Where will be the objects stored in the filesystem ?

1. The command is "swift upload <container> <file> [<file> ...]", so the container is whatever you specify.

2. http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/index.html and http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/overview_replication.html

3. it's in /var/log/swift

4. http://docs.openstack.org/developer/swift/development_auth.html

1. In the URL it is specified as /srv/[1-4]/node for devices in the configuration files.

But in my opinion was when i do
swift upload container file
i thought the file would go to the container and i can see the container directory on my hard disk. But i tried searching for the file on my hard disk and i couldn't find one.

Thanks Samuel Merritt, that solved my question.

Thanks Samuel. Could you please check the URL and let me know where exactly i can find the file on the hard disk.

There are 4 containers given in the URL 1,2,3,4
But when i do
swift -A http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/v1.0 -U test:tester -K testing list
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I get this output. So i think there is a problem in the container names. Please help me out why i am getting this instead of 1 2 3 4. I have followed the URL in the question

If you want to know where something is on the disk, run "swift-get-nodes /etc/swift/object.ring <account> <container> <object>".

I can't tell you where things are on your disks since I don't have your rings.

As for your container names, did you create them with names "1", "2", "3", and "4"? What commands did you use to upload the objects?

swift -A http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/v1.0 -U test:tester -K testing list
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instead of 1 2 3 4

root@ubuntu:~# swift -A http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/v1.0 -U test:tester -K testing upload ᠄᠂᠃鐌鐌鐋툎嘇蔈툏댌툎 Testfile

Testfile

root@ubuntu:~# swift -A http://127.0.0.1:8080/auth/v1.0 -U test:tester -K testing list ᠄᠂᠃鐌鐌鐋툎嘇蔈툏댌툎
Testfile
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using the given solution
root@ubuntu:/# /usr/local/bin/swift-get-nodes /etc/swift/object.ring.gz test ᠄᠂᠃鐌鐌鐋툎嘇蔈툏댌툎

Account test
Container ᠄᠂᠃鐌鐌鐋툎嘇蔈툏댌툎
Object None

Partition 166850
Hash a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699

Server:Port Device 127.0.0.1:6020 sdb2
Server:Port Device 127.0.0.1:6040 sdb4
Server:Port Device 127.0.0.1:6010 sdb1
Server:Port Device 127.0.0.1:6030 sdb3 [Handoff]

curl -I -XHEAD "http://127.0.0.1:6020/sdb2/166850/test/%EF%84%92%E1%A0%84%E1%A0%82%E1%A0%83%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8B%ED%88%8E%E5%98%87%EF%84%91%E8%94%88%ED%88%8F%EB%8C%8C%ED%88%8E"
curl -I -XHEAD "http://127.0.0.1:6040/sdb4/166850/test/%EF%84%92%E1%A0%84%E1%A0%82%E1%A0%83%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8B%ED%88%8E%E5%98%87%EF%84%91%E8%94%88%ED%88%8F%EB%8C%8C%ED%88%8E"
curl -I -XHEAD "http://127.0.0.1:6010/sdb1/166850/test/%EF%84%92%E1%A0%84%E1%A0%82%E1%A0%83%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8B%ED%88%8E%E5%98%87%EF%84%91%E8%94%88%ED%88%8F%EB%8C%8C%ED%88%8E"
curl -I -XHEAD "http://127.0.0.1:6030/sdb3/166850/test/%EF%84%92%E1%A0%84%E1%A0%82%E1%A0%83%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8C%E9%90%8B%ED%88%8E%E5%98%87%EF%84%91%E8%94%88%ED%88%8F%EB%8C%8C%ED%88%8E" # [Handoff]

ssh 127.0.0.1 "ls -lah /srv/node/sdb2/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/"
ssh 127.0.0.1 "ls -lah /srv/node/sdb4/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/"
ssh 127.0.0.1 "ls -lah /srv/node/sdb1/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/"
ssh 127.0.0.1 "ls -lah /srv/node/sdb3/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/" # [Handoff]
root@ubuntu:/# ls -lah /srv/node/sdb2/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/
ls: cannot access /srv/node/sdb2/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/: No such file or directory
root@ubuntu:/# ls -lah /srv/2/node/sdb2/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/
ls: cannot access /srv/2/node/sdb2/containers/166850/699/a2f0b58577e532298c10a13675c77699/: No such file or directory

There is no directory 166850 inside the below file hierarchy

This is my folder structure

/-srv--1---node----sdb1
        --2---node----sdb2
        --3---node----sdb3
        --4---node----sdb4

How to create containers? I thought that when you do swift upload containerY file, if containerY is not present then it'll create containerY.

Thanks Samuel Merritt, that solved my question.