# Verify operation

Verify operation of the Object Storage service.

Note

Perform these steps on the controller node.

Warning

If you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 or CentOS 7 and one or more of these steps do not work, check the `/var/log/audit/audit.log` file for SELinux messages indicating denial of actions for the `swift` processes. If present, change the security context of the `/srv/node` directory to the lowest security level (s0) for the `swift_data_t` type, `object_r` role and the `system_u` user:

    # chcon -R system_u:object_r:swift_data_t:s0 /srv/node

1. Source the `demo` credentials:

       $ . demo-openrc

2. Show the service status:

       $ swift stat
                               Account: AUTH_ed0b60bf607743088218b0a533d5943f
                            Containers: 0
                               Objects: 0
                                 Bytes: 0
           X-Account-Project-Domain-Id: default
                           X-Timestamp: 1444143887.71539
                            X-Trans-Id: tx1396aeaf17254e94beb34-0056143bde
                X-Openstack-Request-Id: tx1396aeaf17254e94beb34-0056143bde
                          Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
                         Accept-Ranges: bytes

3. Create `container1` container:

       $ openstack container create container1
       +---------------------------------------+------------+------------------------------------+
       | account                               | container  | x-trans-id                         |
       +---------------------------------------+------------+------------------------------------+
       | AUTH_ed0b60bf607743088218b0a533d5943f | container1 | tx8c4034dc306c44dd8cd68-0056f00a4a |
       +---------------------------------------+------------+------------------------------------+

4. Upload a test file to the `container1` container:

       $ openstack object create container1 FILE
       +--------+------------+----------------------------------+
       | object | container  | etag                             |
       +--------+------------+----------------------------------+
       | FILE   | container1 | ee1eca47dc88f4879d8a229cc70a07c6 |
       +--------+------------+----------------------------------+

   Replace `FILE` with the name of a local file to upload to the `container1` container.

5. List files in the `container1` container:

       $ openstack object list container1
       +------+
       | Name |
       +------+
       | FILE |
       +------+

6. Download a test file from the `container1` container:

       $ openstack object save container1 FILE

   Replace `FILE` with the name of the file uploaded to the `container1` container.

   Note

   This command provides no output.

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