docs-xml/manpages/vfs_ceph.8.xml

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   2 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//Samba-Team//DTD DocBook V4.2-Based Variant V1.0//EN" "http://www.samba.org/samba/DTD/samba-doc">
   3 <refentry id="vfs_ceph.8">
   4
   5 <refmeta>
   6         <refentrytitle>vfs_ceph</refentrytitle>
   7         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
   8         <refmiscinfo class="source">Samba</refmiscinfo>
   9         <refmiscinfo class="manual">System Administration tools</refmiscinfo>
  10         <refmiscinfo class="version">4.4</refmiscinfo>
  11 </refmeta>
  12
  13
  14 <refnamediv>
  15         <refname>vfs_ceph</refname>
  16         <refpurpose>
  17                 Utilize features provided by CephFS
  18         </refpurpose>
  19 </refnamediv>
  20
  21 <refsynopsisdiv>
  22         <cmdsynopsis>
  23                 <command>vfs objects = ceph</command>
  24         </cmdsynopsis>
  25 </refsynopsisdiv>
  26
  27 <refsect1>
  28         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
  29
  30         <para>This VFS module is part of the
  31         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
  32         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
  33
  34         <para>
  35                 The <command>vfs_ceph</command> VFS module exposes
  36                 CephFS specific features for use by Samba.
  37         </para>
  38
  39         <para>
  40                 Ceph is a distributed network file system designed to provide
  41                 excellent performance, reliability, and scalability. This is a
  42                 shared library allowing applications to access a Ceph
  43                 distributed file system via a POSIX-like interface.
  44         </para>
  45
  46         <para>
  47                 This module can be combined with other modules, but it
  48                 should be the last module in the <command>vfs objects</command>
  49                 list. Modules added to this list to the right of the ceph
  50                 entry may not have any effect at all.
  51         </para>
  52 </refsect1>
  53
  54 <refsect1>
  55         <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
  56
  57         <para>
  58                 <command>vfs_ceph</command> requires that the underlying share
  59                 path is a Ceph filesystem.
  60         </para>
  61
  62         <programlisting>
  63                 <smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
  64                 <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">ceph</smbconfoption>
  65         </programlisting>
  66 </refsect1>
  67
  68 <refsect1>
  69         <title>OPTIONS</title>
  70
  71         <variablelist>
  72
  73                 <varlistentry>
  74                 <term>ceph:config_file = path</term>
  75                 <listitem>
  76                 <para>
  77                         Allows one to define a ceph configfile to use. Empty by default.
  78                 </para>
  79                 <para>
  80                         Example: ceph:config_file =
  81                         /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
  82                 </para>
  83                 </listitem>
  84                 </varlistentry>
  85
  86         </variablelist>
  87
  88 </refsect1>
  89
  90 <refsect1>
  91         <title>VERSION</title>
  92
  93         <para>
  94                 This man page is correct for version 4.2.0 of the Samba suite.
  95         </para>
  96 </refsect1>
  97
  98 <refsect1>
  99         <title>AUTHOR</title>
 100
 101         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
 102         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
 103         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
 104         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
 105
 106 </refsect1>
 107
 108 </refentry>