diff --git a/elements/swift-ring/README.md b/elements/swift-ring/README.md
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+Element that provides a node with the tools to build a swift ring
diff --git a/elements/swift-ring/element-deps b/elements/swift-ring/element-deps
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+os-svc-install
+source-repositories
diff --git a/elements/swift-ring/environment.d/10-swift-ring-venv-dir.bash b/elements/swift-ring/environment.d/10-swift-ring-venv-dir.bash
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+if [ -z "${SWIFT_VENV_DIR:-}" ]; then
+    export SWIFT_VENV_DIR=${OPENSTACK_VENV_DIR:-"/opt/stack/venvs/swift"}
+fi
+if [ -z "${SWIFT_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS:-}" ]; then
+    export SWIFT_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS=${OPENSTACK_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS:-""}
+fi
diff --git a/elements/swift-ring/install.d/swift-package-install/75-swift-ring b/elements/swift-ring/install.d/swift-package-install/75-swift-ring
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+set -o pipefail
+
+install-packages -m swift-ring swift_package
diff --git a/elements/swift-ring/install.d/swift-source-install/75-swift-ring b/elements/swift-ring/install.d/swift-source-install/75-swift-ring
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eux
+set -o pipefail
+
+install-packages -m swift-ring libffi_dev_package
+
+os-svc-install $SWIFT_EXTRA_INSTALL_OPTS -i "$SWIFT_VENV_DIR" -u swift -r /opt/stack/swift
+
+ln -s "$SWIFT_VENV_DIR/bin/swift-ring-builder" /usr/local/bin/swift-ring-builder
diff --git a/elements/swift-ring/pkg-map b/elements/swift-ring/pkg-map
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+{
+  "family": {
+    "redhat": {
+      "libffi_dev_package": "libffi-devel",
+      "swift_package": "openstack-swift"
+    }
+  },
+  "default": {
+    "libffi_dev_package": "libffi-dev",
+    "swift_package": "openstack-swift"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/elements/swift-ring/source-repository-swift b/elements/swift-ring/source-repository-swift
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+swift git /opt/stack/swift https://git.openstack.org/openstack/swift