Chapter 15. Object Storage (swift) Parameters

ControllerEnableSwiftStorage

Whether to enable object storage on Controller nodes. The default value is: True

SwiftCeilometerPipelineEnabled

Set to False to disable the object storage proxy ceilometer pipeline. The default value is: True

SwiftHashSuffix

A random string to be used as a salt when hashing to determine mappings in the ring.

SwiftMinPartHours

The minimum time (in hours) before a partition in a ring can be moved following a rebalance. The default value is: 1

SwiftMountCheck

Check if the devices are mounted to prevent accidentally writing to the root device. The default value is: False

SwiftPartPower

Partition power to use when building object storage rings. The default value is: 10

SwiftPassword

The password for the object storage service account.

SwiftProxyNodeTimeout

Timeout for requests going from swift-proxy to account, container, and object services. The default value is: 60

SwiftRawDisks

Additional raw devices to use for the object storage backend. For example: {sdb: {}}

SwiftReplicas

Number of replicas to use in the object storage rings. The default value is: 3

SwiftRingBuild

Whether to manage object storage rings or not. The default value is: True

SwiftUseLocalDir

Use a local directory for object storage services when building rings. The default value is: True

SwiftWorkers

Number of workers for object storage service. The default value is: 0. Note that more workers creates a larger number of processes on systems, which results in excess memory consumption. It is recommended to choose a suitable non-default value on systems with high CPU core counts.