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3 <refentry id="vfs_ceph.8">
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">&doc.version;</refmiscinfo>
11 </refmeta>
14 <refnamediv>
15         <refname>vfs_ceph</refname>
16         <refpurpose>
17                 Utilize features provided by CephFS
18         </refpurpose>
19 </refnamediv>
21 <refsynopsisdiv>
22         <cmdsynopsis>
23                 <command>vfs objects = ceph</command>
24         </cmdsynopsis>
25 </refsynopsisdiv>
27 <refsect1>
28         <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
30         <para>This VFS module is part of the
31         <citerefentry><refentrytitle>samba</refentrytitle>
32         <manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry> suite.</para>
34         <para>
35                 The <command>vfs_ceph</command> VFS module exposes
36                 CephFS specific features for use by Samba.
37         </para>
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>
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>
53         <para>
54                 <command>vfs_ceph</command> performs mapping between Windows and
55                 POSIX Access Control Lists (ACLs). To ensure correct processing
56                 and enforcement of POSIX ACLs, the following Ceph configuration
57                 parameters are automatically applied:
58         </para>
59         <programlisting>
60                 <command>client acl type = posix_acl</command>
61                 <command>fuse default permissions = false</command>
62         </programlisting>
63 </refsect1>
65 <refsect1>
66         <title>CONFIGURATION</title>
68         <para>
69                 <command>vfs_ceph</command> requires that the underlying share
70                 path is a Ceph filesystem.
71         </para>
73         <programlisting>
74                 <smbconfsection name="[share]"/>
75                 <smbconfoption name="vfs objects">ceph</smbconfoption>
76                 <smbconfoption name="path">/non-mounted/cephfs/path</smbconfoption>
77                 <smbconfoption name="kernel share modes">no</smbconfoption>
78         </programlisting>
80         <para>
81                 Since <command>vfs_ceph</command> does not require a filesystem
82                 mount, the share <command>path</command> is treated differently:
83                 it is interpreted as an absolute path within the Ceph filesystem
84                 on the attached Ceph cluster.
85                 In a ctdb cluster environment where ctdb manages Samba,
86                 <command>CTDB_SAMBA_SKIP_SHARE_CHECK=yes</command> must be
87                 configured to disable local share path checks, otherwise ctdb
88                 will not reach a healthy state.
89         </para>
91         <para>
92                 Note that currently <command>kernel share modes</command> have
93                 to be disabled in a share running with the CephFS vfs module for
94                 file serving to work properly.
95         </para>
96 </refsect1>
98 <refsect1>
99         <title>OPTIONS</title>
101         <variablelist>
103                 <varlistentry>
104                 <term>ceph:config_file = path</term>
105                 <listitem>
106                 <para>
107                         Allows one to define a ceph configfile to use. Empty by default.
108                 </para>
109                 <para>
110                         Example: ceph:config_file =
111                         /etc/ceph/ceph.conf
112                 </para>
113                 </listitem>
114                 </varlistentry>
116                 <varlistentry>
117                 <term>ceph:user_id = name</term>
118                 <listitem>
119                 <para>
120                         Allows one to explicitly set the client ID used for the
121                         CephFS mount handle. Empty by default (use the libcephfs
122                         client default).
123                 </para>
124                 <para>
125                         Example: ceph:user_id = samba
126                 </para>
127                 </listitem>
128                 </varlistentry>
130                 <varlistentry>
131                 <term>ceph:filesystem = fs_name</term>
132                 <listitem>
133                 <para>
134                         Allows one to explicitly select the CephFS file system
135                         to use when the Ceph cluster supports more than one
136                         file system. Empty by default (use the default file system
137                         of the Ceph cluster).
138                 </para>
139                 <para>
140                         Example: ceph:filesystem = myfs2
141                 </para>
142                 </listitem>
143                 </varlistentry>
145         </variablelist>
147 </refsect1>
149 <refsect1>
150         <title>VERSION</title>
152         <para>
153                 This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.
154         </para>
155 </refsect1>
157 <refsect1>
158         <title>AUTHOR</title>
160         <para>The original Samba software and related utilities
161         were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
162         by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
163         to the way the Linux kernel is developed.</para>
165 </refsect1>
167 </refentry>