwidth and resume backup Downside Needs to be logged in as user to backup (fixed in 3.0)

7 Client Applications RACKSPACE App for IPAD / Iphone Available in app store tested with swift Cost: Free Upload a photo from your Iphone Download and view a file a file Delete a file Create a container Best with fqdn ssl certificate. Option to bypass public certificate added after my request, so you can test with private certificate.

8 Client Applications GLADINET Available for Windows only tested with swift Cost: Free Starter Cost: Processional Version $49.99 Mount your Swift Storage as a drive letter in Windows Upload and Download folder structure Transfering task scheduling Backup from one supported cloud provider to another Enhanced security 2 ways sync between cloud and local folder Note: fqdn Public ssl certificate on swift proxy or authentication will fail.

9 Linux Applications Cloudfuse Available for Linux tested with swift Cost: Free Starter Mount your Swift Storage as a volume on your server As demonstrated earlier Swift client app for Linux Can be installed remotely from swift install. Ftpcloud-fs for Linux Service that proxies to swift. Allows ftp client to access to your swift account.

10 Summary 1. Test clients and determine what works. If it doesn t work take action report bugs to developer. Our experience has been very good, developers are only to happy to fix problems fast. 2. If the Client application says it supports OpenStack, make sure it actually does. We had two products in this group not work at all. Its difficult for developers to test all combinations of configuration. 3. Control your Client versions. Experience over the years has taught us version control becomes a big problem as things scale. Try and enforce standards early to stop growing pains. 4. Use fully qualified domain names and buy SSL certificates. This will stop a lot of problems that are difficult to debug in development your development cycle. 5. Suggest a future Client compatibility matrix for Swift.

11 Questions? Thanks for your time