Development/Test Only or Proof of Concept in Production?

How much hardware do you have?

On which OS do you want to install the project?

You want to use these instructions. Trust us. Do not stray. :)

Development

Single Server

Ubuntu 10.04 or later

http://swift.openstack.org/development_saio.html

Production

Multiple Servers

Ubuntu 10.04 or later

http://swift.openstack.org/howto_installmultinode.html or http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-object-storage/admin/content/installing-openstack-object-storage-on-ubuntu.html
or Deployment Tool (Cactus release)
Deployment Tool (Diablo release)

Production

Multiple Servers

RHEL6

http://wiki.openstack.org/RhelInstructions

Production

Multiple Servers

CentOS6

http://wiki.openstack.org/InstallInstructions/Swift/CentOS