diff --git a/lib/swift b/lib/swift
index 84304d34d6..b9fa402d36 100644
--- a/lib/swift
+++ b/lib/swift
@@ -150,9 +150,10 @@ function cleanup_swift {
 function _cleanup_swift_apache_wsgi {
     sudo rm -f $SWIFT_APACHE_WSGI_DIR/*.wsgi
     disable_apache_site proxy-server
+    local node_number type
     for node_number in ${SWIFT_REPLICAS_SEQ}; do
         for type in object container account; do
-            site_name=${type}-server-${node_number}
+            local site_name=${type}-server-${node_number}
             disable_apache_site ${site_name}
             sudo rm -f $(apache_site_config_for ${site_name})
         done
@@ -182,10 +183,11 @@ function _config_swift_apache_wsgi {
     " -i ${SWIFT_APACHE_WSGI_DIR}/proxy-server.wsgi
 
     # copy apache vhost file and set name and port
+    local node_number
     for node_number in ${SWIFT_REPLICAS_SEQ}; do
-        object_port=$[OBJECT_PORT_BASE + 10 * ($node_number - 1)]
-        container_port=$[CONTAINER_PORT_BASE + 10 * ($node_number - 1)]
-        account_port=$[ACCOUNT_PORT_BASE + 10 * ($node_number - 1)]
+        local object_port=$[OBJECT_PORT_BASE + 10 * ($node_number - 1)]
+        local container_port=$[CONTAINER_PORT_BASE + 10 * ($node_number - 1)]
+        local account_port=$[ACCOUNT_PORT_BASE + 10 * ($node_number - 1)]
 
         sudo cp ${SWIFT_DIR}/examples/apache2/object-server.template $(apache_site_config_for object-server-${node_number})
         sudo sed -e "
@@ -245,7 +247,7 @@ function generate_swift_config {
     local server_type=$4
 
     log_facility=$[ node_id - 1 ]
-    node_path=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/${node_number}
+    local node_path=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/${node_number}
 
     iniuncomment ${swift_node_config} DEFAULT user
     iniset ${swift_node_config} DEFAULT user ${STACK_USER}
@@ -416,8 +418,9 @@ EOF
     iniset ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/swift.conf swift-hash swift_hash_path_suffix ${SWIFT_HASH}
     iniset ${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/swift.conf swift-constraints max_header_size ${SWIFT_MAX_HEADER_SIZE}
 
+    local node_number
     for node_number in ${SWIFT_REPLICAS_SEQ}; do
-        swift_node_config=${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/object-server/${node_number}.conf
+        local swift_node_config=${SWIFT_CONF_DIR}/object-server/${node_number}.conf
         cp ${SWIFT_DIR}/etc/object-server.conf-sample ${swift_node_config}
         generate_swift_config ${swift_node_config} ${node_number} $[OBJECT_PORT_BASE + 10 * (node_number - 1)] object
         iniset ${swift_node_config} filter:recon recon_cache_path  ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/cache
@@ -460,7 +463,7 @@ EOF
         iniset ${testfile} func_test auth_prefix /v2.0/
     fi
 
-    swift_log_dir=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/logs
+    local swift_log_dir=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/logs
     rm -rf ${swift_log_dir}
     mkdir -p ${swift_log_dir}/hourly
     sudo chown -R ${STACK_USER}:adm ${swift_log_dir}
@@ -484,9 +487,9 @@ function create_swift_disk {
     # First do a bit of setup by creating the directories and
     # changing the permissions so we can run it as our user.
 
-    USER_GROUP=$(id -g ${STACK_USER})
+    local user_group=$(id -g ${STACK_USER})
     sudo mkdir -p ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/{drives,cache,run,logs}
-    sudo chown -R ${STACK_USER}:${USER_GROUP} ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}
+    sudo chown -R ${STACK_USER}:${user_group} ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}
 
     # Create a loopback disk and format it to XFS.
     if [[ -e ${SWIFT_DISK_IMAGE} ]]; then
@@ -514,15 +517,16 @@ function create_swift_disk {
 
     # Create a link to the above mount and
     # create all of the directories needed to emulate a few different servers
+    local node_number
     for node_number in ${SWIFT_REPLICAS_SEQ}; do
         sudo ln -sf ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1/$node_number ${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/$node_number;
-        drive=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1/${node_number}
-        node=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/${node_number}/node
-        node_device=${node}/sdb1
+        local drive=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/drives/sdb1/${node_number}
+        local node=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/${node_number}/node
+        local node_device=${node}/sdb1
         [[ -d $node ]] && continue
         [[ -d $drive ]] && continue
-        sudo install -o ${STACK_USER} -g $USER_GROUP -d $drive
-        sudo install -o ${STACK_USER} -g $USER_GROUP -d $node_device
+        sudo install -o ${STACK_USER} -g $user_group -d $drive
+        sudo install -o ${STACK_USER} -g $user_group -d $node_device
         sudo chown -R ${STACK_USER}: ${node}
     done
 }
@@ -540,49 +544,49 @@ function create_swift_disk {
 
 function create_swift_accounts {
     # Defines specific passwords used by tools/create_userrc.sh
-    SWIFTUSERTEST1_PASSWORD=testing
-    SWIFTUSERTEST2_PASSWORD=testing2
-    SWIFTUSERTEST3_PASSWORD=testing3
+    local swiftusertest1_password=testing
+    local swiftusertest2_password=testing2
+    local swiftusertest3_password=testing3
 
     KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND=${KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND:-sql}
 
-    SERVICE_TENANT=$(openstack project list | awk "/ $SERVICE_TENANT_NAME / { print \$2 }")
-    ADMIN_ROLE=$(openstack role list | awk "/ admin / { print \$2 }")
+    local service_tenant=$(openstack project list | awk "/ $SERVICE_TENANT_NAME / { print \$2 }")
+    local admin_role=$(openstack role list | awk "/ admin / { print \$2 }")
 
-    SWIFT_USER=$(get_or_create_user "swift" \
-        "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" $SERVICE_TENANT)
-    get_or_add_user_role $ADMIN_ROLE $SWIFT_USER $SERVICE_TENANT
+    local swift_user=$(get_or_create_user "swift" \
+        "$SERVICE_PASSWORD" $service_tenant)
+    get_or_add_user_role $admin_role $swift_user $service_tenant
 
     if [[ "$KEYSTONE_CATALOG_BACKEND" = 'sql' ]]; then
 
-        SWIFT_SERVICE=$(get_or_create_service "swift" \
+        local swift_service=$(get_or_create_service "swift" \
             "object-store" "Swift Service")
-        get_or_create_endpoint $SWIFT_SERVICE \
+        get_or_create_endpoint $swift_service \
             "$REGION_NAME" \
             "http://$SERVICE_HOST:8080/v1/AUTH_\$(tenant_id)s" \
             "http://$SERVICE_HOST:8080" \
             "http://$SERVICE_HOST:8080/v1/AUTH_\$(tenant_id)s"
     fi
 
-    SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1=$(get_or_create_project swifttenanttest1)
-    die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1 "Failure creating SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1"
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST1=$(get_or_create_user swiftusertest1 $SWIFTUSERTEST1_PASSWORD \
-        "$SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1" "test@example.com")
+    local swift_tenant_test1=$(get_or_create_project swifttenanttest1)
+    die_if_not_set $LINENO swift_tenant_test1 "Failure creating swift_tenant_test1"
+    SWIFT_USER_TEST1=$(get_or_create_user swiftusertest1 $swiftusertest1_password \
+        "$swift_tenant_test1" "test@example.com")
     die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST1 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST1"
-    get_or_add_user_role $ADMIN_ROLE $SWIFT_USER_TEST1 $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1
+    get_or_add_user_role $admin_role $SWIFT_USER_TEST1 $swift_tenant_test1
 
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST3=$(get_or_create_user swiftusertest3 $SWIFTUSERTEST3_PASSWORD \
-        "$SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1" "test3@example.com")
-    die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST3 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST3"
-    get_or_add_user_role $ANOTHER_ROLE $SWIFT_USER_TEST3 $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST1
+    local swift_user_test3=$(get_or_create_user swiftusertest3 $swiftusertest3_password \
+        "$swift_tenant_test1" "test3@example.com")
+    die_if_not_set $LINENO swift_user_test3 "Failure creating swift_user_test3"
+    get_or_add_user_role $ANOTHER_ROLE $swift_user_test3 $swift_tenant_test1
 
-    SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2=$(get_or_create_project swifttenanttest2)
-    die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2 "Failure creating SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2"
+    local swift_tenant_test2=$(get_or_create_project swifttenanttest2)
+    die_if_not_set $LINENO swift_tenant_test2 "Failure creating swift_tenant_test2"
 
-    SWIFT_USER_TEST2=$(get_or_create_user swiftusertest2 $SWIFTUSERTEST2_PASSWORD \
-        "$SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2" "test2@example.com")
-    die_if_not_set $LINENO SWIFT_USER_TEST2 "Failure creating SWIFT_USER_TEST2"
-    get_or_add_user_role $ADMIN_ROLE $SWIFT_USER_TEST2 $SWIFT_TENANT_TEST2
+    local swift_user_test2=$(get_or_create_user swiftusertest2 $swiftusertest2_password \
+        "$swift_tenant_test2" "test2@example.com")
+    die_if_not_set $LINENO swift_user_test2 "Failure creating swift_user_test2"
+    get_or_add_user_role $admin_role $swift_user_test2 $swift_tenant_test2
 }
 
 # init_swift() - Initialize rings
@@ -666,6 +670,7 @@ function start_swift {
     # service so we can run it in foreground in screen.  ``swift-init ...
     # {stop|restart}`` exits with '1' if no servers are running, ignore it just
     # in case
+    local todo type
     swift-init --run-dir=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/run all restart || true
     if [[ ${SWIFT_REPLICAS} == 1 ]]; then
         todo="object container account"
@@ -683,6 +688,7 @@ function start_swift {
 
 # stop_swift() - Stop running processes (non-screen)
 function stop_swift {
+    local type
 
     if [ "$SWIFT_USE_MOD_WSGI" == "True" ]; then
         swift-init --run-dir=${SWIFT_DATA_DIR}/run rest stop && return 0