[ \fB\-\-osd\-data \fIdatapath\fR ]
[ \fB\-\-osd\-journal \fIjournal\fR ]
[ \fB\-\-mkfs\fR ]
+[ \fB\-\-mkjournal\fR ]
+[ \fB\-\-mkkey\fR ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B cosd
is the object storage daemon for the Ceph distributed file system.
.TP
\fB\-\-mkfs\fP
Create an empty object repository. Normally invoked by
-.BR mkcephfs (8).
+.BR mkcephfs
+(8). This also initializes the jouranl (if one is defined).
+.TP
+\fB\-\-mkkey\fP
+Generate a new secret key. This is normally used in combination with \fB\-\-mkfs\fR
+as it is more convenient than generating a key by hand with \fIcauthtool\fR.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-mkjournal\fP
+Create a new journal file to match an existing object repository. This is useful if the journal
+device or file is wiped out due to a disk or file system failure.
.TP
\fB\-c\fI ceph.conf\fR, \fB\-\-conf=\fIceph.conf\fR
Use \fIceph.conf\fP configuration file instead of the default \fI/etc/ceph/ceph.conf\fP
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR ceph (8),
.BR cmds (8),
-.BR cmon (8)
+.BR cmon (8),
+.BR cauthtool (8)